Books read in 2019Q2

Read this quarter:

4 pillars of investment, the; Bernstein; own-it, finance, non-technical
Candide; Voltaire; own-it, non-technical, philosophy
Simple path to wealth, the; Collins; own-it, non-technical, finance
Lagom; Brantmark; own-it, non-technical, philosophy
Comment revivre par le jeune; Lützner; own-it, non-technical
Educación financiera avanzada desde cero; Hernández; own-it, non-technical, finance
Pensiones públicas, la esclavitud de nuestra época; Hernández; non-technical, own-it, finance
On the shortness of life; Séneca; own-it, non-technical, philosophy
Código del dinero, el; Samsó; own-it, non-technical, finance
Más cosas sobre la bolsa; Hernández; own-it, non-technical, finance

4 pillars of investment, the; Bernstein

Candide; Voltaire

Came across this book as the source for the term ‘Panglossian’ or extreme optimist.

Simple path to wealth, the; Collins

This book explains the “simple path to wealth”.

The recommended asset allocation is a single stock + a single bond index fund, that captures the full global market (VTSAX + VBTLX). If you want to expand it or make it more complicated, searching for extra risk and return, you can overweight other regions/indices.

Makes explicit the importance of F-you money (fuck you money): giving personal freedom to explore whatever you’re feeling like, not depending on a job.

The market always goes up in the long term, but the ride is rocky.

Explains the importance of low fees. The author is a big proponent of bogleheads investing, directly with Vanguard.

Lagom; Brantmark

Explains the simplicity system embedded in the Swedish/Scandinavian culture: the right amount, of relationships, friendships, food, work, relax.

In a way, it reminds me of minimalism, applied to all levels in your life.

Lagom is a Swedish word meaning “just the right amount”.

Comment revivre par le jeune; Lützner

This book explains the process of fasting, everything included: how to start it, how to endure it, how to end it.

Suggests techniques for complete fasting, away from work, interactions. Explains how to do it for up to a week, then following medical advice for longer periods.

Fasting is definitely not feeling hungry.

Educación financiera avanzada desde cero; Hernández

Pensiones públicas, la esclavitud de nuestra época; Hernández

In this book, the author explains several reasons why having a public pension fund is counterproductive for the general society:

They are not inherited, they end with your life
They are not well managed
They are decreasing over time
They are not sustainable for the long term

The book has definitely a liberal cut.

On the shortness of life; Séneca

Código del dinero, el; Samsó

Más cosas sobre la bolsa; Hernández

This book explains more topics about the stock market and how to invest in it.

There is a good review of general markets (e.g., energy, petroleum, television, finance); of strategies (i.e., short-term, mid-term, long-term)

There are many interesting insights.

Export from my backlog

Note: re+read means I’m re-reading this book. The (+) stands for one-or-more times, as in the regexes.

backlog (partially sorted):

unsorted V
The Machine That Changed the World: The Story of Lean Production
Haskell Programming
Software Architecture in Practice
lucha por la desigualdad, la; Pontón; non-technical
psicología del dinero, la; Hammond; non-technical
Invirtiendo a largo plazo; García Paramés; non-technical, finance
Well-Grounded Java Developer, the; own-it
Learn You a Haskell for Great Good!; own-it
camino al 18J, el; Payne; non-technical
Cartas desde la revolución bolchevique; Sadoul; non-technical
Java Performance: The Definitive Guide
Why programmers work at night
Shogun: The Life of Tokugawa Ieyasu; Sadler; non-technical
Scrum and XP from the trenches, 2nd edition;
Els jueus i Catalunya; Villatoro; non-technical
El problema de los tres cuerpos; Liu; non-technical
Amazon Web Services in Action; own-it
Clojure Programming - Practical Lisp for the Java World
Mature optimization
XUnit Test Patterns
Let Over Lambda
The Haskell Road to Logic, Math and Programming
Types and Programming Languages
Fundamentals of Object-oriented Design in UML
Clojure for the brave and true
How to Solve It: A New Aspect of Mathematical Method
Conceptual Mathematics: A First Introduction to Categories
Understanding Computation: From Simple Machines to Impossible Programs
Programming in Haskell
Programming Languages: Application and Interpretation
Doing Math with Python
Perfect Software: And Other Illusions about Testing
Computability and Complexity - From a Programming Perspective
Thinking Forth: a language and philosophy for solving problems
Concepts, Techniques, and Models of Computer Programming
Bridging the Communication Gap; Adzic
Specification by Example; Adzic
Cucumber book, the; Adzic
Software Architecture for Developers; Brown
Object Design: Roles, Responsibilities, and Collaborations
RESTful Web APIs
RESTful Web Services Cookbook
Building Maintainable Software
Serverless - Patterns of Modern Application Design Using Microservices (Amazon Web Services Edition)
A Pattern Language; Alexander
Types and Programming Languages, TAPL; Pierce; own-it
Speed Reading Book: Read More, Learn More, Achieve More, the; Buzan
Cómo crear mapas mentales (Crecimiento personal); Buzan
First things first; Covey
What’s best next; Perman
problems of philosophy, the; Russell; philosophy
Requiem for the American dream; Chomsky
sun also rises, the; Hemingway
travels, the; Polo; non-technical
Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow; Harari; non-technical
Books by Aristotle; non-technical
Books by Plato; non-technical
Books by Descartes; non-technical
The idea of culture; Eagleton; non-technical
Hereditary Intelligence; Galton; non-technical
Lean Software Development: An Agile Toolkit; Poppendieck (+); own-it
Chaos Monkeys: Obscene Fortune and Random Failure; Garcia Martinez
Implementing Lean Software Development: From Concept to Cash; Poppendieck
Joel on Software; Spolsky
Death March; Yourdon
Psychology of Computer Programming, The; Weinberg
Introduction to General Systems Thinking; Weinberg
Lao Tzu : Tao Te Ching : A Book About the Way and the Power of the Way; Tzu, Le Guin; non-technical, own-it, philosophy
Gay Science, the; Nietzsche; non-technical
Being Geek; Lopp
Finance for Freelancers; Retallick; non-technical, finance
Object-oriented software engineering: a use case driven approach; Jacobson
Patterns of Enterprise Application Architecture; Fowler; own-it
Romeo y Julieta; Shakespeare; non-technical
Computer Systems: A Programmer’s Perspective; Bryant, O’Hallaron
My Journey to Lhasa: The Classic Story of the Only Western Woman Who Succeeded in Entering the Forbidden City; David-Néel; non-technical
Cathedral and the bazaar, the ; Raymond
Coding dojo handbook, the; Bache; own-it
Making software; Oram and Wilson; own-it
Code complete; McConnell; own-it
Soft skills; Sonmez; own-it
DSLs in action; Ghosh; own-it
Purely functional data structures; Okasaki; own-it
Working effectively with unit tests; Fields (+); own-it
First Nazi, the; Ludendorff; non-technical
Greatest story ever told … so far; Krauss; non-technical
Master algorithm, the; Domingos; non-technical
Invention of Science, the; Wootton; non-technical
Tesla: Inventor of the electrical age; Bernard Carlson; non-technical
Psychology in minutes; Weeks; non-technical
Alan Turing: The Enigma; Hodges; non-technical
How to think more about sex; de Botton; non-technical
Piccolo manuale di persuasione; Taylor; non-technical
arte de la guerra, el; Sun Tzu; non-technical, own-it
Piccolo manuale di leadership Confuciana; Adair; non-technical
How to Stop Worrying and Start Living; Carnegie; non-technical
Uomo - Guida allo stile; Roetzel; non-technical
Unwritten Laws of Engineering: Revised and Updated Edition; King
Test-Driven JavaScript Development (Developer’s Library); Johansen
Test Driven Development: By Example; Beck
Arquitectura Java JPA Domain Driven Design; Alvárez, Peláez
End of loyalty, the; Wartzman; non-technical
Basic Economics; Sowell; non-technical
Introduction to Economic Analysis; McAfee; non-technical
Patterns of Software; Gabriel
Coders at work; Seibel
Clean architecture; Martin
How to be a stoic - Pugliucci; non-technical
Introduction to Object-Oriented Programming, an; Budd
Gafas de la felicidad, las; Santandreu; non-technical
Ser feliz en Alaska; Santandreu; own-it, non-technical, philosophy
Mochila para el universo, una; Punset; non-technical
Gods themselves, the; Asimov; non-technical
Panamá papers, the; Obermayer, Obermaier; non-technical
Originals; Grant; non-technical
Optimism over despair; Chomsky; non-technical
SCIENCE OF BREATH: A Practical Guide; Ballentine, Hymes; non-technical
Yoga Explained: A New Step-by-step Approach to Understanding and Practising Yoga; Mehta,‎ Arjunwadkar; non-technical
Wanderlust: A Modern Yogi’s Guide to Discovering Your Best Self; Krasno; non-technical
How to Think About Money; Clements; non-technical, finance
By Way of Deception; Ostrovsky; non-technical
Printemps des sayanim, le; Cohen; own-it, non-technical
Deep work; Newport; non-technical, own-it
Hooked: How to Build Habit-Forming Products; Eyal, Hoover; non-technical
Irresistible: The Rise of Addictive Technology and the Business of Keeping Us Hooked; Alter; non-technical
The Attention Merchants: The Epic Scramble to Get Inside Our Heads; Wu; non-technical
Willpower: Why Self-Control is The Secret to Success; Baumeister, Tierney; non-technical
Principles of Psychology, the; James; own-it, non-technical
Our mutual friend; Dickens; non-technical
Crucial Conversations: Tools for Talking When Stakes Are High, Second Edition; Patterson, Grenny, McMillan, Switzler; non-technical
Amusing Ourselves to Death - Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business; Postman; non-technical
Mastery; Greene; non-technical, own-it
Silence in the age of noise; Kagge; non-technical
Functional programming simplified; Alexander; own-it
Batalla del Ebro, la; Reverte; non-technical
Historia de la guerra civil española; Rojo; non-technical
Lucha por el poder, la; Evans; non-technical
Revolución rusa, la; Pipes; non-technical
Holocausto, el; Rees; non-technical
Martín Lutero, renegado y Profeta; Roper; non-technical
Siglo de la revolución, el ; Fontana; non-technical
Historia de la revolución rusa; Trotsky; non-technical
Dispossessed, the; Le Guin; non-technical
Left hand of darkness; Le Guin; non-technical
Lathe of heaven; Le Guin; non-technical
https://www.amazon.com/Schopenhauer-Cure-Novel-Irvin-Yalom/dp/0060938102/
https://www.amazon.com/How-Schopenhauer-Through-Mid-Life-Crisis-ebook/dp/B00QXNB5PC/
Books in general – Epstein
Affluent society, the; Galbraith; non-technical, finance
Philosophy of the Buddha; Bahm; non-technical, philosophy
Tribe of mentors; non-technical, own-it
5 dysfunctions of a team; non-technical
Ziglar’s Top Performance; non-technical
Pragmatic Programmer (+)
High Output Management; Grove; non-technical
First Break All the Rules; non-technical
Managing for happiness; Appelo; non-technical
Meditations; Marcus Aurelius; non-technical, own-it, philosophy
Why budism is true; Wright; non-technical, own-it
7 hábitos de la gente altamente productiva
art of readable code
Domain modeling made functional
Sketchbook handbook; own-it
Agile samurai, the
Miracle of Mindfulness, the; Hanh; non-technical, own-it, philosophy
No mud, no lotus: The Art of Transforming Suffering; Hahn; non-technical
Lean Architecture: for Agile Software Development; Coplien, Bjørnvig
Agile IT Organization Design: For Digital Transformation and Continuous Delivery; Sriram Narayan
Philosophy of Software Design, a; Ousterhout
Hope in the Dark; Solnit
Agile!: The Good, the Hype and the Ugly; Meyer
Common Stocks and Uncommon Profits and Other Writings; Fisher, Fisher; non-technical, finance
Prize: The Epic Quest for Oil, Money & Power, the; Yergin; non-technical
So good they can’t ignore you; Newport
Creating a Software Engineering Culture; Wiegers
Managing Humans: Biting and Humorous Tales of a Software Engineering Manager; Lopp
Don’t make me think; Krug
Leaders eat last; Sinek; own-it
art of the start, 2, the; Kawasaki; own-it
Unlimited memory; own-it
Selfish gene, the; Dawkins; own-it
Public speaking skills for dummies; own-it
365 days with discipline; own-it
How to fight; Hahn; own-it
33 strategies of war; own-it
Leader who had no title, the; own-it
greatness guide, the; own-it
Year of happy living, the; own-it
4 hour chef, the; Ferriss; own-it
Finish what you start; own-it
Personal MBA, the; Kaufmann; own-it
Richest man in Babylon, the; own-it, finance
Think and grow rich; Hill; own-it
Why Buddhism is true; own-it
Wisdom of Hypatia: Ancient Spiritual Practices for a More Meaningful Life, the; MacLennan; non-technical, philosophy
Just enough software architecture; own-it
Elastic leadership; Osherove; own-it, non-technical
Taking smart notes; own-it, non-technical
Secure by design; own-it
Reset; Sawyer; non-technical, finance
Investor’s manifesto, the; Bernstein; own-it, non-technical, finance
Splendid exchange, a; Bernstein; own-it, non-technical, finance
Birth of plenty, the; Bernstein; own-it, non-technical, finance
Feeling Good: The New Mood Therapy; David Burns; non-technical
We (novel); non-technical
Secret, the; Byrne; non-technical
Developer hegemony
Give and Take; Grant; non-technical
Tao of Seneca, The; Loeb; own-it, non-technical, philosophy
Liquid Modernity; Bauman; non-technical, philosophy

unfinished (unsorted):

Working Effectively with Legacy Code (+); Feathers; own-it
Nonviolent communication (+); Rosenberg; own-it, non-technical
Introduction to Buddhism: Teachings, History and Practices, an; Harvey; non-technical, own-it, philosophy
Effective Java; Bloch; own-it
Functional Programming Patterns in Scala and Clojure; own-it
Release It! - Design and Deploy Production-Ready Software; own-it
Refactoring (+); Fowler; own-it
Leprechauns of Software Engineering (+), the; Bossavit; own-it
Domain-Driven Design: Tackling Complexity in the Heart of Software; Vernon (+); own-it
Pragmatic Thinking and Learning: Refactor Your Wetware; own-it
Readings in Database Systems, 5th Edition; own-it
Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs (SICP); Abelson, Sussmann, Sussmann; own-it
La Sociedad De Coste Marginal Cero (Estado y Sociedad); Rifkin; non-technical
Odisea; Homero; non-technical
Switch: How to Change Things When Change Is Hard; Heath, Heath; own-it, non-technical
Cómo leer un libro; Adler, van Doren; non-technical, own-it
Object-Oriented Design Heuristics; Riel

Mundo nuevo, ahora, un; Tolle; own-it, non-technical
Continuous Delivery; Humble, Farley; own-it
Java Concurrency in Practice (JCIP); Goetz
Thinking fast and slow; Kahneman; non-technical
Your money or your life (+); Dominguez, Robin; finance, non-technical, own-it
five dysfunctions of a team: a leadership fable, the; Lencioni; non-technical
Who rules the world?; Chomsky; non-technical, own-it
Random walk down wall street a; Malkiel [Part IV]; own-it
Essence of yoga, the; Feuerstein, Miller; own-it, non-technical
Inner Engineering; Sadhguru; own-it, non-technical, philosophy

wip (3):

Daily Stoic, the; Holiday, Hanselman; own-it, non-technical, philosophy
Hombre multiorgásmico, el; Chía, Arava; own-it, non-technical

done:

4 pillars of investment, the; Bernstein; own-it, finance, non-technical
Candide; Voltaire; own-it, non-technical, philosophy
Simple path to wealth, the; Collins; own-it, non-technical, finance
Lagom; Brantmark; own-it, non-technical, philosophy
Comment revivre par le jeune; Lützner; own-it, non-technical
Educación financiera avanzada desde cero; Hernández; own-it, non-technical, finance
Pensiones públicas, la esclavitud de nuestra época; Hernández; non-technical, own-it, finance
On the shortness of life; Séneca; own-it, non-technical, philosophy
Código del dinero, el; Samsó; own-it, non-technical, finance
Más cosas sobre la bolsa; Hernández; own-it, non-technical, finance

rejected:

Stanger in a strange land; Heinlein; own-it, non-technical

lists:

https://www.goodreads.com/review/list/246177-rob?shelf=non-fiction-for-humans
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/451.Best_Philosophy_Book
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/8379.Software_Craftsmanship
https://blog.ycombinator.com/ycs-2017-summer-reading-list/
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/107321.TI2011_Course
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/12287.Fog_Creek_Software_Management_Training_Program
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/12351.Books_on_Stoic_Philosophy; non-technical
Tom clancy’s power plays
https://www.thriveglobal.com/stories/17969-11-top-positive-psychology-books-that-will-improve-your-work-and-life
Investing: http://efficientfrontier.com/reading.htm; finance
Investing, personal finance: https://www.goodreads.com/review/list/5876938-tyler?shelf=personal-finance; finance
Investing: http://lemkingroup.com/ListOfPersonalFinanceBooks.html#SelectedWebSites; finance
High performance organizations: https://github.com/pdfernhout/High-Performance-Organizations-Reading-List
For becoming a manager / team management: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16151067
Hacker news

past-done:

Prince, the; Macchiavello; non-technical, own-it
Nuevo kama-sutra ilustrado, el; Gallotti; non-technical
Quien se ha llevado mi queso; Johnson; own-it
One minute manager, the; Blanchard; own-it, non-technical
En defensa de los ociosos; Stevenson; non-technical, own-it, philosophy
Ladybird Book of Mindfulness, the (Ladybirds for Grown-Ups); Hazeley, Morris; non-technical
Art of the start, the; Kawasaki; own-it, non-technical
Getting started with NoFap; non-technical
Emotional intelligence; Goleman; non-technical
Old man’s war; Scalzi; non-technical, own-it
Nightfall; Asimov, Silverberg; own-it, non-technical
Interface; Stephenson, George; non-technical, own-it
Man who sold the moon, the; Heinlein; own-it, non-technical
Agents of innocence; Ignatius; own-it, non-technical
Fist of god, the; Forsyth; own-it, non-technical
Avaro, el; Molière; own-it, non-technical
Bogleheads’ Guide to Investing, the; Larimore, Lindauer, LeBoeuf; own-it, non-technical, finance
Lazyperson’s guide to investment; Farrell; own-it, non-technical, finance
Millionaire next door, the; Stanley, Danko; own-it, non-technical, finance
Little Book of Common Sense Investing; Bogle; own-it, non-technical, finance
Monje que vendió su Ferrari, el; Sharma; own-it, non-technical
Siddhartha; Hesse; non-technical, own-it, philosophy
If you can: how millenials can get rich slowly; Bernstein; own-it, non-technical, finance
Odessa; Forsyth; non-technical, own-it
Bogle on mutual funds: new perspectives for the intelligent investor; Bogle; own-it, non-technical, finance
Perros de la guerra, los; Forsyth; own-it, non-technical
avaro y el oro, el; Esopo; non-technical
Aulularia; Plauto; own-it, non-technical
Alternativa del Diablo, la; Forsyth; own-it, non-technical
Guía, el; Forsyth; own-it, non-technical
Pied piper; Forsyth; own-it, non-technical
Hunt for the Red October, the; Clancy; own-it, non-technical
Time to kill, a; Grisham; own-it, non-technical
Ética promiscua; Easton, Hardy; own-it, non-technical
Checklist manifesto, the; Gawande; own-it, non-technical
Team geek (+); own-it
Kata de la voluntad; non-technical
Obstacle is the way, the; non-technical, philosophy
Guide to stoicism, a; Stock; own-it, non-technical, philosophy
Senior software developer, the; Copeland; own-it
Scandal in Bohemia, a; Doyle; own-it
Getting things done, …; Allen (+); own-it, non-technical
Nature of Software Development, the; Jeffries; own-it
Team Geek; Fitzpatrick, Collins-Sussman; own-it
Aprendo Yoga; Van Lysebeth; non-technical, own-it
Clean Coder: A Code of Conduct for Professional Programmers, the; Martin; own-it
ML for the working programmer, 2nd edition [5th chapter only]; Paulson; own-it
Lazarillo de Tormes, el; anónimo; non-technical
Tom Clancy’s power plays - Politika; Preisler; own-it, non-technical
Moon is a harsh mistress, the; Heinlein; own-it, non-technical
Tus zonas erróneas; Dyer; non-technical, own-it
Peopleware; DeMarco, Lister (+); own-it
Phoenix project, the ; Kim, Behr, Spafford; own-it
Ética a Nicómaco; Aristotle; own-it, non-technical, philosophy
Book of transformation; Dalai Lama; non-technical, philosophy
Como ganar amigos e influir sobre las personas; Carnegie (+); own-it
Oliver Twist; Dickens; own-it, non-technical
Building evolutionary architecture; Ford, Parsons; own-it
Selfie: How We Became So Self-Obsessed and What It’s Doing To Us; Storr. Just chapter 1: The dying self; own-it, non-technical
Sota la cistella; Gasol; own-it, non-technical
Hombre en busca del sentido, el; Frankl; own-it, non-technical, philosophy
Metamorfosis; Kafka; own-it, non-technical
Your money or your life; Dominguez, Robin; non-technical, finance, own-it
Traction; Wickman; own-it, non-technical
How to Be a Stoic: Using Ancient Philosophy to Live a Modern Life; Pigliucci; own-it, non-technical, philosophy
Guide to the Good Life, The Ancient Art of Stoic Joy, a; Irvine; non-technical, own-it, philosophy
goal, the; Goldratt (+); own-it
Random walk down wall street a; Malkiel [Parts I, II, III]; own-it