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	Title	Author	Status
	Project Hail Mary	Andy Weir	Read
An astronaut wakes up alone on a spaceship with no memory - gripping sci-fi adventure.
	Super Thinking	Gabriel Weinberg & Lauren McCann	Read
Mental models for making smarter decisions in work and life.
	Elixir in Action	Saša Jurić	Read
Essential reading for learning Elixir and understanding how to build distributed and fault-tolerant applications.
	Use The Index Luke	Markus Winand	Reading
Free web-based guide to SQL indexing and database performance for developers.
	Modern SQL	Markus Winand	Reading
Covers modern SQL features beyond SQL-92 - arrays; objects; recursive queries and more.
	Rust Atomics and Locks	Mara Bos	Reading
Low-level concurrency in Rust - atomics; memory ordering; mutexes and building synchronization primitives.
	Learning Go	Jon Bodner	Read
An idiomatic approach to real-world Go programming.
	The Pragmatic Programmer	David Thomas & Andrew Hunt	Read
Timeless advice on becoming a better developer - from coding practices to career growth.
	The Art of Writing Efficient Programs	Fedor G. Pikus	Reading
Writing efficient code through performance optimization and modern C++ techniques.
	Postgres Locks Explained	Brian Holt	Reading
Interactive guide to PostgreSQL locks - concepts; monitoring; troubleshooting and real-world scenarios.
	The Case of the 500-Mile Email	Trey Harris	Read
Classic tale of a bug where emails couldn't travel beyond 500 miles - explained by the speed of light.
	Dynamic Branch Prediction with Perceptrons	Daniel A. Jiménez & Calvin Lin	Reading
Foundational paper on using perceptrons for branch prediction in CPUs (HPCA 2001).
	Operating Systems: Three Easy Pieces	Remzi & Andrea Arpaci-Dusseau	Reading
Free online textbook covering virtualization; concurrency and persistence in operating systems.
	The 48 Laws of Power (Animated)	Robert Greene	Reading
Animated summary of the classic book on power dynamics and strategy.
	Common Go Performance and Networking Patterns	Alexander Stavonin	Read
Common Go performance and networking patterns.
	Core Dumped	Core Dumped	Reading
Good, informative, short videos on systems and CS topics.
	The Internals of PostgreSQL	Hironobu Suzuki	Reading
Comprehensive deep dive into PostgreSQL internals, covering architecture, query processing, concurrency control, and more.
	The Engineer's Guide To Deep Learning	Hironobu Suzuki	Queued
Practical guide to deep learning concepts, aimed at engineers.
	Haki Benita	Haki Benita	Reading
In-depth articles on PostgreSQL optimization, Django, and backend performance.
	Rob Pike's 5 Rules of Programming	Rob Pike	Queued
Five principles on pragmatic programming - measure before optimizing, prefer simplicity, and let data structures drive design.