I like programming not for the technology aspect but more for how I can use it

• to communicate the intent of the code easily
• to decompose a problem into sub-problems beautifully
• to create maintainable software
• to design complex systems

Hence my interests lie in topics of:

• Flow Based Programming
• TDD
• Functional Programming( MIT Scheme, Scala)
• DSLs

Some books which have influenced me:

• Refactoring book by Martin Fowler
• Code Complete
• Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs(SICP)
• Growing Object Oriented Software via tests

People who inspire me:

• Alan Kay