Building Technology

How can we apply technology to drive business value? For years we've been told that the performance of software delivery teams doesn't matter - that it can't provide a competitive advantage to our companies. Through four years of groundbreaking research to include data collected from the State of DevOps reports conducted with Puppet, 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.

The Arthur C. Clarke award-winning author of Children of Time brings us an extraordinary space opera about humanity on the brink of extinction, and how one man's discovery will save or destroy us all. "Tchaikovsky is the breakout star of contemporary British SF." —Guardian The war is over. Its...

A startup executive and investor draws on expertise developed at the premier venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz and as an executive at Uber to address how tech’s most successful products have solved the dreaded ""cold start problem”—by leveraging network effects to launch and scale...

NEW! Top 3 Amazon Best Seller in Information Technology How to Build, Run and Change Tech Platforms, Teams and Careers... 3X the CTO CIO Bible's top-tips + checklists + anecdotes + jokes + red flags + book recommendations + case studies + access to online hub with document templates ++ Whether you are hoping to get promoted to CTO CIO one day, are a CTO CIO looking for a quick self or project health-check, or are just a curious non-technical leader wanting to improve their understanding of the CTO CIO challenges and opportunities then The CTO ¦ CIO Bible 3X is here to help you achieve your...

Anthony Kastros and Brian Brush’s Mastering Fireground Command: Calm the Chaos! is an unprecedented text with more than 1,000 years of combined experience in command case studies by incident commanders from coast to coast. This book will empower you with the skills to: —Improve communications, risk assessment, and accountability with less radio traffic. —Develop an aggressive team to save more civilian lives while keeping firefighters from unnecessary risk. —Bridge the tactical gap between the incident commander and crews working at the front. —Apply military models of ...

"Drone Technology: Building from Scratch" is a comprehensive, hands-on guide designed to take readers from foundational principles to the construction and programming of a fully functional autonomous drone. This book serves as both a university textbook and a practical project manual, meticulously designed for the next generation of engineers and technologists. Philosophy: The core philosophy of this book is "learning by building." I believe that abstract concepts in engineering and computer science become concrete and memorable only when they are applied to create something tangible. This ...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER From the authors of Click and former Google Ventures partners, Sprint presents a unique five-day process for solving tough problems, proven at more than a hundred companies. Entrepreneurs and leaders face big questions every day: What’s the most important place to...

Are you bored with bedtime stories about princes and princesses, gnomes, wizards, and dragons? Do you want something more realistic, closer to our time? Do you also need bedtime stories to make sense, teach a moral lesson, and raise interesting topics? Everything you need is here! A Collection of Fantastic Short Bedtime Stories for kids contains 10 five-minute fantasy stories that you can read aloud to your child before going to bed. No princesses here–these stories are about space, other planets, aliens, artificial intelligence, robots, cloning, portals, and modern technologies. There ...

NLP The Art of Persuasion for Technology Sales is a practical, humour-filled guide for anyone selling complex products in B2B tech—where the real challenge isn’t the demo, it’s the objections. If you’ve ever heard “too expensive,” “we need to think about it,” “send me more info,” or the classic “we’re going with a competitor,” this book gives you a repeatable framework to respond with confidence, clarity, and control. Built specifically for technology sales, this book blends NLP (Neuro-Linguistic Programming), emotional intelligence, and real-world sales psychology...

How will AI evolve and what major innovations are on the horizon? What will its impact be on the job market, economy, and society? What is the path toward human-level machine intelligence? What should we be concerned about as artificial intelligence advances? Architects of Intelligence contains a series of in-depth, one-to-one interviews where New York Times best-selling author Martin Ford uncovers the truth behind these questions from some of the brightest minds in the artificial intelligence community.

In AI and the Octopus Organization: Building the Superintelligent Firm, leading futurist Jonathan Brill and innovation expert Stephen Wunker unveil a groundbreaking vision for how organizations must evolve to survive and thrive in the age of artificial intelligence. Drawing inspiration from the octopus, an ancient creature noted for both rapid adaptation and distributed intelligence, the authors show that only businesses that rewire their structure, leadership, and decision-making can unlock AI's full potential.

Stop Building Chatbots. Start Engineering Autonomous Systems. Most “AI guides” teach prompts. This book teaches architecture. If you want to design AI agents that plan, reason, execute tools, manage memory, coordinate roles, and operate safely in real-world environments—this is your field manual. The All In One Agentic AI Bible is a structured 7-step framework that takes you from foundational concepts to enterprise-grade deployment.

The Wealth Creation Formula will give you an inside look at How I changed my poverty thinking and created Generational Wealth for myself and my family. In The Wealth Creation Formula, I will share the EXACT recipe I used to go from earning $30,000 a year to having financial freedom forever. This simple read will teach you how to go from poverty, getting by — middle-class traps that enslave so many to be poorer than they need to be.

Steel Gods is the second novel in the Great Silence trilogy, which began with Grave Empire, from Sunday Times bestselling author Richard Swan—a dark flintlock fantasy filled with epic adventure, arcane mysteries and creeping dread. Industrial Revolution Beckons. Spiritual Catastrophe Looms...

The invasion of Kinaklyn space is complete. The Kin’yee’ra principality, which the Kinaklyn are now part of, has been formed. Spindle now sets its sights on freeing the Tlaallnem from both the Empmen and the Dragons. Once that is done, Ricky and Amy can shift their priority to defeating the Empmen themselves. New warriors and new weapons come into play for Spindle on what should be the final campaign of the human wars. But it is soon apparent that the Empmen are advancing their own fleets. The urgency to defeat them only grows with time.

Unlock the Secrets of AI Deep Learning and Neural Networks: Empower Your Future in Minutes a Day! Ready to dive into the world of artificial intelligence, but don’t know where to start? Whether you're a student, developer, or curious learner, this book takes you on a journey to master deep learning concepts, demystify neural networks, and transform your skills into real-world impact—all at your own pace.

Engaging users is essential to every area of online business... Discover everything you need to know to make sure that happens. Are you considering a career in UX design? Or maybe you collaborate with UX designers and don’t fully understand what it is they do…It’s a field that flummoxes many people because it’s such a fast-growing industry, and if you have no background in design, it can seem like an intimidating field to break into.

In this engaging scientific memoir, Kenneth Ford recounts the time when, in his mid-20s, he was a member of the team that designed and built the first hydrogen bomb. He worked with - and relaxed with - scientific giants of that time such as Edward Teller, Enrico Fermi, Stan Ulam, John von Neumann, and John Wheeler, and here offers illuminating insights into the personalities, the strengths, and the quirks of these men.

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. They can now describe what they want and watch it materialize instantly. Welcome to the future—Vibe Coding.

Artificial Intelligence is changing every industry—but most organizations don't know where to begin. Many companies recognize AI's potential but struggle with the same questions: Where should we start? Which AI applications should we build first? How do we prioritize AI projects that deliver measurable business value? Who should be involved in the process? How do we move from prototypes to secure, reliable production systems? Enterprise AI Strategy and Implementation provides a practical, business-focused roadmap for successfully planning, prioritizing, and implementing AI initiatives ...