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Designing the Mind: The Principles of Psychitecture

by Ryan A. Bush (Goodreads Author)

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Who Is the Liar

by Laura Lee Bahr (Goodreads Author)

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Mastering Terraform: A practical guide to building and deploying infrastructure on AWS, Azure, and GCP

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Book cover for Accelerate: The Science of Lean Software and DevOps: Building and Scaling High Performing Technology Organizations

Accelerate: The Science of Lean Software and DevOps: Building and Scaling High Performing Technology Organizations by Nicole Forsgren

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“Do change management boards actually improve delivery performance?” (Spoiler alert: they do not; they are negatively correlated with tempo and stability.)

After 25 years of poiting this out, I am vindicated at last!!!

Cloud Native Transformation: Practical Patterns for Innovation

by Pini Reznik

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Darrin’s Quotes

“Damien is a friend.
Their boy-girl Lego doesn't click, he would say.”
― William Gibson, Pattern Recognition

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“The ambitions are wake up, breathe, keep breathing.”
― Nicole Blackman, Blood Sugar

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“Next to music, beer was best.”
― Carson McCullers, The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter

tags: drinking, music

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“Time is money, but also money is money.”
― William Gibson, Pattern Recognition

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“Perhaps we humans are still in command, and perhaps there really will be a conventional robot war in the not-so-distant future. If so, let's roll. I'm ready. My toaster will never be the boss of me. Get ready to make me some Pop-Tarts, bitch.”
― Chuck Klosterman

tags: humorous

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