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-    <p>
-      coming soon
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+      <h3>reading</h3>
+      <p>
+        i've been thinking a lot lately about development practices, and have found some
+        value in the following books:
+      </p>
+      <ul>
+        <li><a href="https://www.manning.com/books/the-mikado-method">The Mikado Method</a></li>
+        <li><a href="https://johnnydecimal.com/">Johnny Decimal</a></li>
+        <li><a href="https://www.oreilly.com/library/view/tidy-first/9781098151232/">Tidy First</a></li>
+      </ul>
+      <p>
+        for non-work related reading, i recently started re-reading <a href="https://justincroninbooks.com/the-passage-by-justin-cronin/">The Passage</a>.
+    </div>
+    <div>
+      <h3>gaming</h3>
+      <p>i'm currently playing a few games:</p>
+      <ul>
+        <li>The Witcher 3 (PS5)</li>
+        <li>Tales of Arise</li>
+      </ul>
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