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Longtime head of product and engineering at Mercado Libre; SVP of engineering at Roblox when they spoke to Lenny's Podcast in 2025.
8 things
DuneBook Frank Herbert
I love Dune, I love science fiction
Lenny's Podcast, "Mercado Libre: 18k engineers, 30k deploys a day, & their own fleet of planes", lightning round, asked for the books they recommend most; the guest's own spoken answer (YouTube captions).
2025-06-08·youtube.com ↗
The Dream MachineBook M. Mitchell Waldrop
another book that that I really like is called The Dream Machine. uh and it's kind of like the the the story of uh computers and computing
Lenny's Podcast, "Mercado Libre: 18k engineers, 30k deploys a day, & their own fleet of planes", lightning round, asked for the books they recommend most; the guest's own spoken answer (YouTube captions).
2025-06-08·youtube.com ↗
Everything Everywhere All at OnceOther
was Everything Everywhere All at Once. Uh just really fun movie
Lenny's Podcast, "Mercado Libre: 18k engineers, 30k deploys a day, & their own fleet of planes", lightning round, favourite recent movie or TV show; the guest's own spoken answer (YouTube captions).
2025-06-08·youtube.com ↗
David protein barsOther David
David protein bars. They're very good. I, uh, really like weightlifting. It's it's sort of like one of the things I do to get my my my blood flowing. Uh, super high quality ingredients, very high protein.
Lenny's Podcast, "Mercado Libre: 18k engineers, 30k deploys a day, & their own fleet of planes", lightning round, favourite recently discovered product; the guest's own spoken answer (YouTube captions).
2025-06-08·youtube.com ↗
High Output ManagementBook Andrew S. Grove
high output management I think is a is a great one.
Lenny's Podcast, "Mercado Libre: 18k engineers, 30k deploys a day, & their own fleet of planes", lightning round, asked for the books they recommend most; the guest's own spoken answer (YouTube captions).
2025-06-08·youtube.com ↗
The OdysseyBook Homer
I also have been recently recommending people read the Odyssey.
Lenny's Podcast, "Mercado Libre: 18k engineers, 30k deploys a day, & their own fleet of planes", lightning round, asked for the books they recommend most; the guest's own spoken answer (YouTube captions).
2025-06-08·youtube.com ↗
BlueyOther
someone has probably mentioned Bluey already. Uh but it's amazing. Uh it's really wellm made for the kids, for the parents. Uh great messages. Uh great animation. That's just uh a gem that that I really recommend.
Lenny's Podcast, "Mercado Libre: 18k engineers, 30k deploys a day, & their own fleet of planes", lightning round, favourite recent movie or TV show; the guest's own spoken answer (YouTube captions).
2025-06-08·youtube.com ↗
Beast AcademyBook Art of Problem Solving
Beast Academy for math is another great one that uh I I would recommend to uh to parents.
Lenny's Podcast, "Mercado Libre: 18k engineers, 30k deploys a day, & their own fleet of planes", lightning round, favourite recently discovered product; the guest's own spoken answer (YouTube captions).
2025-06-08·youtube.com ↗
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