My Reading List

EGEthan Glenn

Updated: 2026-05-05

Since my time as a software engineer I spend a lot of my time online reading and digesting information. I come across some of these from X (Twitter), HackerNews, LinkedIn, and from friends and colleagues.

I needed a place to collect them for easy reference. This list isn't meant to be exhaustive. I'll periodically update it as I find great articles.

  • The XY Problem
    • Few things have hit so hard. Solve the actual problem, don't just implement a solution that the user thinks will work.
  • Things I Believe by Lee Robinson
    • This is a great compilation of thoughts, and I find myself agreeing with almost all of them. Even if you don't they're good food for thought.
  • The Last Software Engineer by Kent Dodds
    • My favorite line: "Product engineering is durable because it is not about producing software."
  • Three Inverse Laws of AI by Susam Pal
    • I'm no AI sceptic, but these are great guides.
  • The Last Quiet Thing by Terry Godier
    • Great for thinking about our relationship with technology and how nothing nowadays is "finished."
  • What AI Can't Build by Ethan Glenn (me)
    • Kent put it better in the article above, but software engineering is more than writing code, it's about creating solutions. Just because we can build something, doesn't mean we should. AI hasn't solved that part, yet.