bookshelf

My Reading Journey

Didn’t think I’d be a huge reader. But I have a growing collection of books that have shaped my thinking and learning. I focus on engineering depth and the athlete/growth mindset.


Performance Mindset

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Relentless
Tim S. Grover
Completed Psychology

Essential for understanding the "Cleaner" mindset and high-stakes performance.

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The Champion's Mind
Jim Afremow
Completed Psychology

Practical drills and mental frameworks used by Olympic athletes.

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Relentless
Alistair Brownlee
Completed Sport Science

A deep dive into what makes endurance athletes extraordinary.


Engineering

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Build a Large Language Model (From Scratch)
Sebastian Raschka
Completed Deep Learning

An excellent hands-on guide for understanding LLMs from the ground up.

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Machine Learning System Design Interview
Ali Aminian, Alex Xu
Completed System Design

Essential reading for architectural patterns and real-world ML deployments.

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Engineering a Compiler
Keith D. Cooper, Linda Torczon
Reading Computer Science

Deep dive into the intricacies of translating code into optimized machine instructions.

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Programming Massively Parallel Processors
David B. Kirk, Wen-mei W. Hwu
Reading CUDA

A hands-on approach to CUDA and understanding parallel architectures.


Feel free to reach out if you want to discuss any of these books or share recommendations!