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  1. The Operational State Control Plane
    The Operational State Control Plane
    The Missing Architectural Layer for Customer-Facing Application Operations
    Sandeep Kumar

    When critical infrastructure degrades, customer-facing applications continue blindly routing users into broken flows because modern architectures lack a dedicated layer for runtime coordination. This book introduces the Operational State Control Plane (OSCP)-formalizing the contracts, distribution mechanics, and zero-network resilience required to govern multi-surface application behavior during active incidents. A practical blueprint for platform architects, principal engineers, and SRE leaders running distributed production estates.

  2. Mastering Terragrunt
    Mastering Terragrunt
    Infrastructure Orchestration at Scale with Terraform and OpenTofu
    Steve Publications

    Infrastructure gets complicated fast. Mastering Terragrunt shows you how to bring order to growing Terraform and OpenTofu environments without adding unnecessary complexity. Learn practical patterns for managing multiple accounts, regions and teams, streamline deployments and build infrastructure that stays maintainable as your organization scales.

  3. Cybersecurity for Operational Technology and Critical Infrastructure
    Cybersecurity for Operational Technology and Critical Infrastructure
    An End-to-End Guide for Securing Industrial Control Systems and Mission-Critical Environments
    Steve Publications

    Cyber threats do not stop at the office network. When industrial systems are targeted, the consequences can reach far beyond lost data. This practical guide shows how to secure OT and critical infrastructure from the ground up, combining proven standards, real-world defenses and hands-on guidance for the systems that keep the world running.

  4. Terraform: A Comprehensive Guide
    Terraform: A Comprehensive Guide
    From First Configuration to Production Infrastructure at Scale
    Steve Publications

    Master Terraform from your first configuration to production infrastructure at scale. Learn through practical examples, real cloud scenarios and proven patterns for building secure, reliable infrastructure. Go beyond the syntax to understand the decisions, trade-offs and workflows that help teams use Terraform with confidence.

  5. 从Demo到生产
    从Demo到生产
    AI工程化实战
    kejia shao

    一本面向有一定 AI 基础的工程师、技术负责人与产品人的实战手册。它回答一个被大多数 AI 内容回避的问题:为什么大多数 AI 项目止步于 Demo,而少数能真正跑进生产?

  6. Kubernetes Probes, Health Checks and Production Reliability
    Kubernetes Probes, Health Checks and Production Reliability
    A Practical Beginner-to-Advanced Guide for Building Self-Healing, Fault-Tolerant Systems
    Steve Publications

    Master Kubernetes health checks from the basics to production-grade reliability. Learn how probes really work, troubleshoot failures fast and build applications that recover automatically. With practical YAML, real-world scenarios and proven reliability patterns, this guide helps you keep Kubernetes workloads healthy when it matters most.

  7. Cloud Connectivity Engineering
    Cloud Connectivity Engineering
    DNS, Routing, VPNs, NAT, and Hybrid Networks for Modern Infrastructure
    Steve Publications

    Cloud networks rarely fail in obvious ways. A DNS lookup breaks, a route disappears or traffic vanishes somewhere between clouds. This book shows you how to understand what is really happening, build networks that hold up under pressure and troubleshoot failures with confidence across AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, Kubernetes and hybrid environments.

  8. Self-Hosted Development Infrastructure
    Self-Hosted Development Infrastructure
    Building Your Own Git Hosting, CI/CD, and Software Engineering Platform from the Ground Up
    Steve Publications

    Take control of your development stack from the ground up. This book shows you how to build and run your own Git hosting, CI/CD and engineering platform, from a single server to infrastructure built for thousands. Learn how the pieces fit together, why key decisions matter and where the trade-offs really are.

  9. Building Low-Latency LLM Infrastructure
    Building Low-Latency LLM Infrastructure
    From Fundamentals to Production-Grade Systems
    Steve Publications

    Building fast LLM systems takes more than a powerful GPU. This book shows you what actually happens between prompt and response, where latency hides and how to fix it. Work from kernels and inference engines to distributed clusters, benchmarking and production reliability, with practical guidance for building systems that stay fast under real-world load.

  10. The OpenStack Handbook
    The OpenStack Handbook
    From First Deployment to Production-Scale Cloud Operations
    Steve Publications

    Build OpenStack with confidence, from your first deployment to production at scale. This hands-on guide walks you through planning, configuration, security, daily operations and troubleshooting with practical examples and proven techniques. A dependable resource for admins, DevOps engineers and cloud architects.

  11. Asterisk: The Complete Guide to Configuration, Deployment, and Administration
    Asterisk: The Complete Guide to Configuration, Deployment, and Administration
    From First Installation to Production PBX — A Practical Handbook for Administrators
    Steve Publications

    Master Asterisk from the ground up and build a PBX you can trust in production. This practical handbook walks you through installation, SIP, voicemail, IVRs, queues, security, APIs, high availability and more, with annotated configs, exact commands and troubleshooting guidance you can actually use.

  12. OpenTofu: The Definitive Reference
    OpenTofu: The Definitive Reference
    Infrastructure as Code for Modern Cloud and On-Premises Environments
    Steve Publications

    Master OpenTofu from the ground up with practical examples, proven patterns and expert guidance for real-world infrastructure. Whether you are migrating from Terraform or starting fresh, this book helps you build reliable, secure and maintainable cloud and on-premises environments with confidence.

  13. Production Mail Servers with Postfix and Dovecot
    Production Mail Servers with Postfix and Dovecot
    A Complete Guide to Design, Deployment, Security, and Operations
    Steve Publications

    Build, secure and run reliable mail servers with confidence. This practical guide walks you through Postfix and Dovecot from the ground up, covering everything from core email protocols to high availability, performance tuning and automation. Packed with real configurations and clear explanations you can use in production.

  14. Modern CI/CD as a Production System
    Modern CI/CD as a Production System
    Architecting Reliable, Secure, and Scalable Software Delivery Pipelines
    Steve Publications

    Modern software delivery demands more than fast pipelines. It requires systems built for reliability, security and scale. This book shows how to design and run CI/CD as a production platform, with practical patterns, real world examples and proven strategies that help teams deliver software with confidence.

  15. Practical Nix for DevOps & Platform Engineering
    Practical Nix for DevOps & Platform Engineering
    From Zero to Production - Reproducible Systems at Scale
    Steve Publications

    Master Nix without the usual frustration. This practical guide takes you from your first reproducible development environment to production ready infrastructure with clear explanations and real examples. Learn the patterns that help DevOps and platform teams build reliable systems that scale with confidence.