Books

Currently reading this book and enjoying it so far.

The book weaves together stories of people connected to Steller’s sea cow and its extinction, though only indirectly. The focus is on their personal fates, though only indirect. It also explores other species driven to extinction.

I devoured this book. Told from the perspective of a defense attorney, it explores sexual offenses, critiques the legal system, and exposes the immense obstacles victims face in seeking justice, as well as the alarmingly high number of unreported cases.

Aborted after page 126, total of 395 pages. Even though I was interested in the topic of the book, somehow the story did not catch me. I am not sure if this relates to the translation or the original, but some parts had a weird writing style.

The book follows a slave in the southern USA during his escape journey. Based on Huckleberry Finn: a book I’ve never read. Hence I read it with relatively few preconceptions. Topic-wise James tackles a dark chapter of humanity, particularly of the USA, but only touches lightly on the harsh sufferings.

What if electric computers and the internet existed before the nazi regime and the second world war? This book begins with a glimpse what surveillance and exessive data collection can be used for in a totalitarian regime, effectively even worsening the holocaust.

Aborted reading after about a third. Even though I was enjoying the story, it was too slow paced and too much happened between the lines. You had to read everything carefully due to the writing style to get everything.

This book captivates from the very first minute. At its core are the moral beliefs of a hunter and where they can lead. There is no judgment—just the story told from his perspective.

It is slowly told and a bit sluggish in the middle. There are occasionally uncomfortable passages to read because they aren’t properly reflected upon at the time.

This book is placed in a highly political context: the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. It’s about inner moral conflicts, daily racism and the consequences of our actions and the fear of doing the right thing.

The book opens with a shocking moment. Trigger warning: themes of suicide and depression.

The story is told from the perspective of a young boy in ancient Rome who grows up in a brothel.

Today I stumbled upon Atomic Design. It is some kind of architectural pattern for the user interface. The goal is to build a reusable UI that is easy to understand and maintain.

Writing things down is part of my learning process. These thoughts came up while reading through Yegor Bugayenko’s book Elegant Objects about a more declarative and less procedural approach of object oriented programming. This is more a personal document than a book review or summary and as I already knew some topics, I do not mention several chapters or details, I might explain concepts different than the original author and many examples from Java, Ruby or C++ cannot be applied to Swift as they would already solve the issue.