Reading List

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Summary of reading: January - March 2026

"Intellectuals and Society" by Thomas Sowell - a collection of essays in which Sowell criticizes "intellectuals", by which he mostly means left-leaning thinkers and opinions. Interesting, though certainly very biased. This book is from 2009 and focuses mostly...

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Mapping Brazilian Cell Towers

I was curious about how many cell towers were around me - so I built the tool I wanted.

The Batman trap: when helping isn't helping

What does a consultant actually do? Sometimes the right answer, surprisingly, is “nothing”.

Announcing GoReleaser v2.15

This version a big one for Linux packaging - Flatpak bundles and Source RPMs land in the same release, alongside a rebuilt documentation website and better Go build defaults.

The Go gopher's many distant cousins

#​595 — March 27, 2026 Read the Web Version 🐣 We're taking next week off for a little Easter break, so we'll be back in your inbox on April 10. Happy Easter to you, if you celebrate. 😊__Peter Cooper, your editor Go Weekly Go Nami...

Keeping sponsor lists up-to-date

Keeping sponsor lists up-to-date across multiple READMEs and websites is tedious - so I wrote a tool to automate it.

Type Construction and Cycle Detection

Go 1.26 simplifies type construction and enhances cycle detection for certain kinds of recursive types.

Goodbye, Charm

Working at Charm has been the best thing to happen in my career so far.