XML apologist. Erlang enthusiast. Currently JVMs & Performance stuff at Netflix. Previously JVMs & performative stuff at Twitter. He/him.
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Success! Ian Brown has read 28 of 24 books.
For nine months Britain has been occupied - a blitzed, depressed and dingy country. However, it's 'business as usual' at …
The billionaire entrepreneur and Tesla CEO Elon Musk has become inextricable from the social media …
A pretty good account, though it focuses on much of the high-level C-suite shenanigans as opposed to Zöe Schaffer’s excellent, employee-focused "Hardcore Engineering". Worth a read for sure.
The billionaire entrepreneur and Tesla CEO Elon Musk has become inextricable from the social media platform that until 2023 was …
A VIEW FROM THE STARS features a range of short works from the past three decades of New York Times …
A VIEW FROM THE STARS features a range of short works from the past three …
A solid "Meh". Overall I found this a weak and haphazard collection. There are a few gems but a lot of rough. Stick with Liu's fiction.
A VIEW FROM THE STARS features a range of short works from the past three decades of New York Times …
Jack Holloway works alone, for reasons he doesn't care to talk about. Hundreds of miles …
Another great bit of brain floss from @scalzi@mastodon.social! Finished it in a day. Felt good to get another book under the belt. I'd been struggling to complete one for a while now. Hard to find time these days for anything that requires a bit of uninterrupted attention.
It’s thirty years from now. We’re making progress, mitigating climate change, slowly but surely. But what about all the angry …
The Ghost Brigades is a science fiction novel by American writer John Scalzi, the second book set in his Old …
The Ghost Brigades is a science fiction novel by American writer John Scalzi, the second book set in his Old …
Hugo, Nebula, and Arthur C. Clarke award-winner Ann Leckie is a modern master of the SFF genre, forever changing its …
Hugo, Nebula, and Arthur C. Clarke award-winner Ann Leckie is a modern master of the …
Stoked to start on new (to me!) stories from @AnnLeckie@stranger.social!
