Permanent Record by Edward Snowden

I remember when Mandela was released. I remember where I was when watching the twin towers fall. I remember the feeling of hope when Obama was elected sworn in as president. I remember when the American people learned that their government was spying on its own people.

The Tombs of Atuan by Ursula LeGuin

A slow start to this book. I was expecting the hero of the book to be front and center, similar to the previous Wizard of Earthsea, however I was surprised for his entrance to quietly happen halfway through. It was quite strange to experience Ged as an outsider but an experience I enjoyed. The old bait and switch with Tenar becoming the true hero protagonist.

Software to make the world a better place

We want to ‘make the world a better place’. It’s a phrase I ‘secretly’ hate seeing in pitch sessions as it just simply sounds disengenuous. Making the world a better place and raking in big stacks are often at odds with each other.

Rework by Jason Fried and David Heinemeier Hansson

A great book for any small business owner, something that many executives in larger companies could possibly adopt.

“If you build software, every error message is marketing” 

The advice by the founders is for founders, who want to keep their companies out of VC hands, small, lean and nimble.

How to get the real ip of the client via ingress nginx controller on GCP

I’m writing this down here so that someone else can be spared the agony of solving this one.