Book recommendations from Ryan Petersen Tweet

Sat, 21 Jun 2025 07:50:18 +0100

https://x.com/typesfast/status/1930617097068912787

by Chris Ceausu

Lords of Finance” by Liaquat Ahamed — hands down. Incredible deep dive into the central bankers who shaped (and broke) the global economy post-WWI. Still insanely relevant today.

by Moses Kagan

Lots of candidates, but I think it’s:

by uɐɥdǝʇS

this but it’s a history book of the future

by Evan Gelion

Bernal Diaz del Bastillo’s memoirs on Cortez’s Aztec expedition Reads like an action novel. Very eye opening

EPUB to Conversational Audio: AI-Powered Podcast Generator

Sat, 18 Jan 2025 10:42:41 +0000

This script extracts text from an EPUB file, formats it, and converts it into an engaging audio podcast. It uses AI-based transcript generation, rewriting, and text-to-speech synthesis to create a conversational and captivating audio output.

Here is the source code

git clone https://github.com/namuan/llm-playground.git

Pre-Requisites:

MLX Qwen2.5 Models:
- These will be downloaded when the script runs for the first time.

FIRST_PASS_LLM = "mlx-community/Qwen2.5-14B-Instruct-4bit"
SECOND_PASS_LLM = "mlx-community/Qwen2.5-7B-Instruct-4bit"

Although you can configure a different MLX model if you already have it downloaded.

Book recommendations from Mary Rose Cook Tweet

Fri, 06 Dec 2024 21:20:14 +0000

Collection of interesting books from this tweet

Looking for book recommendations. UI design, history of technology, memoirs, how the world works, how something was made.

Books

A Language Older Than Words - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/60970.A_Language_Older_Than_Words
A Pattern Language - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/79766.A_Pattern_Language
Against the Odds (James Dyson autobio) - https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/955045.Against_the_Odds
Asterios Polyp - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4070095-asterios-polyp
Bonfire of the Vanities - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2666.The_Bonfire_of_the_Vanities
Building SimCity - https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/42653907.Chaim_Gingold
Chaos - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/64582.Chaos
Code Name Ginger - https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/1889947.Code_Name_Ginger
Failure Is Not an Option - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/141499.Failure_is_Not_an_Option
Game Feel - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/42989445
Game Over (early history of Nintendo) - https://www.goodreads.com/work/editions/858602-game-over-press-start-to-continue
In praise of shadows - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/34473.In_Praise_of_Shadows
~~Making of Prince of Persia~~ - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13561618-the-making-of-prince-of-persia
~~Masters of Doom~~ - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/222146.Masters_of_Doom
Mindstorms - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/703532.Mindstorms
Origins of Form - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4008634-origins-of-form
Orbital by Samantha Harvey - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/123136728-orbital
Revolution in The Valley - https://goodreads.com/book/show/40492.Revolution_in_The_Valley_The_Insanely_Great_Story_of_How_the_Mac_Was_Made
Regarding the Pain of Others - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/52373.Regarding_the_Pain_of_Others
Scorsese on Scorsese - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/641355.Scorsese_on_Scorsese
~~Showstopper (on Windows NT)~~ - https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/1416925.Show_Stopper_
Skunk Works - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/101438.Skunk_Works
The Friendly Orange Glow - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/34373814-the-friendly-orange-glow
The Making of the Atomic Bomb - https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/16884.The_Making_of_the_Atomic_Bomb
The Wright Brothers (McCullough) - https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/22609391-the-wright-brothers
Timeless Way of Building - https://www.goodreads.com/fa/book/show/106728
Train Dreams - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12991188-train-dreams
Unix: A History and a Memoir - https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/53011383-unix
Why information grows - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/20763722-why-information-grows
Working by Studs Terkel - https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/33716.Studs_Terkel
~~Thinking In Systems: A Primer~~ - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3828902-thinking-in-systems

Crossed off the books that I’ve already read

Books on deskriders

Book recommendations from Ryan Petersen Tweet

EPUB to Conversational Audio: AI-Powered Podcast Generator

Pre-Requisites:

Book recommendations from Mary Rose Cook Tweet

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