Technology Development

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. Now, 20 years later, this new edition re-examines what it means to be a modern programmer. Topics range from personal responsibility and career development to architectural techniques for keeping your code flexible and easy to adapt and reuse.

Orphaned and six and sent to an orphanage, Jericho Rolland discovers an interstellar sim when he’s eight. Soon realizing actual trading like this will be the focus of his life. He applies his massive intellect and drive toward preparing himself for that goal. Knowing he can go to space at twelve, Jericho starts setting things up six months before his birthday. The only resistance he runs into is with the interstellar bank. The bank officials really don’t know who they are tangling with, but they find out much to their regret. At Twelve, when many of his almost always brilliant ancestors...

Jericho Rolland has been offered the second mate’s position on the Fancy Days. That berth should be all he needs to meet the first part of the quest to own and operate his own large trader. Jericho should be able to earn his unlimited master’s license. With the Fancy being in the shipyard’s hands for the next several months, he decides to take the Desert Rose out on a salvaging run, with his current girlfriend and the Fancy’s first mate as crew. Little does Jericho realize the two women may be into each other, just as much as his girlfriend is into him. Even the first mate develops ...

With the family trade ship Mattin going into the shipyard for an extended overhaul, Jericho Rolland is left without a berth for the first time since he was twelve. Now twenty-one, Jericho is already one of the richest people around. He figures it may be time to start learning not only how to take care and expand his financial empire, but also how to actually live a life beyond being a trader. As he approaches twenty-five, the siren call of space starts to sing in Jericho’s ear with just a whisper that only grows louder with time. A chance meeting with a likeable old codger in a bar leads ...

After receiving a very tempting offer from the commanding officer of the family trader ship Mattin, one which Jericho Rolland has to defer, he heads off for Union System, the last of the four trading hubs in Agency Space he has yet to visit. There, Jericho is going to make an effort to create his fourth trading hub. One would think the folks there would have heard something about what Jericho has accomplished in the other three hubs, however, that seems to not be true. With having all the family traders and most of the system’s miners in one room, they prove to be a somewhat contentious ...

Jericho Rolland has completed his first interstellar trading voyage on the family trader Mattin with a seemingly impossible level of success. He has also seen to every problem he can think of for the orphanage he was forced to grow up in. Now, feeling much more confidant in the future he can provide for himself, Jericho finally feels he can handle going to see the home he started to grow up in, the one his trust is required to return to his possession when he turns eighteen in a little over five years. The Randle family gives him a ride to his once and future home. Instead of finding the ...

Stop struggling with traditional coding tutorials that lead nowhere. Claude Code for Beginners is your complete roadmap to mastering AI-assisted development—even if you've never written a line of code. Written by Michael Patterson, who leads 120 engineers at a major tech company, this book bridges the gap between surface-level AI prompts and the development of production-ready applications. Whether you're an entrepreneur with a SaaS idea, a career changer, or a professional looking to automate workflows, this practical guide gets you there in 90 days.

Turn ChatGPT Into a Cash Machine goes beyond the hype, offering proven strategies to build a thriving online business. You'll use ChatGPT and other AI tools (e.g., Sora, Nano Banana, Descript) to generate income more easily.

Launching the Colony is the first of two volumes revised and expanded from the original Colonization Chronical. This volume follows teenager Ricky Cruz and his family as they migrate from their successful farm to be first wave settlers on the newly terraformed planet Murna. Ricky becomes part of the crew as a repair technician and shuttle pilot. Plagued with problems from the start, Ricky begins investigating the source of the problems and discovers their ship has been deliberately sabotaged in an attempt to prevent them from being the first settlers on their new home, therefore preventing ...

Enter the world where artificial intelligence meets ambitious side hustlers. ChatGPT Side Hustle Income explores the endless possibilities of ChatGPT and its ability to enhance online side jobs. Discover how ChatGPT can take your side hustle to new heights. From content creation to digital marketing to business services, we uncover various uses, highlight real-world scenarios, and list prompts to unleash ChatGPT’s full potential.

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.

Ready to propel your business into the AI revolution? Curious about how to harness the power of AI, even without technical know-how? Launch into a world of limitless opportunities with ChatGPT, the AI tool that's revolutionizing the landscape of business.

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...

Every one of your favorite influencers started with zero followers and had to make a lot of mistakes to get where they are today - earning more money each year than their parents made in the last decade. But to become a top creator, you need to understand the strategies behind the Insta-ready lifestyle.

Fighting for the Colony is the second of two volumes revised and expanded from the original Keeping the Colony. This volume follows Ricky as he goes up against an interstellar empire. Ricky’s forces continue their counterattack against the Interstellars at a rapid pace. His Marines initiate their first invasions and orbital drops. A new hero arises who turns into the leader the Marines need to build their history and esprit de corps. The Spindle Military does their best to not lose their momentum in their advancements against the Interstellars. Ricky has to deal with the fallout from ...

In this New York Times bestseller, one of America’s premier physicians offers a must-read account of the new challenges facing parents today and a program for how we can better prepare our children to navigate the obstacles they face In The Collapse of Parenting, internationally acclaimed...

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. These essays draw from his experience as project manager for the IBM System/360 computer family and then for OS/360, its massive software system.

Autonomous AI isn’t the future — it’s already changing how software, work, and decision-making happen. From intelligent assistants to fully autonomous systems, agentic AI is rapidly transforming industries. Yet most professionals are still trying to understand one key challenge: how do you design AI agents that can actually operate independently, reliably, and at scale?The Agentic AI Bible provides a clear and practical guide to the new generation of intelligent systems.

Ingrese al mundo donde la inteligencia artificial se encuentra con ambiciosos estafadores secundarios. ChatGPT Ingresos del segundo trabajo explora las infinitas posibilidades de ChatGPT y su capacidad para mejorar los trabajos paralelos en línea. Descubra cómo ChatGPT puede llevar sus trabajos secundarios a nuevas alturas. Desde la creación de contenido hasta el marketing digital y los servicios comerciales, descubrimos varios usos, destacamos escenarios del mundo real y enumeramos consejos para liberar todo el potencial de ChatGPT.

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.