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- Simplify flatten_vault API to return usize instead of MigrationResult struct - Add KEEP_FOLDERS: attachments/ and _themes/ alongside type/, config/, theme/ - Use HashSet for collision tracking in unique_filename - Update wikilinks from path-based [[folder/slug]] to title-based [[slug]] - Clean up empty directories after flattening - Flatten demo-vault-v2: move all notes from type-based subfolders to root - Update smoke tests for flat vault structure - Remove migrate_to_flat_vault from repair_vault (one-time migration only) Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Reading & Books
Reading and books covers the practice of reading deliberately, choosing what to read wisely, retaining and applying what is read, and the broader role of books as a source of ideas for writing and thinking. It encompasses reading habits, book selection strategies, note-taking from books, and the intersection of reading and content creation.
Why this matters
Reading is the primary input channel for Refactoring's content. Almost every newsletter essay and podcast conversation trace back to an idea encountered in a book, an article, or a research paper. Reading more — and reading better — directly improves the quality and originality of the output. The evergreen note reading-more-by-reading-better captures the core insight that reading speed matters less than reading strategy. This topic connects tightly to responsibility-learning, which covers the operational side of maintaining a reading habit, and to procedure-evergreen-note-writing, which turns reading into reusable knowledge.
Key resources
- reading-more-by-reading-better — the principle that strategic reading outperforms speed reading
- the-compound-effect-in-knowledge-work — why consistent reading compounds into expertise over time
- note-range — David Epstein's case for reading broadly rather than narrowly, which informs book selection
- note-on-writing-well — a book that changed how both reading and writing are approached
- Ryan Holiday's reading list newsletter — consistently excellent non-fiction recommendations
Notes
- The most important reading skill is not speed but selection — choosing the right book matters more than finishing every book you start
- Taking notes while reading is non-negotiable for retention; without notes, the half-life of a book's ideas is measured in weeks
- Rereading great books is underrated — the best non-fiction books reveal different things on second and third readings because the reader has changed
- Audiobooks count as reading and are particularly useful for narrative non-fiction; dense analytical books work better in print where you can annotate
- The biggest trap in reading for content creation is the temptation to summarize rather than synthesize — the value is not in retelling what the book says but in connecting it to original thinking