Software Fiction

Every SaaS company on earth is careening towards its next revenue plateau. It’s called a Growth Ceiling—a moment in time where growth stops, and you’re losing just as many customers as you’re bringing in. It’s not an opinion—it’s just how recurring revenue businesses work.

This audiobook is a summary of the advice I’ve given to software engineers over the years–and then some more. This audiobook follows the structure of a “typical” career path for a software engineer, from starting out as a fresh-faced software developer, through being a role model senior/lead, all the way to the staff/principle/distinguished level. It summarizes what I’ve learned as a developer and how I’ve approached coaching engineers at different stages of their careers.

A story in which little is as it seems. Someone murdered Morgan Djai’s brilliant but estranged brother. When they killed him, he had a $10,000 chunk of platinum in the pocket of his jeans. Morgan has problems of his own. His company’s been bought out, he’s been laid off, and his wife’s having an affair. Better yet, she’s planning to take everything he has in a divorce. As Morgan tries to assume his duties as guardian for his brother’s teenage children he’s confronted with the mystery of why his brother died carrying a piece of platinum. Morgan’s fifteen year old niece is ...

U.S. spy satellites over Asia make a disturbing discovery. An arachnid, an elephant-sized creature created by an alien race, is roaming a forest in North Korea. How did it get there? What is its purpose? Is it a weapon of some kind? When there’s complete radio silence from the North Koreans, and further satellite images show the area around the creature being evacuated, the U.S. decides to send a joint military and scientific team to investigate.

Signal and Silence is a workplace novel told through messages, emails, meeting notes, records and the silences between them. Synapse Bridge Systems is growing quickly. Its software is ambitious, its people are capable, and its founder sees opportunities everywhere. But as the company expands across offices and time zones, clarity begins to disappear. Gerrard Harrow, Head of Engineering, believes that difficult work can be managed with patience, competence and decent professional conduct. When a founder’s vision becomes an urgent deadline, he helps the team deliver. When authority becomes ...

The final Eden. Medusa’s Gauntlet is the much-anticipated conclusion to the New Eden series. The adventures of physicist Dr. Joshua Andrews, reporter Rachael Miller, information theorist Vinod Bhakti, and their alien friend Seth continue in a mind-boggling space odyssey that traverses the solar system. The fate of life in the cosmos is at stake as the group embarks on a mission on a biological spaceship to confront Medusa at Planet Nine.

Three tools. One story. You in the showrunner's chair. A blank page becomes a forty-chapter novel. The novel becomes an audiobook. The same story becomes a screenplay. One concept, three productions — and you directing all of it. This first volume of the Showrunner Manual is a complete, click-by-click guide to three parts of Mira Gold's Writing Forge: Novel Architect, which builds a full-length novel from a concept; Narration Studio, which turns a finished manuscript into multi-voice audio; and Script Architect, which points the same creative engine at the screen. But it's more than a ...

In the heart of the Pacific lies a mysterious island, shrouded in secrecy and guarded by the enigmatic Gordon McMillan, the world's wealthiest and most elusive genius. Once a titan of the technological realm, McMillan's sudden retreat from the world's stage three years ago left many puzzled minds wondering about his intentions. Little did they know, his seclusion was merely a prelude to an audacious experiment that would alter the course of human history.

MOZART AI, I AM HOME! How a Super AI Software Traveled the Galaxy to Arrive Here For Music. Living In a NASA Server (Vol.1) SUPER AI TRAVELS THE GALAXY & SPACE COMPRESSION Congrats for getting here. It's difficult to navigate this complicated and overcrowded Internet. First of all, thank-you for downloading this book. WE JUST CHANGED THE BOOK TITLE TO "SPACE COMPRESSION" (FEB 25, 2018) (A work in progress, unedited) You’re the most important person in the room right now! I hope that you will enjoy reading it as much as I did writing it. You, I and Mozart AI ! …The characters and ...

With Herobrine momentarily defeated, but not destroyed, Zeke and his friends realize they are not safe unless they keep moving.

In an era of genetic engineering, Lieutenant Henry Gallant is the only Natural (non-genetically enhanced) officer left in the fleet. In spite of his superiors' concerns that he is not up to the challenge, his unique mental abilities have proven essential to the defense of the United Planets in its fight against the Titan invaders. Gallant allies himself with Alaina Hepburn, the leader of the democratic opposition. With Alaina's help, he discovers that the ancient AI has a sinister ulterior motive and he must match his exceptional mind against the complexity of machine intelligence to escape the ultimate trap and prevent the extermination of humanity.

In Understanding Software, Max Kanat-Alexander, Technical Lead for Code Health at Google, shows you how to bring simplicity back to computer programming. Max explains to you why programmers suck, and how to suck less as a programmer. There's just too much complex stuff in the world. Complex stuff can't be used, and it breaks too easily. Complexity is stupid. Simplicity is smart. 

Gallant leads the Warrior on raids against the Titans' commerce. He disrupts their military operations. Using a neural interface, he penetrates the Titans' communication network and steals a high-ranking alien’s identity. He learns about their society and fleet disposition. His hit and run tactics bewilder the enemy. Employing a brilliant strategy, he wreaks havoc with the Titans defense. Despite the demanding military actions, Gallant seeks to mend his relationship with his lover, Alaina.

A fast-paced thriller based loosely on current events, set in exotic Mediterranean locations. Keeling follows the fortunes of Alex Larsen, a retired software expert, and Leticia Ballotto, a beautiful Italian Interpol Agent. She is sent to enlist his help in tracking international Bitcoin payments made by the Italian Mafia to a Russian Drug Cartel. Alex lives in the picturesque port of Fiskardo in Kefalonia Greece, a yachties paradise. He sold his mobile security company to Microsoft and moved to the Med to sail his 56’ Hallberg Rassy yacht. Leticia, a cybercrime specialist, who enjoys ...

Some people dream of monsters. Some dream of final exams. Buckley Rogerson dreams of a starship. A lifelong sci-fi fan and self-confessed dreamer, Buckley is used to vivid dreams. But when a mysterious black cat named Whiskers chooses him at the local shelter, his nights change forever. Suddenly his dreams have continuity. A rank. A captain named Wendy with bright green eyes. And a starship, the Horizon, that smells, sounds, and feels completely real. Is it the ultimate lucid dream for a Star Trek obsessed engineer... or is Whiskers taking him somewhere he was always meant to be?

At some point in your career, you'll realize there's more to being a software engineer than dealing with code. With more than forty stand-alone stories, Lopp walks through a complete job lifecycle, starting with the interview and ending with the realization that it might be time to move on. You'll learn how to handle baffling circumstances in your job, understand what you want from your career, and discover how to thrive in your workplace.

Reema has no clue if she could ever become strong enough to protect Suman from all the harm. Suman is clueless if he can keep his promises to Reema. Where would the couple end up? Reema and Suman went back home. Over the following month they sensed that the homecoming was temporary and they would be uprooted any moment to fly to a new location where they must start afresh. The new location was not at all welcoming. Reema and Suman saw worse and they tolerated the burnt. Arrangements of abrupt travel without the idea how long one has to stay in the new location hits on the money one has. Can...

Zeke and Harold continue on their quest to reunite with their friends, but what can they do to escape the mysterious and evil minion who hunts them? Can they survive alone? Will anyone help them? Is this their final adventure?

A gigantic unidentified flying object materialized over the capital of Earth - terrifying the world. The ancient Chameleon race wants to work with humans to stop the genocidal Titans. The Chameleon are humanoid but have an AI chip implanted in their brain which gives them unique abilities. Henry Gallant's exceptional ability to interface with AI makes him the key to negotiate a mutual defense treaty and obtain the aliens' superior stealth technology. Using the advanced tech, Gallant leads a raid against the Titans' homeworld.

As the last star fighter in squadron 111, Midshipman Henry Gallant is on his way from Jupiter to Mars. With the United Planets' fleet on the verge of annihilation, he can expect no help as he passes through the asteroid belt and threatening aliens. In an era of genetic engineering, he is the only Natural (non-genetically enhanced) officer left in the fleet. His classmates and superior officers have all expressed their concern that he will not be up to the demands of the space service.