What shapes the mind
Inputs that compound.
Books, people, and ideas that rewired how I think about building. Not a reading list — a map of mental models that actually stuck.
Zero to One
The question that reframes everything: what important truth do very few people agree with you on? Build from that.
The Design of Everyday Things
Good design is invisible. Bad design is a door you push when you should pull. I think about affordances before aesthetics now.
Computer Networks
Understanding layers changed how I think about software architecture. Every abstraction is a promise made to the layer above it.
Steve Jobs
The packaging matters as much as the product. People feel quality before they can articulate it.
The Almanack of Naval
Code and media have zero marginal cost of replication. Build things that scale while you sleep.
Atomic Habits
You don't rise to the level of your goals, you fall to the level of your systems.
How to Start a Cult
The best products don't just have users — they have believers. Understanding how loyalty is engineered changes how you build anything.
Premium is a feeling, not a price point.
The best interface is the one that disappears.
Build for yourself first — taste is a competitive advantage.
A pitch is a story. The numbers are just proof.
Every constraint is a creative direction waiting to be found.
The problem is rarely what it first appears to be.
If it needs explanation, it needs redesign.
Updated as the library grows —