# mgp/book-notes

Notes from books and other interesting things that I've read. Table of contents at the end 👇

Repository: https://github.com/mgp/book-notes
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/book-notes
Homepage: http://omgitsmgp.com/
License Family: other
Topics: books, reading, notes, reading-notes, book-notes
Last push: 2023-03-16T17:20:20+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 32/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 5252, "days_push": 1266, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases, no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 4110, forks 773 (observed 2026-08-28T04:08:35.715763+00:00)

## What it is
A personal repository of detailed reading notes and summaries for dozens of books on software engineering, business, and self-improvement, written in Markdown. It serves as a curated knowledge base rather than a software tool.

## Use cases
- find summaries of software engineering books
- read notes on Code Complete or Effective Java before buying
- discover which books are worth reading on business and negotiation
- get condensed takeaways from product and design books
- build a personal reading list of tech and self-improvement books

## When to choose
- you want quick summaries or reviews of specific books before reading them
- you prefer condensed notes over full-length books for topics like negotiation or engineering practices

## When to avoid
- you need executable code, a library, or a tool
- you want comprehensive or officially sanctioned study material rather than one person's notes

## Facets
- artifact type: learning-resource
- maturity: maintenance
- function: documentation, markdown
- domain: education, tutorials, developer-tools
- platform: -
- tags: book-notes, reading-notes, personal-knowledge-base, summaries, non-fiction, web-server

## Member repositories
- mgp/book-notes (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:35.715763+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-29T18:23:12.280746+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/mgp/book-notes (fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:35.715763+00:00, sha 6bc86d507a2d)
  - homepage: http://omgitsmgp.com/ (fetched 2026-08-29T09:15:03.085472+00:00, sha 843e5115f319)
  - site_page: http://omgitsmgp.com/about (fetched 2026-08-29T09:15:03.088524+00:00, sha a56c696fa41a)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.