Books

How Software Fails: A Field Guide to Understanding Complex System DisastersSoftware failures aren’t accidents, they’re inevitable. From cosmic rays flipping bits to tiny files crashing millions of machines, our most critical systems collapse in ways no one foresaw. Through gripping cases, the $460M Knight Capital meltdown, the lethal Therac-25, a file grounding global air travel, this book uncovers the hidden rules of complex disasters. Drawing on Richard Cook’s principles, it shows why testing can’t guarantee safety, how “reasonable” choices spawn chaos, and why scale makes the impossible certain. But it’s also about resilience: NASA’s Mars rovers, Netflix’s chaos engineering, and the ethics of life-critical systems. For engineers, managers, or curious readers, this guide reshapes how you see the fragile systems running our world.

In unethical software, not every line of code is written with good intentions. Unethical Software Engineering: Dark Patterns exposes how to manipulate users, drive profits, and evade accountability. From covert surveillance, monetization at all costs, digital fraud, ranking manipulation, all the way to unethical artificial intelligence practices, this scary book unveils how these "dark patterns" exploit human beings, erode trust, and disrupt digital ethics.Whether you're a developer, an architect, a tech enthusiast, or simply a concerned user, this book will change how you think about your daily apps — and inspire you to demand better. By helping you to draw the line between what is acceptable and what is questionable, Unethical Software Engineering: Dark Patterns shines a light on the digital dark side of software engineering where profits are prioritized over people.

In un mondo in cui ogni byte ha un impatto, Sustainable IT, the right way trasforma la sostenibilità digitale da slogan a pratica quotidiana. Niente teoria astratta: numeri, monitoraggio, OKR e un vero piano d'azione. Esempi concreti, strumenti pronti all'uso e le best practice della Green Software Foundation, in linguaggio operativo per chi vuole fare la differenza, oggi.

A manifesto against simulated empathy.A blueprint for ethical design.This is not a book about AI—it’s about what we mistake it for.

AI is changing how we work, learn and live, but understanding it does not have to be complicated. This practical guide explains how modern AI and LLMs work, what they can do, where they fall short and how to use them effectively without the hype.

When machines can create compelling work, what makes human involvement matter? Explore the value of authorship, the experience of making, and the relationships that give creative work its meaning.

Engineering Sovereign Dark Mesh Networks A technical engineering reference on decentralized, resilient and autonomous mesh communication infrastructure What happens when a network can no longer depend on centralized infrastructure?

The Local AI Stack: Building a Sovereign Machine Learning Workstation with Hyper-V, WSL2, and GPU Virtualization Renting GPU time from AWS costs more than the GPU. Every prompt you send to a cloud API is a prompt someone else logs. If your ML work runs on hardware you don't own, on a network you don't control, then you don't own your ML work.

Advanced IBM Quantum Computing and Qiskit Architecture: A Strategic Briefing Executive SummaryThe current landscape of quantum computing has shifted from a circuit-centric focus to a workload-centric ecosystem. The modern Qiskit architecture is designed to bridge the gap between idealized mathematical abstractions and the noisy, physical reality of IBM’s superconducting processors (such as the Eagle, Osprey, and Condor).

In a world where every byte has an impact, Sustainable IT, the Right Way turns digital sustainability from slogan into daily practice. No abstract theory: numbers, monitoring, OKRs, and a real action plan. Concrete examples, ready-to-use tools, and the Green Software Foundation's best practices, in operational language for those who want to make a difference today.

Personally, I think that the Assembly system of conditional jumps makes a lot of sense. Other programming languages such as BASIC and C have "goto" statements that work like this. For example, `if(eax<ebx){goto less;}`. Modern programming languages tend to discourage the use of goto or not allow it at all. However, these languages still use jumps I have described in this section because it is required by the hardware. Both "if" and "while" statements are written by using the conditional jump statements most relevant to what you are trying to do. The only thing I have found difficult about jumps in assembly is remembering which acronym means which condition. However, since I created the chart in this chapter, now I can refer to it, and you can too! As long as I keep these six main types of conditions in my head and am working with unsigned numbers, I can write almost any assembly program from scratch.

A living digital book on artificial intelligence and human intelligence, exploring how AI is reshaping knowledge, creativity, innovation, uncertainty, and the human future.

Navigate the architectural discontinuity of the Foundation Model Era with this comprehensive guide designed for professionals sitting at the intersection of technology and leadership. Master the intersection of technical precision and strategic oversight through the RACE framework, robust ethical principles, and the operational realities of MLOps. From the legal mandates of the EU AI Act to the emerging risks of agentic AI, this guide empowers you to lead AI transformation with intention and accountability.

The ACM Code of Ethics won't protect you. This book traces how Harvard Business School deliberately stripped corporate America of its ethical guardrails, and applies lessons from military survival training to help software developers navigate the resulting power imbalance without losing themselves in the process.