Books

Confucius never touched a computer, but he knew quite a lot about software. He has much to say about problems of knowledge and information, as well as right action under ambiguity, threats and constraints. Read as a set of commentaries on The Analects, these essays treat Confucius as an early theorist of the flow of information through rites, names and rules; the cyborg sage tangled in the half-built machine of the feudal state.

Scheme looks simple by design, but beneath its tiny core lies a remarkably powerful way of thinking about programs. Essential Scheme takes you from your first expression to continuations, macros and interpreters, revealing the ideas behind the language along the way. Clear examples and careful explanations make Scheme’s deepest concepts approachable.

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A concise, practical handbook that teaches HTTP from scratch. Follow one fictional website through URLs, requests, responses, methods, status codes, headers, cookies, HTTPS, and APIs. Includes real HTTP examples, diagrams, exercises, and a quick reference. No networking experience required.

Master CSS from your first selector to production-ready stylesheets. Learn how the cascade, layout and browsers really work while building practical projects along the way. Whether you're starting from scratch or sharpening your skills, you'll learn to write CSS that's clean, fast and built to last.

Great software does more than work today. It stays clear, reliable and easy to change years from now. This practical guide packs 1,000 actionable tips on cleaner code, smarter architecture, testing, operations and teamwork, giving you proven ways to build software that lasts without becoming a burden to maintain.

The Angular companion to NEXUS-1: From File to Framework ports a 5,900-line single-file operator console into a real application, screen by screen, auditing every claim it makes along the way.

Go beyond using AI tools—learn to build AI solutions. AI Generalist Engineer is a practical guide for software engineers, architects, and technology leaders to master enterprise AI, AI agents, RAG, MCP, prompt engineering, orchestration, and modern AI architecture. Build the skills to design, integrate, and lead AI-powered systems with confidence.

Master NumPy from the ground up and learn to write fast, efficient Python for numerical computing. With clear explanations, practical examples and real-world techniques, this guide takes you from array basics to advanced workflows while helping you understand how NumPy really works.

Turn slow Python code into fast, production-ready extensions with Cython. This practical guide takes you from the fundamentals to real-world optimization, covering C and C++ integration, memory, parallelism, testing, debugging and packaging. Build your skills through complete working examples you can compile and run as you learn.

Learn to build production-ready ASP.NET Core Web APIs from the ground up. Explore authentication, middleware, data access, caching, resilience, testing and deployment through practical examples and runnable C# code. Gain the skills to design secure, reliable and scalable APIs for real-world applications.

Master automated workflows for your Python code with GitHub Actions for Python Projects. This practical guide covers automated testing, dependency management, coverage reports, documentation builds, and artifact generation to help you build reliable CI/CD pipelines effortlessly.

Build financial systems that stay correct when requests repeat, events arrive late, and services fail. Learn practical patterns for money modeling, double-entry ledgers, idempotency, reconciliation, auditability, security, and invariant-driven testing—so every balance and transaction can be explained and trusted.

Stop watching endless tutorials and start building real apps. Learn React From Scratch is a practical, step-by-step guide that takes you from writing your first component to deploying your first web app. Perfect for beginners who want to write real code, not just read theory.

Smart cards power secure payments, digital identity and trusted authentication around the world. This book is a practical guide to building secure applications for ISO/IEC 7816 and ISO/IEC 14443 systems with real code, hands-on examples and proven development practices.