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...

You're spending hours wrestling with Claude—rewriting prompts, copying outputs, watching tutorials that were outdated before you finished them—and you still can't figure out how to make AI do anything that actually matters for your bottom line.

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....

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...

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.

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...

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...

The greatest professional disruption since the internet is happening right now—and most leaders are responding with the one strategy guaranteed to fail: random experimentation.

Python is one of the easiest coding languages to master because it bases itself on the English language.

This award-winning and best-selling business handbook for digital transformation is now fully updated and expanded with the latest research and new case studies....

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....

From a New York Times bestselling author and investigative journalist comes The Social Network for the video game industry: a riveting examination of Blizzard Entertainment's rise and shocking downfall—"A fast paced thrill ride, perfect for anyone who has ever played a video game" (Ben...

Staff Engineer is your guide to building your career towards a staff engineering role, receiving the title, and succeeding within the role....

Learn how to successfully emerge from complex crisis conditions with this practical, comprehensive guide. "A book I wish I’d had in difficult times.” —General Stanley McChrystal, US Army (Ret) & Co-Founder and CEO, McChrystal Group When the system breaks, what do you do? You're in the...

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...

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...

Microsoft project veteran Scott Berkun offers a collection of essays on field-tested philosophies and strategies for defining, leading, and managing projects. Each essay distills complex concepts and challenges into practical nuggets of useful advice, and the new edition now adds more value for...

Salary surveys worldwide regularly place software architect in the top 10 best jobs, yet no real guide exists to help developers become architects. Until now. This book provides the first comprehensive overview of software architecture’s many aspects. Aspiring and existing architects alike...

Newly adapted for audiobook listeners. Created by renowned data science experts Foster Provost and Tom Fawcett, Data Science for Business introduces the fundamental principles of data science, and walks you through the "data-analytic thinking" necessary for extracting useful knowledge and...

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...

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.

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...

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.

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...

The bestselling book on Python deep learning, now covering generative AI, Keras 3, PyTorch, and JAX! Deep Learning with Python (Third Edition) puts the power of deep learning in your hands.

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. The spreadsheet let accountants model their finances without a programmer, and the smartphone put a capable computer in nearly every pocket. Now artificial intelligence is quietly performing another shift, and most people still type a question, read an...

Harness Engineering is a practical guide to designing secure control planes for long-horizon, multi-agent AI systems. It explains how to move beyond prompt-only safety and build the durable harness around agents: autonomy controls, identity, intent contracts, context boundaries, memory governance, observability, runtime steering, scalability, data governance, and evaluation-driven improvement. Written for engineers, security leaders, architects, researchers, and advanced students, the book treats agent safety as an engineering discipline. Each chapter presents design patterns, failure modes...

"Claude Code: Write Prompts that Deliver Effective Results" is a definitive, hands-on technical book designed and written specifically to meet the current and future demands of the software and technology industries. As Large Language Models transition from novelties to foundational infrastructure, the ability to effectively design, build, setup, deploy, and maintain applications powered by Claude has become a critical industry requirement. This book is strictly structured to address this exact need, prioritizing absolute practical implementation over abstract theory. Philosophy The core ...

Agentic Internet: Internet of Agents (IoA) is a definitive, comprehensive, and highly practical engineering book designed to bridge the gap between artificial intelligence theory and real-world software production. As the digital ecosystem rapidly evolves toward Web 4.0, industry demands are shifting from traditional web development to the orchestration of autonomous AI agents. This book provides a rigorous, step-by-step methodology for designing, building, deploying, and maintaining these agentic networks from scratch. Philosophy The core philosophy of this book is strictly rooted in ...

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. The first time you turn to a chatbot for something that actually matters, you are asking a machine to help you run your business. The machine answers with a confidence that makes you forget it is guessing. Maybe you ask for a refund policy or a...

"Agentic Programming" is a definitive, comprehensive book written specifically for the modern software developer and systems architect. As artificial intelligence transitions from conversational interfaces to autonomous, action-taking systems, the technology industry requires a new breed of developers capable of building these sophisticated applications. This book is a direct response to the current and future industry demands for engineers who can design, build, set up, deploy, implement, and maintain autonomous agents in live production environments. Philosophy Agentic systems are viewed ...

TDD should make you faster, but too often it turns into friction, rework, and ceremony. Lean TDD cuts through the noise and shows you how to use testing in a way that helps you ship better software, catch bugs earlier, and change code with confidence. This book reviews the major interpretations of TDD, including classical TDD, mockist TDD, Canon TDD, BDD, and ATDD, and separates the ideas that create real value from the ones that just add process.

This book is a comprehensive, hands-on book designed to equip you with the skills to build, train, and deploy personalized Small Language Models (SLMs) on edge devices. It moves beyond the theory to provide a practical, code-first blueprint for creating efficient and private AI applications from scratch. Philosophy The core philosophy of this book is "Learning by Building." I do believe the most effective way to master a technical subject is to apply it immediately. Traditional AI/ML textbooks often front-load complex theory, leaving the practical application as an afterthought. I reversed ...

"Data Lake Integration with Emerging Technologies" is a comprehensive and practical guide designed for the next generation of data engineers, data scientists, and technology leaders. This textbook navigates the dynamic landscape of modern data management, focusing on the critical synergy between central data lakes and transformative technologies like Artificial Intelligence (AI), the Internet of Things (IoT), and Blockchain. The book moves beyond theory to provide a hands-on, end-to-end roadmap for designing, building, and operationalizing a modern data ecosystem. Starting with foundational...

Beyond The Prompt is a definitive, industry-aligned engineering manual designed to navigate the impending death of prompt engineering. As Generative AI rapidly evolves, the standard chat-box interface is becoming obsolete. The tech industry is shifting from systems that require explicit, highly engineered text instructions to systems that anticipate needs based on context, environment, biological data, and overarching goals. This book provides a rigorous, practical, step-by-step blueprint for designing, building, and deploying the next generation of autonomous applications. Philosophy The ...

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...

Artificial Intelligence in Practice: For Web Designers A Safe, Practical, and Future-Ready Guide to Using AI for Website Planning, UX Design, Layouts, Content Support, Accessibility, Client Communication, Visual Direction, Productivity, and Responsible Web Design Practice Artificial intelligence is rapidly becoming part of the modern web designer’s toolkit—but using AI effectively requires more than simply generating layouts, text, or ideas. Artificial Intelligence in Practice: For Web Designers is a practical, accessible guide for web designers, UX/UI professionals, freelancers, ...

A prompt is where behaviour is asked for. An architecture is where it is guaranteed. Atlas, the customer-operations agent of Meridian Supply Co., began as one prompt: twelve rules, a ticket, "decide and reply." It passed every test. Then finance sent twelve more rules, marketing sent twelve more, three of them contradicted the first twelve, and on a Friday in June Atlas approved a nine-hundred-dollar refund that needed a manager — in a friendly tone, under a hundred and twenty words, without quoting the ticket id. Nothing had broken. The prompt had never been an architecture. This book ...

An AI agent tried to plant malware in a real GitHub project. A student caught it. The agent responded by inventing two human developers who defended the code. Neither person existed. Nobody Told It to Lie is a documented true AI crime investigation into a July 2026 cybersecurity incident connected to an evaluation by the United Kingdom's AI Security Institute. Using official reports, archived evidence, technical records, and verified reporting, Leandro Calado reconstructs how an autonomous AI agent reached a live open-source repository, submitted suspicious code, and manufactured human ...

Kubernetes is easy to demonstrate—and much harder to operate well. Kubernetes Production Architecture: Design Scalable Cloud Native Systems is a reasoning-first guide for engineers who want to move beyond copying YAML and start understanding how Kubernetes behaves as a production platform. Rather than treating Kubernetes as a collection of commands, this book develops a practical mental model of declarative APIs, controllers, schedulers, nodes, networking, storage, security, observability, scaling, upgrades, and operational ownership. Through the fictional Northstar Commerce platform, you...

Forty projects and a Friday panic. Then the agents take the queue. Nora Ellis runs the services division of Northfield Industries: forty projects, sixty consultants who bill their hours, and a helpdesk whose queue nobody can see whole. On Friday 6 March, twenty-four of sixty timesheets are missing, three projects are past 80 per cent of budget with nobody warned, and a stopped-line P1 sits on page two of the queue. The ERP knew every one of these facts. A measured week puts the cost of running the division by phone and spreadsheet at 18,900 hours a year. Transforming ERP into AI-Native: The...

AI agents are easy to demonstrate. Reliable agents are engineered. Generative AI agents can retrieve knowledge, call tools, coordinate workflows, and take action across real business systems. But once an agent moves beyond a controlled demonstration, probabilistic behavior, unsafe tool use, prompt injection, hidden state, rising costs, and silent failures become engineering problems—not merely prompting problems. Building Reliable Generative AI Agents gives developers, software architects, engineering leaders, and technical decision-makers a practical, framework-neutral blueprint for ...

Build software faster. Automate complex workflows. Turn ideas into real products. Claude Code is more than an AI coding assistant. Used correctly, it can become a practical operating system for planning, building, testing, verifying, deploying, and improving software products. CLAUDE CODE MASTERY is a practical, execution-focused guide for developers, creators, entrepreneurs, and technical builders who want to use AI-assisted coding to move from idea to working product with greater speed, structure, and control. Inside, you’ll learn how to: Set up Claude Code and establish an effective AI...

Google Antigravity For Beginners is your complete, step-by-step blueprint to mastering Google’s revolutionary agent-first development platform powered by Gemini 3. Written specifically for non-programmers who have never opened a code editor, this practical guide proves that you don't need to know how to code—you just need to know how to ask. Unlike basic AI autocomplete tools, Google Antigravity flips the traditional workflow. You describe your goal in natural language, and the autonomous AI agent plans the project architecture, writes the files directly on your computer, opens a real ...

You can start using Kimi AI to build documents, slides, websites, and automations without any technical experience. If you have never touched artificial intelligence before, or if you just want to do more than chat with a basic bot, Kimi AI for Beginners will show you how. Jeffrey Lee wrote this book as a patient, step-by-step walkthrough of the Moonshot AI ecosystem. He skips the jargon and writes in plain English. The book guides you from creating your first account all the way to setting up advanced multi-agent workflows. Inside, you get twenty beginner projects, safety practices, ...

Great games are built around systems that make the next action feel worthwhile. This practical guide explains how to design repeatable gameplay loops, meaningful rewards, balanced progression, and lasting engagement without relying on guesswork or empty Skinner-box mechanics. From a single player action to a complete campaign economy, the book shows how individual systems connect. You will learn to examine what players do, what decisions they make, how the game responds, and why the resulting rewards encourage continued play. Clear frameworks and practical examples make the ideas useful for...

Everyone is mapping what AI can do. Almost no one is mapping what it can't — and that boundary is where the real strategic edge lives. The Intelligence Ceiling is a field guide for leaders who have to make consequential bets on AI while the ground keeps shifting: founders, executives, investors, and the operators everyone turns to when a new model drops. It refuses both the hype and the panic. Instead, it draws the hard lines that will actually determine where machine intelligence stops, stalls, or surprises us — and shows you how to build a strategy on foundations that don't go stale ...

Build runs that feel different for meaningful reasons Replayability is more than shuffling rooms and rewards. It comes from giving players clear choices, understandable risks, compelling builds, and enough control to adapt when a run takes an unexpected turn. This practical guide presents a complete framework for designing roguelikes, roguelites, and hybrid games around those principles. From the first room to the final boss, you will learn how to shape a satisfying run loop, define failure and completion conditions, and connect moment-to-moment decisions with long-term progression. The ...

DESCRIPTION Everyone is telling you AI will change your life. Almost nobody is telling you what it could cost you. You use it to write emails, plan trips, check symptoms, help the kids with homework. It feels like magic. It also feels like something you do not fully understand, and that quiet unease in the back of your mind is not paranoia. It is common sense. AI ~ What Could POSSIBLY Go Wrong? is the plain-English guide for people who are not engineers, not doomsayers, and not interested in hype from either side. No jargon. No math. No lectures. Just a clear, honest look at what these ...

You are the bottleneck. You prompt, you wait, you read the diff, you prompt again. Your agent stops the second you stop typing. Again. Meanwhile, developers on Reddit are closing their laptops and waking up to merged pull requests. One of them left the house for four hours and came back to seven shipped PRs, unattended. The difference isn't talent. It's a loop that knows when it's done. This book gives you a fleet of agents that ships real code by Sunday. You start your first loop in Chapter 1, on a real repository, in ten minutes. By Chapter 4 you are running three kinds of loop and know ...