Readwise Books: A book app unlike any other

kept by eddie oct 29

Readwise Books combines a bookstore, e-reader, reading tracker, and optional social feed into a single app, currently in invite-only beta for Readwise subscribers.

Tiny e-readers aren't small Kindles. They're a different bet entirely. - News - readme.club
Tiny e-ink readers are designed to replace phone glances in brief moments, not to substitute full-sized Kindles for extended reading.
also on BOOX, Kindle, #consumer-technology
calm technologies that excite me
The author advocates calm, focused devices—e‑ink tablets, modded iPods, minimalist communicators, dashboard e‑ink displays, and dictaphones—to reduce distraction and reclaim attention.
also on Daylight Computer, #user-experience, #productivity
Letters from Silicon Valley
Splitting monorepos into small, bounded services speeds agent-driven development by reducing test wait times and improving code legibility, despite added coordination overhead.
also on Readwise, #productivity
A Swarm of Blood Robots — by Craig Mod
The author describes using Claude LLMs to automate genealogy research, build a personal book‑sharing site, transcribe handwriting, and handle various tedious tasks.
also on Goodreads, #user-experience, #productivity
Show HN: I used Claude Code to discover connections between 100 books
Claude Code was used to map thematic connections between 100 books, but commenters question whether the links are meaningful or just stylistic LLM patterns.
also on Goodreads, #user-experience