Programming & Software Development

Fanatical Prospecting gives salespeople, sales leaders, entrepreneurs, and executives a practical, eye-opening guide that clearly explains the why and how behind the most important activity in sales and business development—prospecting. Step by step, Jeb Blount outlines his innovative approach...

Dave Thomas and Andy Hunt wrote the first edition of this influential book in 1999 to help their clients create better software and rediscover the joy of coding. These lessons have helped a generation of programmers examine the very essence of software development....

You're spending hours wrestling with Claude—rewriting prompts, copying outputs, watching tutorials that were outdated before you finished them—and you still can't figure out how to make AI do anything that actually matters for your bottom line.

Salary surveys worldwide regularly place software architect in the top ten best jobs, yet no real guide exists to help developers become architects. Until now. This updated edition provides a comprehensive overview of software architecture's many aspects, with five new chapters covering the...

There are no easy decisions in software architecture. Instead, there are many hard parts—difficult problems or issues with no best practices—that force you to choose among various compromises. With this book, you'll learn how to think critically about the trade-offs involved with distributed...

Managing people is difficult wherever you work. But in the tech industry, where management is also a technical discipline, the learning curve can be brutal - especially when there are few tools, texts, and frameworks to help you. In this practical guide, author Camille Fournier (tech lead turned...

Generative AI has revolutionized how organizations tackle problems, accelerating the journey from concept to prototype to solution. As the models become increasingly capable, we have witnessed a new design pattern emerge: AI agents. By combining tools, knowledge, memory, and learning with...

For years, companies have rewarded their most effective engineers with management positions. But treating management as the default path for an engineer with leadership ability doesn't serve the industry well—or the engineer. The staff engineer's path allows engineers to contribute at a high...

Dr. Nicole Forsgren, Jez Humble, and Gene Kim set out to find a way to measure software delivery performance - and what drives it - using rigorous statistical methods. This book presents both the findings and the science behind that research....

The Art of Game Design guides you through the design process step-by-step, helping you to develop new and innovative games that will be played again and again. It explains the fundamental principles of game design and demonstrates how tactics used in classic board, card, and athletic games also...

Few books on software project management have been as influential and timeless as The Mythical Man-Month. With a blend of software engineering facts and thought-provoking opinions, Fred Brooks offers insight for anyone managing complex projects.

Talking to people about your designs might seem like a basic skill, but it can be difficult to do well. In many cases, how you communicate with stakeholders, clients, and other non-designers may be more important than the designs themselves. Because if you can't get their support, your work will...

The inspiring autobiography of video game designer and DOOM cocreator John Romero Doom Guy: Life in First Person is the long-awaited autobiography of gaming’s original rock star and the cocreator of DOOM, Quake, and Wolfenstein—some of the most recognizable and important titles in video game...

Do you love gaming? Do you have ideas for games of your own and want to learn how to produce them professionally? Longtime game designer Justin Gary has the answers you seek. After 20 years in the gaming industry, creating such games as Solforge, Ascension....

Newly adapted for audiobook listeners. As organizations shift from monolithic applications to smaller, self-contained microservices, distributed systems have become more fine-grained. But developing these new systems brings its own host of problems. This expanded second edition takes a holistic...

GenAI is fundamentally changing the world of software development like nothing since the internet. Vibe Coding is a first-of-its-kind, groundbreaking book that shows developers how to embrace this new frontier. Science fiction is now reality. Programmers no longer need to toil over code and syntax.

Even bad code can function. But if code isn’t clean, it can bring a development organization to its knees. Every year, countless hours and significant resources are lost because of poorly written code. But it doesn’t have to be that way. Noted software expert Robert C. Martin presents a...

Abyssal Archive features the most comprehensive fan analysis of the Dark Souls mythos ever undertaken. We set out to pay tribute to Miyazaki's legendary game by crafting something that embodies the same care and attention to detail that makes Dark Souls itself such a peerless work of art.

Newly adapted for audiobook listeners. Today, software engineers need to know not only how to program effectively but also how to develop proper engineering practices to make their codebase sustainable and healthy. This book emphasizes this difference between programming and software engineering...

Steven Levy's classic book traces the exploits of the computer revolution's original hackers - those brilliant and eccentric nerds from the late 1950s through the early '80s who took risks....

This audiobook is a summary of the advice I’ve given to software engineers over the years–and then some more.

In Modern Software Engineering, continuous delivery pioneer David Farley helps software professionals think about their work more effectively, manage it more successfully, and genuinely improve the quality of their applications, their lives, and the lives of their colleagues....

Start Small, Stay Small is a step-by-step guide to launching a self-funded start-up. If you're a desktop, mobile, or web developer, this audiobook is your blueprint to getting your start-up off the ground with no outside investment....

As an engineering manager, you almost always have someone in your company to turn to for advice: a peer on another team, your manager, or even the head of engineering. But who do you turn to if you're the head of engineering? Engineering executives have a challenging learning curve, and many...

Unlock the potential of Generative AI with this Large Language Model production-ready playbook for seamless deployment, optimization, and scaling.

The Art of Game Design guides you through the design process step-by-step, helping you to develop new and innovative games that will be played again and again. It explains the fundamental principles of game design and demonstrates how tactics used in classic board, card, and athletic games also...

Mastering Python Programming Starts Here! Want to learn Python but don’t know where to begin? Python Programming Made Simple is a clear, beginner-friendly guide that helps you start coding without confusion or overwhelm. Designed for complete beginners, this book takes you step by step through the fundamentals. You’ll start writing code early and build real understanding as you go—without heavy jargon or rushed explanations.

Master software architecture and build scalable cloud systems without getting lost in endless vendor hype or buzzwords. Perfect for your daily commute or focused upskilling sessions, this pragmatic deep dive transforms how tech leads and developers approach system complexity. Stop guessing with...

Break into the tech industry and master foundational programming skills with this roadmap for total beginners. Perfect for focused learning during a commute, this guide turns abstract concepts into bite-sized lessons. Leave behind the anxiety of feeling late to the digital age and build...

Master software architecture and conquer complex team codebases using practical object-oriented design patterns. Perfect for focused upskilling during your morning commute or while debugging at your desk, this audio guide strips away dense computer science theory to reveal what elegant...

Master software architecture and tame tangled legacy code by aligning your development team with real business needs. Follow a struggling cross-functional team at a fictional logistics company as they transform late projects and fragile systems into clean, evolving models. Perfect for your...

Master software architecture and build scalable, resilient distributed systems that thrive in dynamic cloud environments. Whether you are mapping out complex deployments during a focused morning commute or upgrading infrastructure on the fly, this pragmatic guide transforms how you engineer...

Decode hardware architecture and write faster software without wading through heavy math or electronics. Transform your daily commute into an enlightening journey inside the machine, guided by a patient narrative that turns abstract CPU mechanics into tangible mental models. Whether you are...

Conquer system design interviews and build resilient distributed systems by mastering scalable architecture fundamentals. Whether you are commuting to your engineering job or preparing for a critical technical whiteboard session, this focused audio experience transforms complex computer science...

Master artificial intelligence for indie game development and build smarter worlds in a fraction of the time. Transform your daily commute into an upskilling session as you learn to amplify your creative output. This practical field guide helps solo creators and small studios punch above their...

Turn artificial intelligence into your ultimate programming partner and secure your tech career against rapid automation. Perfect for focused listening on your commute, this pragmatic guide helps developers and digital creatives build resilient, AI-assisted workflows. Stop fearing industry...

Transform from a confused beginner into a confident problem-solver with this practical guide to programming logic. Perfect for your morning commute, this encouraging audio experience replaces intimidating jargon with accessible analogies. Stop blindly copying tutorials and start rewiring your...

Turn your Procreate artwork into beautiful sticker products customers can use, print, cut, and enjoy. Procreate for Stickers is a calm, practical guide for artists, Etsy sellers, digital product creators, and beginners who want to create professional sticker collections without an overwhelming process. Inside, you’ll learn how to move from a simple idea to a finished sticker product using Procreate. You’ll explore clean line art, cohesive color palettes, white sticker borders, lettering, cute characters, planner stickers, digital stickers, printable sheets, Cricut files, and more. ...

Master AI chatbots and workflow automation to turn unpredictable text generation into a reliable business advantage. If you feel overwhelmed by the rapid pace of tech, this empowering productivity guide provides the exact mental models to confidently command large language models. Turn your...

Bridge the gap between flashy AI demos and robust software engineering by building autonomous agents that drive results. Whether you are optimizing your morning commute with focused learning or architecting your tech startup during deep work sessions, this pragmatic guide delivers the exact...

Master artificial intelligence and machine learning without the heavy math to accelerate your software engineering career. Perfect for your focused daily commute or deep-work sessions, this practical audio experience empowers working developers to transition from basic scripting to building...

Transform static language models into autonomous AI systems that think, plan, and execute real-world goals seamlessly. Perfect for your morning commute or focused deep-work sessions, this rigorous guide cuts through industry hype to deliver actionable engineering frameworks. Learn to build...

Your Claude API Python script works everywhere except production. It crashes on a new document, burns through your budget overnight, or returns text your code cannot parse. Every automation tutorial stops exactly where your real problem starts. This book is the hands on guide to prompt engineering, AI automation, and production ready Claude API development in Python. You will learn to structure Claude’s output, control its cost, and scale a single script into a real system. No toy examples, just production code you can actually ship. Twenty chapters take you from your first API call to a ...

Stop losing sales to bad UX and transform your ecommerce storefront into a high-converting digital retail machine. Perfect for frustrated entrepreneurs struggling to scale a side hustle, this practical audio guide cuts through dense technical jargon. You will stop guessing why shoppers abandon...

HTTP is the protocol behind every website you visit, every API call your app makes, and every form you submit online. But most beginners encounter HTTP as a scattered collection of terms — GET, POST, 404, cookies, headers, JSON — without understanding how these pieces connect. HTTP for Beginners teaches the complete picture. Through one fictional website (BookShop), you follow HTTP requests from the moment you type a URL to the JSON response that confirms your order. Each chapter builds on the last, covering URLs, requests, responses, methods, status codes, headers, cookies, sessions, ...

Stop running one agent at a time. You open Claude Code. One agent. One task. You wait, you read, you tell it what to do next. Again. Meanwhile Anthropic's own engineers are running hundreds of agents through eight phase gates to produce a million lines of code in under two weeks, with the full test suite green before merge. Developers on Reddit are shipping fully orchestrated pull requests with 70 agents in a three hour build. The difference isn't talent. It's a graph. This book hands you the complete agent graph system, built on the subagents and dynamic workflows Claude Code already ships...

You split the job across five agents. One stalls. One loops. One burns $50. Again. Meanwhile, builders on Reddit are running 451 agents in a single session and getting 96% of the output at 46% of the cost. The difference isn't talent. It's the boring machinery they wrapped around the agents, the part every demo skips. This book turns your one agent into a team that ships work you cannot take on alone. By Chapter 2 you'll have an orchestrator handing bounded tasks to workers. By Chapter 5 you'll fan out parallel agents across a job one context window can't hold. By Chapter 7 a stuck agent ...

What happens when the system between the question and the answer begins answering for itself? AI search is changing more than how people find information. It is changing which businesses are recognized, which experts are trusted, which answers are repeated, and which providers are quietly bypassed before a potential client ever reaches them. In The Searcher’s Paradox, strategist Jean Dorff examines the new relationship between the person searching, the provider trying to be found, and the AI systems increasingly deciding whether the two will meet. Drawing on more than thirty years across ...

What if the difference between an ordinary AI response and an extraordinary one is not the AI—but the way you ask? The future belongs to people who can communicate intelligently with artificial intelligence. Master AI Prompt Engineering shows you how to turn AI from a simple question-answering tool into a powerful partner for thinking, creating, learning, and solving problems. The future belongs to people who can communicate intelligently with artificial intelligence. Master AI Prompt Engineering shows you how to turn AI from a simple question-answering tool into a powerful partner for ...

AI agents are easy to demonstrate—and difficult to trust with real work. Timeouts, duplicate events, stale memory, malformed tool results, lost responses, and confident false-success messages appear as soon as a prototype meets production. Autonomous AI Employees with n8n and MCP is a practical engineering guide to building agent teams that can plan, use tools, remember, request human approval, recover from selected failures, and prove what actually happened. Instead of treating autonomy as a prompt trick, the book designs it as a bounded control system. You will build one autonomous ...