Systems Engineering

Build secure, modern infrastructure with confidence. This hands-on guide shows you how to use Tailscale, WireGuard and zero-trust networking to create reliable, observable systems that scale. Follow practical, production-ready examples you can apply right away without guesswork or unnecessary complexity.

Software is more than code. It is a living system shaped by people, feedback and constant change. This book helps you think beyond features and fixes to understand why systems behave the way they do. Learn practical ideas that lead to better architecture, smarter decisions and software built to last.

Whether you are opening Xcode for the first time or ready to ship a polished desktop app, this book guides you through every step. Learn Swift with practical projects, understand how macOS apps are built and gain the skills to create software that is ready for real users and the Mac App Store.

Build serious AI systems on NVIDIA DGX Spark with a practical guide that goes far beyond setup. Learn to deploy LLMs, create RAG pipelines, orchestrate AI agents, and optimize performance for real production workloads. Whether you are experimenting or scaling enterprise AI, this book shows you how to get there.

Build fast, reliable networked applications with Go by mastering socket programming from the ground up. Through practical examples and production-focused techniques, you will learn how to design scalable servers, implement modern network protocols, secure connections and optimize performance using idiomatic Go and the standard library.

FOCUS Architecture presents an opinionated architectural approach for creating simple, organized, and maintainable systems. Instead of multiplying layers and abstractions, the book demonstrates how to structure applications around four components—View, Orchestrator, Use Case, and Repository—thereby reducing the cost of change and simplifying the work for both developers and AI tools.

Master Kong API Gateway with a practical guide that takes you from core architecture to advanced AI-powered API management. Learn to build secure, scalable platforms with production-ready examples, explore Kubernetes, decK and Terraform workflows, and discover how Kong AI Gateway enables intelligent LLM routing, semantic caching, guardrails and cost optimization across modern AI applications.

Scaling isn't just about handling more traffic. The Scalable SaaS Architecture Handbook shows you how to design SaaS systems that remain reliable, maintainable, and efficient as they grow, using proven patterns and real-world lessons.

The Linux Virtual Filesystem is the abstraction that unifies every filesystem in Linux behind a single interface. This book explores its architecture, kernel implementation, and modern applications, giving system administrators, developers, and kernel engineers the knowledge to understand, troubleshoot, and extend the VFS.

Discover how Docker is revolutionizing modern software development by making applications faster to build, easier to deploy, and more reliable to run. Whether you are just getting started or refining production workflows, this practical guide will help you master containers through clear explanations, hands-on examples, and real-world techniques that you can apply with confidence.

Build a complete x86_64 hardware-assisted hypervisor in Rust from the ground up. Through real, compilable code and clear explanations, you'll implement every major subsystem, from CPU and memory virtualization to device emulation, VirtIO, and multi-vCPU scheduling, gaining a practical understanding of modern virtualization.

You shipped the demo. The model worked. Now production is coming, and the demo is not a system. An agentic system is a distributed-systems engineering problem — the reliability lives in the shell, not the model.

Modern software architecture is about making the right design decisions for systems that must scale, adapt, and remain reliable. Advanced Software Architecture explores the patterns, principles, and real-world practices behind cloud-native systems, helping experienced developers and architects build resilient solutions with confidence.

Most architecture books teach you how to design systems. This one teaches you how to become the person who designs them. This book covers everything the job actually requires: the mindset, the technical depth, the decisions, and the organizational and human dimensions that no purely technical book addresses.

LLMs are too big for single GPUs, but quantization fixes that. This book cuts through the hype to show you how to actually compress models using GPTQ, AWQ, GGUF, and NF4 without losing quality. You get real benchmarks, working code, and a clear way to pick the right tool for your hardware. Stop guessing and start deploying efficient models today.