inspiration — Yaroslav Yermilov

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Strategy: A History Lawrence Freedman Freedman's sweeping history of strategy — from ancient myth and scripture through military, political, revolutionary, and business strategy. Currently reading (audiobook).
The Mythical Man-Month: Essays on Software Engineering Frederick P. Brooks Jr. Brooks's classic essays on software project management — the source of Brooks's Law: adding people to a late project makes it later. Currently reading.
Thariq @trq212

Lots of people asked how I used Fable to edit its own launch video so I made a video about that!

TLDR it wrote a lot of code & tool calls to use transcription services, ffmpeg, do colorgrading, use the figma mcp, make remotion UI and render it.

I didn't touch a video editor.
Jun 10, 2026 View on X

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Peter Steinberger @steipete

I'm late to the party, but cmux is great. github.com/manaflow-ai/cmux

current split:
codex mac app: knowledege work, learning, reading
cmux + codex cli: coding
May 23, 2026 View on X

★★☆☆☆ Has some great features — detects AI-agent sessions, persists them, shows notifications, has a built-in browser. But too buggy to use seriously.
Thinking In Systems: A Primer Donella H. Meadows, Diana Wright ★★★★☆ An intro to systems thinking — making decisions with an eye to their second-order consequences.
Platform Engineering: A Guide for Technical, Product, and People Leaders Camille Fournier, Ian Nowland ★★★★★ A book on building internal platforms — from the technical, product, and people sides.
Staff Engineer: Leadership Beyond the Management Track Will Larson ★★★★☆ A pragmatic take on the Staff Engineer role — a compilation of real interviews with engineers, no fluff.
On Writing Well: The Classic Guide to Writing Nonfiction William Zinsser ★★★☆☆ A classic on writing nonfiction — and why writing clearly in plain human language is becoming the key engineering skill.
Mentoring 101: What Every Leader Needs to Know John C. Maxwell ★★☆☆☆ Mentoring is necessary; this particular book is optional.
The Software Engineer's Guidebook Gergely Orosz In 2026, translating books into Russian in partnership with a Russian publisher is beyond the pale — and $800 of donations to the Ukrainian army does not make up for it.
Creativity, Inc.: Overcoming the Unseen Forces That Stand in the Way of True Inspiration Ed Catmull ★★★☆☆ The story of Pixar with the focus on how to organize creative teams.
Good Strategy/Bad Strategy: The Difference and Why It Matters Richard Rumelt ★★★★★ Short but very packed book on preparing good strategies.
How Not to Be Wrong: The Power of Mathematical Thinking Jordan Ellenberg ★★★★★ Helps you be more mindful about your thinking process — through the lens of mathematics.
Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup John Carreyrou ★★★★☆ The story of the fall of Theranos and Elizabeth Holmes.
Making Things Happen: Mastering Project Management Scott Berkun ★★★★☆ A comprehensive guide to delivering results when you work on something longer than a task and not alone.
Chaos Monkeys: Obscene Fortune and Random Failure in Silicon Valley Antonio García Martínez ★★★★★ If you have seen the Silicon Valley HBO show, this is the same vibe in book form — with (allegedly) a real story inside.
No Filter: The Inside Story of Instagram Sarah Frier ★★★★☆ Story of Instagram including clashes of cultures after Facebook bought it, plus thoughts on how this one company transformed the world around us.
Radical Focus: Achieving Your Most Important Goals with Objectives and Key Results Christina Wodtke ★★★★☆ Very short and light yet very helpful book on setting goals using the OKR framework.
Release It!: Design and Deploy Production-Ready Software Michael T. Nygard ★★★★★ If you can only read one book on running production systems, start with this one — a different angle on the same problem space, more enjoyable than the SRE book.
Site Reliability Engineering: How Google Runs Production Systems Betsy Beyer, Chris Jones, Jennifer Petoff, Niall Richard Murphy ★★★★★ A deep dive into programming, process organization, and tooling specifically for reliably running a production system at internet scale.
Software Engineering at Google: Lessons Learned from Programming Over Time Titus Winters, Tom Manshreck, Hyrum Wright ★★★★★ A guide to programming, process organization, and tooling at scale — perfect for exploring the problem space outside of coding itself.
Super Pumped: The Battle for Uber Mike Isaac ★★★★☆ Uber's and Travis Kalanick's story that you first enjoy and then start questioning more and more.
The Everything Store: Jeff Bezos and the Age of Amazon Brad Stone ★★★★☆ Jeff Bezos and Amazon's story — most interesting because the early Amazon team had to invent things we now consider common best practices.
Thinking, Fast and Slow Daniel Kahneman ★★★★★ Helps you be more mindful about your thinking process — the canonical text on cognitive biases and System 1 vs System 2.
That Will Never Work: The Birth of Netflix and the Amazing Life of an Idea Marc Randolph ★★★★★ The story of Netflix as its co-founder remembers it — most interesting for its thoughts on personal life and happiness.
Turn the Ship Around!: A True Story of Turning Followers into Leaders L. David Marquet ★★★★☆ Story from a US Navy officer that will inspire you to build autonomous teams that don't rely on managers, tech leads, and directors.
xUnit Test Patterns: Refactoring Test Code Gerard Meszaros ★★★★☆ The most comprehensive guide on how to write good tests — production-grade rules apply to test code too.