📚 Books I Read in September 2026
Last month I got into systems thinking (again) and discovered the first chapters of two very different but equally interesting sci-fi trilogies.
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📚 Books I Read in July and August 2026
Back from a long break with a long list of summer reads. Two highlights, one of which comes with some caveats. Also, a great biography, more vibe writing and a bunch of sci-fi reading because why not?
Something Big Is Happening #4
Open-source projects increasingly pushing back on AI, the enshittification continues and everybody is so fixated about deploying more AI that nobody is asking for, while the planet is literally burning.
How to expand your horizons during this summer
A curated selection of online sources for information and education in technology, society, culture and politics. Check them out during the summer, and make them your own sources of information beyond Sudo Make Me a CTO
How exactly is doing more AI going to make it better?
A reaction to two recent popular articles by Charity Majors. Is AI a big deal? Is resistance to AI fundamentalism? Does the solution to the current problems emerge from doing more of it?
📚 Books I read in June 2026
June brought me an insightful book to better understand the current macroeconomic context and the role Big Tech plays in it, complemented by 3 engaging sci-fi books, each one with its own different style.
Something Big is Happening #3
More reports on the impact of AI on software engineering, a look at the growing enshittification of digital products through AI, and how the tech industry is dealing with the climate crisis
How to Run a Technical Due Diligence: The Fine Prints
The last of our three-part series on running an end-to-end due diligence process. Today we look at what usually happens once the DD is done, and your company approaches the closing of the deal
📚 Books I read in May 2026
A lot of fiction books in this issue, and a recommended reference to help you prepare for behavioural interviews
Something Big is Happening #2
Quantity isn't quality; cash is being burnt at unprecedented rates; trillion-dollar companies can't afford to buy books, and a couple of positive notes to cheer us up!
What should one think of the 2026 DORA brochure?
The 2026 DORA Report on the ROI of AI-Assisted Software Development, or how to destroy the reputation of a respected research body in 60 pages.
📚 Books I read in April 2026
The first time that the highlight of the month is not a recommendation, a helpful book on data, and a peculiar one from a fiction author I recently discovered
Something Big Is Happening #1
An update on the environmental, cognitive and economic impacts of the GenAI fever, plus a bunch of recommended reads to go deeper.