Recent consumption habits

May 07, 2026 • 7 min read

Inspired by Dave Rupert’s vibe check, I'm sharing some media I've enjoyed recently:

Books

After a non-fiction period, went back to fantasy, all in! Specially on Game of Thrones universe.

A Game of Thrones, A Clash of Kings, A Storm of Swords

These first 3 books I devoured, I couldn't put them down. The TV show is faithful to these.

A Feast for Crows, A Dance with Dragons

These last 2 books were tougher to finish. It's clear why the TV show forked from them. In hindsight, I'd say it's better to read them both at the same time using a guide like this one.

A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms

This was a breeze of fresh air after the last 2 books. More of a lighter read and super entertaining. I wish I didn't watch the show before, since it made me speed-read the first part.

Dungeon Crawler Carl (Audiobook)

Current "read" and my first ever audiobook. Redditors recommended it over the book for the voice acting. Super entertaining, sarcastic and just fun take over RPG games. Still on the fence about the audiobook format because the day after it's hard to find where I fell sleep.

Movies

Project Hail Mary

I was scared they would butcher this one, as it is one of my all time favourite books. What a great movie though! Ryan's performance is fantastic to the point he can carry the movie basically by himself.

The Super Mario Bros. Movie

Had low hopes for this one, but it was a pleasant surprise! Fun all over, and full of nostalgia for 90s kids.

TV Shows

Pluribus

One of the best shows I've seen in a while, super interesting premise and Rhea's acting is on point. Vince keeps up to really high expectations.

The Boys

Currently watching latest season (5). Another great dark show with an interesting premise and fun execution.

Video games

Enter the Gungeon

Bullethell roguelike with so many fun references to pop culture, spent so much time on this one! I was disappointed by the second part though (Exit the Gungeon).

Dave the Diver

Cozy game that makes me crave sushi, haven't finished it yet but it's a lot of fun.

Baldur's Gate 3

I'm ~100 hours on this one and still on my first run. Enormous, sarcastic fun and with amazing attention to detail. The kind of game to spend hours and hours on.

Music

Sadly, I have reduced my active listening time, now mostly playing classical or focus while working. However:

Angine De Poitrine

Sounds like softer Primus, but with an obsession on milking each riff over and over in different shapes. Interesting general weirdness, better watch a video!

RSS feeds

These are mostly work-related. In no particular order:

karpathy — AI researcher, writing on LLMs. Also coined the term vibe coding.
One Useful Thing — AI applications on daily life.
ᕕ( ᐛ )ᕗ Herman's blog — Bear blog's founder, interesting takes on digital hygiene and intentful life.
Irrational Exuberance — LLMs in a work context.
Stories by Steve Yegge on Medium — Maker of Gas Town and friends, interesting takes on future of agentic coding and dark factory patterns.
Interconnected — Other interesting takes on LLMs applied to work and life.
Simon Willison's Weblog — The quintessential feed to keep up to date with LLMs applied to software.
Aphyr: Posts — Its latest series "The Future of Everything is Lies, I Guess" is well worth a read.
Addy Osmani — Great source of agentic engineering patterns.
daverupert.com — Inspiration for this post!

Stuff I've stopped consuming

Algorithmically recommended short video AKA digital crack

TikTok, Instagram Reels, Youtube Shorts. Although it makes me monkey brain feel good at that moment, it's really wasted time and low-effort entertainment. Strangely, I would forget everything right after watching it, like I had no recollection of any of the content consumed after the session. That can't be a good sign!