Bookshelf

A curated collection of books spanning artificial intelligence, software architecture, and leadership that have shaped Liam's approach to building systems and leading teams. Ask him about any of these!

Artificial Intelligence

AI Agents in Action by Micheal Lanham

Artificial Intelligence: A Guide for Thinking Humans by Melanie Mitchell

Empire of AI: Dreams and Nightmares in Sam Altman's OpenAI by Karen Hao

How AI Thinks by Nigel Toon

Principles of Building AI Agents by Sam Bhagwat

Leadership & Management

Leading with Questions: How Leaders Discover Powerful Answers by Knowing How and What to Ask by Michael J. Marquardt & Bob Tiede

Boundaries for Leaders: Results, Relationships, and Being Ridiculously in Charge by Henry Cloud

Surrounded by Idiots: The Four Types of Human Behavior and How to Effectively Communicate with Each in Business (and in Life) by Thomas Erikson

Software Architecture

Designing Data-Intensive Applications: The Big Ideas Behind Reliable, Scalable, and Maintainable Systems by Martin Kleppmann

Domain-Driven Design: Tackling Complexity in the Heart of Software by Eric Evans

Domain-Driven Refactoring: Hands-on techniques for transforming monolithic systems into microservices by Alessandro Ghidini & Alberto Brandolini

Rust for Rustaceans: Idiomatic Programming for Experienced Developers by Jon Gjengset

Building Evolutionary Architectures: Support Constant Change by Neal Ford, Rebecca Parsons & Patrick Kua

Engineering Performance & DevOps

Accelerate: The Science of Lean Software and DevOps by Nicole Forsgren, Jez Humble & Gene Kim

Entrepreneurship & Product

The E-Myth Revisited: Why Most Small Businesses Don't Work and What to Do About It by Michael E. Gerber

The Mom Test: How to Talk to Customers and Learn If Your Business is a Good Idea When Everyone is Lying to You by Rob Fitzpatrick

Personal Development

Principles: Life and Work by Ray Dalio

The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck by Mark Manson

Biographies

Elon Musk by Walter Isaacson

Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson