Books

Reading lists, reviews and notes on the books behind how I run IT and my homelab, plus the occasional one that has nothing to do with computers.

IT moves fast, and what I know I learned by reading, then trying it at home or by trying and failing and then reading about it.. This is where the books go: what’s on my reading list, what I thought of it once I’d read it, and what it actually changed.

What you’ll find here:

  • Reading lists: the books I’m about to read and why they made the list.
  • IT classics, read for a one-person homelab: books written for big operations teams, read for what they mean when the whole team is me.
  • Reviews: sometimes of a book that has nothing to do with computers.

From April 2027 there’s a series, Books for a one-person homelab, that starts with The Phoenix Project and goes on to the Google SRE book, networking books and Proxmox books versus the official documentation.

Booklist August 2026

Booklist August 2026

by Jan Holbo Rasmussen

Booklist, August 2026

This is my current book list as of early august 2026. Books I want to read, but have yet to. Some I have probably started a few times, some looked at, some just looked interesting.

I will try to post an updated list from time to time. And the plan is still to read a book all the way through and hopefully post a review of it.

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New Knowledge: Reading list - IT Books

New Knowledge: Reading list - IT Books

by Jan Holbo Rasmussen

It is imperative to keep up with new knowledge in the IT business, whether it is networking, programming, AI or other areas. The following is a list of books that I have purchased and placed on my reading list. They are mainly programming books on different programming languages and frameworks. But there are also a few others on the list.

As I go through the list and complete reading each book, I will publish a review on the book. When a review is available, it will be linked here as well.

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