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.
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XML apologist. Erlang enthusiast. Currently JVMs & Performance stuff at Netflix. Previously JVMs & performative stuff at Twitter. He/him.
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25% complete! Ian Brown has read 6 of 24 books.
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Ian Brown started reading 1Q84 by Haruki Murakami
Ian Brown finished reading Character Limit by Kate Conger
Rising star New York Times technology reporters, Kate Conger and Ryan Mac, tell for the …
Ian Brown started reading Character Limit by Kate Conger
Character Limit by Kate Conger, Ryan Mac
Rising star New York Times technology reporters, Kate Conger and Ryan Mac, tell for the first time the full and …
Ian Brown rated A View from the Stars: 3 stars
A View from the Stars by Cixin Liu
A VIEW FROM THE STARS features a range of short works from the past three decades of New York Times …
Ian Brown finished reading A View from the Stars by Cixin Liu
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.
Ian Brown started reading A View from the Stars by Cixin Liu
A View from the Stars by Cixin Liu
A VIEW FROM THE STARS features a range of short works from the past three decades of New York Times …
Ian Brown finished reading Fuzzy Nation by John Scalzi
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.
Ian Brown started reading The Lost Cause by Cory Doctorow
The Lost Cause by Cory Doctorow
It’s thirty years from now. We’re making progress, mitigating climate change, slowly but surely. But what about all the angry …
Ian Brown finished reading The Ghost Brigades by John Scalzi
The Ghost Brigades by John Scalzi
The Ghost Brigades is a science fiction novel by American writer John Scalzi, the second book set in his Old …
Ian Brown started reading The Ghost Brigades by John Scalzi
The Ghost Brigades by John Scalzi
The Ghost Brigades is a science fiction novel by American writer John Scalzi, the second book set in his Old …
Ian Brown finished reading Lake of Souls by Ann Leckie
Lake of Souls by Ann Leckie
Hugo, Nebula, and Arthur C. Clarke award-winner Ann Leckie is a modern master of the SFF genre, forever changing its …
Ian Brown started reading Lake of Souls by Ann Leckie
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!
