Forwarded from Dagmawi Babi
🌱 30-Day Guilty Free Reading Plan
Tech • Business • AI • Startups • Communication • Thinking
⏱️ Avg time/day: 10–20 minutes
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🟢 WEEK 1 — Curiosity & “Thinking Like a Builder”
Very light, very inspiring
Day 1
Paul Graham – How to Do Great Work
https://www.paulgraham.com/greatwork.html
👉 Career, curiosity, long-term thinking
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Day 2
Paul Graham – Hackers and Painters
https://www.paulgraham.com/hp.html
👉 Programming as creativity, not typing
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Day 3
Naval Ravikant – How to Get Rich (without getting lucky)
https://nav.al/rich
👉 Leverage, learning, calm ambition
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Day 4
Austin Kleon – Show Your Work (Key ideas summary)
https://austinkleon.com/show-your-work/
👉 Sharing progress, building connections
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Day 5
Joel Spolsky – The Law of Leaky Abstractions
https://www.joelonsoftware.com/2002/11/11/the-law-of-leaky-abstractions/
👉 Why “magic tools” eventually break
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Day 6
TLDR Tech Newsletter (Today’s issue)
https://tldr.tech
👉 Stay updated without overload
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Day 7
🧠 Reflection day
Write 3 thoughts you liked this week
No reading required
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🟡 WEEK 2 — Communication, UX & Human Thinking
Still easy, very practical
Day 8
Steve Krug – Don’t Make Me Think (Free sample)
https://sensible.com/dont-make-me-think/
👉 Users don’t think — design for that
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Day 9
Seth Godin – Pick ANY short blog post
https://seths.blog
👉 Marketing, trust, people, stories
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Day 10
Intercom – Writing for Humans
https://www.intercom.com/blog/writing-for-product-and-marketing/
👉 Communication for tech products
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Day 11
Basecamp – Getting Real (Free book)
https://basecamp.com/gettingreal
👉 Simple products, clear thinking
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Day 12
Paul Graham – What You’ll Wish You’d Known
https://www.paulgraham.com/hs.html
👉 Life + career perspective
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Day 13
Morning Brew – Tech Edition
https://www.morningbrew.com/tech
👉 Tech + business in simple language
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Day 14
🧠 Reflection day
What makes products “feel good”?
How does communication change tech?
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🔵 WEEK 3 — Startups, SaaS & Business Thinking
Motivating, not pressure
Day 15
Indie Hackers – Start Here
https://www.indiehackers.com/start
👉 Real people building real products
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Day 16
The Mom Test – Book Summary
https://www.momtestbook.com
👉 How to talk to users without lying
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Day 17
Stripe Atlas – Startup Basics
https://stripe.com/atlas/guides
👉 How ideas become companies
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Day 18
Y Combinator – How to Get Startup Ideas
https://www.ycombinator.com/library/8g-how-to-get-startup-ideas
👉 Practical + realistic
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Day 19
First Round Review – Pick any article
https://review.firstround.com
👉 Startup stories & leadership
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Day 20
Naval Ravikant – Learning & Leverage
https://nav.al/learning
👉 Skill stacking, calm success
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Day 21
🧠 Reflection day
What kind of product would you enjoy building?
No pressure, just imagination
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🟣 WEEK 4 — AI, Vibe Coding & Modern Engineering
Fun + future-focused
Day 22
Ben’s Bites (AI Newsletter)
https://www.bensbites.co
👉 Friendly AI updates
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Day 23
The Pragmatic Engineer – Engineering Thinking
https://newsletter.pragmaticengineer.com
👉 How real engineers think & grow
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Day 24
ByteByteGo – System Thinking (Visuals)
https://bytebytego.com
👉 Big-picture tech understanding
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Day 25
Anthropic – AI as a Tool for Thought
https://www.anthropic.com/research
👉 AI for reasoning, not just coding
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Day 26
Sam Altman – Personal Blog
https://blog.samaltman.com
👉 Tech, startups, future thinking
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Day 27
GitHub Blog – AI & Dev Culture
https://github.blog
👉 How developers actually work today
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Day 28
🧠 Reflection day
How would you use AI to think better?
Not to replace yourself — to amplify
Tech • Business • AI • Startups • Communication • Thinking
⏱️ Avg time/day: 10–20 minutes
---
🟢 WEEK 1 — Curiosity & “Thinking Like a Builder”
Very light, very inspiring
Day 1
Paul Graham – How to Do Great Work
https://www.paulgraham.com/greatwork.html
👉 Career, curiosity, long-term thinking
---
Day 2
Paul Graham – Hackers and Painters
https://www.paulgraham.com/hp.html
👉 Programming as creativity, not typing
---
Day 3
Naval Ravikant – How to Get Rich (without getting lucky)
https://nav.al/rich
👉 Leverage, learning, calm ambition
---
Day 4
Austin Kleon – Show Your Work (Key ideas summary)
https://austinkleon.com/show-your-work/
👉 Sharing progress, building connections
---
Day 5
Joel Spolsky – The Law of Leaky Abstractions
https://www.joelonsoftware.com/2002/11/11/the-law-of-leaky-abstractions/
👉 Why “magic tools” eventually break
---
Day 6
TLDR Tech Newsletter (Today’s issue)
https://tldr.tech
👉 Stay updated without overload
---
Day 7
🧠 Reflection day
Write 3 thoughts you liked this week
No reading required
---
🟡 WEEK 2 — Communication, UX & Human Thinking
Still easy, very practical
Day 8
Steve Krug – Don’t Make Me Think (Free sample)
https://sensible.com/dont-make-me-think/
👉 Users don’t think — design for that
---
Day 9
Seth Godin – Pick ANY short blog post
https://seths.blog
👉 Marketing, trust, people, stories
---
Day 10
Intercom – Writing for Humans
https://www.intercom.com/blog/writing-for-product-and-marketing/
👉 Communication for tech products
---
Day 11
Basecamp – Getting Real (Free book)
https://basecamp.com/gettingreal
👉 Simple products, clear thinking
---
Day 12
Paul Graham – What You’ll Wish You’d Known
https://www.paulgraham.com/hs.html
👉 Life + career perspective
---
Day 13
Morning Brew – Tech Edition
https://www.morningbrew.com/tech
👉 Tech + business in simple language
---
Day 14
🧠 Reflection day
What makes products “feel good”?
How does communication change tech?
---
🔵 WEEK 3 — Startups, SaaS & Business Thinking
Motivating, not pressure
Day 15
Indie Hackers – Start Here
https://www.indiehackers.com/start
👉 Real people building real products
---
Day 16
The Mom Test – Book Summary
https://www.momtestbook.com
👉 How to talk to users without lying
---
Day 17
Stripe Atlas – Startup Basics
https://stripe.com/atlas/guides
👉 How ideas become companies
---
Day 18
Y Combinator – How to Get Startup Ideas
https://www.ycombinator.com/library/8g-how-to-get-startup-ideas
👉 Practical + realistic
---
Day 19
First Round Review – Pick any article
https://review.firstround.com
👉 Startup stories & leadership
---
Day 20
Naval Ravikant – Learning & Leverage
https://nav.al/learning
👉 Skill stacking, calm success
---
Day 21
🧠 Reflection day
What kind of product would you enjoy building?
No pressure, just imagination
---
🟣 WEEK 4 — AI, Vibe Coding & Modern Engineering
Fun + future-focused
Day 22
Ben’s Bites (AI Newsletter)
https://www.bensbites.co
👉 Friendly AI updates
---
Day 23
The Pragmatic Engineer – Engineering Thinking
https://newsletter.pragmaticengineer.com
👉 How real engineers think & grow
---
Day 24
ByteByteGo – System Thinking (Visuals)
https://bytebytego.com
👉 Big-picture tech understanding
---
Day 25
Anthropic – AI as a Tool for Thought
https://www.anthropic.com/research
👉 AI for reasoning, not just coding
---
Day 26
Sam Altman – Personal Blog
https://blog.samaltman.com
👉 Tech, startups, future thinking
---
Day 27
GitHub Blog – AI & Dev Culture
https://github.blog
👉 How developers actually work today
---
Day 28
🧠 Reflection day
How would you use AI to think better?
Not to replace yourself — to amplify
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🌱 30-Day Guilty Free Reading Plan Tech • Business • AI • Startups • Communication • Thinking ⏱️ Avg time/day: 10–20 minutes --- 🟢 WEEK 1 — Curiosity & “Thinking Like a Builder” Very light, very inspiring Day 1 Paul Graham – How to Do Great Work ht…
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Paul Graham- How to Do Great Work
"Try lots of things, meet lots of people , read lots of books, ask lots of questions..."
Paul Graham- How to Do Great Work
"Try lots of things, meet lots of people , read lots of books, ask lots of questions..."