Over a century ago, Nikola Tesla envisioned a future where electricity flows wirelessly across the planet. Unfortunately, our energy infrastructure did not change much and wireless power did not made much progress either. However, Tesla’s vision made sense then and continues to make sense today. …

In this business masterpiece, the late Clayton Christensen and co-authors share research-based insights into why some products are successful in the market while most aren’t. These insights can be used to improve the odds of success by making and delivering products that take into account the context in which they are “hired”. — The authors argue that the real value of a product is often different from the perceived value and this dichotomy often leads to organizations building the wrong products or building the right product and delivering it poorly. …

Kobe is simply one of the greatest athletes of all time. With five championships, over 33,000 points (25 ppg), two olympic gold medals, an Emmy and an Oscar; his legacy speaks for itself. This begs the question: how did he do that? — Truth is, I always take interest in people (or teams, organizations, etc) who stick to a process and achieve incredible results. This is precisely why I am a fan of Kobe: his belief in the process. Or like Kobe himself put it:

This is your typical self-help book even though the author claim that it isn’t. It’s funny, full of interesting stories but little new insights. If you’re looking for self-help advice based on scientific research and thorough literature, this book is definitely not that. …

In this entry, I attempt to answer one simple question: how can I quickly determine which programming language is better for my application: Python or Go? To answer that, we’ll take a high-level wholistic approach to assess how these two languages stack against each other. Performance: This is a tricky one…

2019 has been an unusually good year with so many books to reflect back on. These books were not necessarily published in 2019, but this is when I got to them and believe remain as much relevant as when they were first released. …