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I really like the idea of this. I look forward to reading what's finished now, as well as what will be released in the future!

I have a huge gap in knowledge for so many things that I interact with on a regular basis, but that I don't actually need to understand well in order to meet minimum job expectations.

This seems like a good book to address network basics. Sadly, I'm a huge procrastinator, but this seems especially important for me to address.

Books that have been in my backlog for years: Database Design for Mere Mortals, Designing Data-Intensive Applications, Building Secure and Reliable Systems, Writing a Compiler in Go, Crafting Interpreters.

All books that I know I need to read, but I just can't get around to it because there's no immediate reward for me, as someone who doesn't have to worry about any of these days in my day-to-day duties.



Thank you! Your backlog sounds like a fantastic list as well. I can wholeheartedly recommend Designing Data-Intensive Applications. I’m reading it a 2nd time for a book club at work, and I think it’s one of the best overviews of distributed systems out there.




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