2025-01 books

books i finished

• Throwing the Book by Wayne Barnes Enjoyed this one.
• Permissionless by JA Westenberg A good read especially in conjunction with Platformland. It does get a bit libertarian and there are points where it is noticeable that the author didn't ask the permission of an editor(It gets a touch repetitive with the examples).
• All 5 books in the Bobiverse so far These were all good and hard to put down. They led to several 'oh shit i should have gone to bed 2 hours ago' moments.
• How Infrastructure Works: Inside the Systems That Shape Our World by Deb Chachra Finally finished this after having stopped a while back. Its a good book and you should read it.
• Le Coq: A Journey to the Heart of French Rugby by Peter Bills I really enjoyed this look into french rugby.
• Trap and Trace by Megan Carney Pretty good thriller and I've bought the others in the series. Was good that the main character wasn't a man.
• The Space Between Worlds by Micaiah Johnson Got through this quite quickly. Certainly going to try the sequeul

books i'm currently reading

• From Hackerville with Love by Megan Carney
• Platformland: An Anatomy of Next-Generation Public Services by Richard Pope Taking my time with this one since its a work related book. Its a good read though if you are into Digital Government stuff which I am. (Yes I do know Richard since we were at GDS at the same time)