It makes me happy that Kobe isn’t on this list

Better than The Swarthmorean

Particularly with the junior devs he’s using

Nah that would require components you need to source from other countries. We have plenty of homemade steel.

It’s also a mindset shift. We are being told to throw out our plastic cutting boards but are used to them being priced at the plastic level. Bamboo boards and their like feel the closest to that.

Can’t speak to your volume, but my wife decided she’d rather buy 1 nice cutting board as a gift vs 3 or 5 mediocre bamboo boards.

More sci fi
Teixcalaan by arkady martine
The Expanse by James SA Corey
Project Hail Mary, The Martian by Andy Weir
Wormwood trilogy Tade Thompson
Old Man’s war by Scalzi

That’s what I’ve read lately but also most anything by Sanderson is a great fantasy read.

Urban Fantasy I like Dresden Files by Jim Butcher

Any book by NK Jemisin is brilliant but will rip your heart out.

Daevabad trilogy by Chakraborty for Middle East fantasy

Founders trilogy by Robert Bennett

Some fun books I’ve read given all the negative vibes
Sci-fi
Murderbot Diaries series by Martha Wells
Bobiverse series by Dennis Taylor
Kaiju Preservation Society by John Scalzi
Interdependency (Scalzi)
Fantasy
Scholomance Series by Naomi Novik
Tress of the Emerald Sea by Brandon Sanderson

Can send fantasy or sci fi recommendations if you are still looking!