"A man's bookcase will tell you everything you'll ever need to know about him."

A selection of books that shaped — and continue shaping — how we think, build, and work. Some made us better craftspeople. Some we revisit for clarity, conviction, or curiosity.

• The Pragmatic Programmer - Most gifted book in our circle

• AI Snake Oil: What Artificial Intelligence Can Do, What It Can't, and How to Tell the Difference

• The Mythical Man-Month

• Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs (SICP)

• Designing Data-Intensive Applications

• Building Microservices

• Elements of Clojure

• Clojure for the Brave and True

• Machine Learning Engineering

• The Hundred-Page Machine Learning Book

• Hackers & Painters: Big Ideas from the Computer Age

• Programming Pearls

• Algorithms to Live By

• Gödel, Escher, Bach (GEB)

• Calculus, Better Explained: A Guide to Developing Lasting Intuition

• A Brief History of Time

• Six Easy Pieces

• Mental Models: 30 Thinking Tools that Separate the Average from the Exceptional

• Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World

• Deep Work

• Getting Things Done

• Atomic Habits

• The Prince

• The Prophet

• A Book of Five Rings

• Skin in the Game

• Cryptonomicon

• The Man Who Knew Infinity: A Life of the Genius

• The Last Lecture

• Jonathan Livingston Seagull

• Talking to My Daughter About the Economy

• Aram – Jayamohan