Vicki Boykis
Machine learning engineer working on recommender systems, personalization and information retrieval; previously at Mozilla.ai, Duo, Tumblr and Automattic, and author of the 'What are embeddings?' text.
Cathedral of the Sea by Ildefonso Falcones
Cathedral of the Sea by Ildefonso Falcones - One of the biggest recent creative impacts of my life was a trip I took to Barcelona in 2023.
on vickiboykis.com · 31 Dec 2024
Life with Picasso by Françoise Gilot
A second complementary book was Life with Picasso by Françoise Gilot
on vickiboykis.com · 31 Dec 2024
Our Share of Night by Mariana Enríquez
Our Share of Night by Mariana Enríquez - I was struck to the bone by this book. I thought about it for many weeks after I read it and even had several dreams about it.
on vickiboykis.com · 31 Dec 2024
The C Programming Language by Brian Kernighan and Dennis Ritchie
The C Programming Language - I've finally gotten to the point in my career where I can appreciate the elegance of this book.
on vickiboykis.com · 31 Dec 2024
The Rattle Bag by Seamus Heaney and Ted Hughes
The Rattle Bag edited by Seamus Heaney and Ted Hughes - In an age of LLM-generated poetry and machine learning curation (even coming from yours truly sometimes), it's refreshing to have real people who love poetry curate it and show you what you need to read to touch grass.
on vickiboykis.com · 31 Dec 2024
The Tombs of Atuan by Ursula K. Le Guin
The Tombs of Atuan - My only regret is that I came to Ursula K. LeGuin so late in life, and this might be my favorite of all of her books I've read so far.
on vickiboykis.com · 31 Dec 2024
Becoming a Technical Leader by Gerald Weinberg
Becoming a Technical Leader by Gerald Weinberg - I've read and recommended Weinberg before and recommend him yet again.
on vickiboykis.com · 26 Dec 2023
Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver
Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver - By far my favorite book of the year.
on vickiboykis.com · 26 Dec 2023
Neural Network Methods for Natural Language Processing by Yoav Goldberg
I also read a ton of technical books last year, but the most impactful one for me was Neural Network Methods for Natural Language processing by Yoav Goldberg
on vickiboykis.com · 26 Dec 2023
Olga Dies Dreaming by Xochitl Gonzalez
Olga Dies Dreaming by Xochitl Gonzalez - Olga grows up in the Puerto Rican community in New York and becomes enormously successful as a wedding planner, but cannot manage her own relationships
on vickiboykis.com · 26 Dec 2023
The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V. E. Schwab
A wonderful idea for a book and brilliant execution as she lives from Medieval France to modern day.
on vickiboykis.com · 26 Dec 2023
The Last Interview by Anthony Bourdain
The Last Interview by Anthony Bourdain - There are some people who I often wish were still alive so I could have their take on things.
on vickiboykis.com · 26 Dec 2023
The Outlaws by Javier Cercas
The Outlaws by Javier Cercas - This book, translated from Spanish, covers the years of Spain after the Franco dictatorship but only obliquely hints at them.
on vickiboykis.com · 26 Dec 2023
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin
Tomorrow and tomorrow and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin - A gut punch of a book, beautiful and lyrical.
on vickiboykis.com · 26 Dec 2023
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