Books

Go beyond the NTFS API and learn how the filesystem really works. This book explains NTFS from its on-disk structures to a complete working implementation, giving you the knowledge to understand and build one of the world's most sophisticated filesystems.

The Linux ext4 filesystem is one of the world's most widely used filesystems, but its internal design is often difficult to understand. This book provides a practical, implementation-focused guide to ext4, covering its on-disk structures, algorithms, and core subsystems with detailed explanations, production-quality code, and references to the Linux kernel source.

Discover how Windows really works beneath the desktop. From boot to shutdown, this book provides a practical, in-depth exploration of the Windows NT kernel, covering architecture, memory management, security, virtualization, debugging, and more for developers, security professionals, and advanced students.

macOS powers millions of devices, but few developers ever explore what lies beneath its polished interface. Inside macOS explains how the XNU kernel, Mach, BSD, Apple Silicon, APFS, and modern security technologies work together, giving systems programmers, security researchers, and engineers a deep understanding of Apple's operating system.

Master Linux C programming with a practical guide that takes you from core C fundamentals to advanced systems programming. Learn through real, compilable examples covering system calls, threads, networking, and modern Linux APIs to build robust, high-performance software.

Ready to make the switch to Linux? *The Linux Migration Handbook* guides you through every step of the journey, from choosing a distribution and installing Linux to replacing your favorite apps and mastering the tools that make Linux powerful. Whether you want more control, better privacy, lower costs, or a deeper understanding of open source, this book helps you become a confident Linux user.

Practice is the key to mastering Operating Systems.Mastering Operating System Concepts QUESTION BANK: 1000+ Conceptual Questions for Students and Professionals is a comprehensive practice resource containing over 1000 carefully designed questions covering every major Operating System topic.Featuring chapter-wise MCQs, short-answer questions, descriptive questions, numerical problems.

Take your Operating Systems knowledge to the next level.Operating Systems Unlocked: Concepts, Structures, and Practical Approaches – Volume 2 explores the advanced topics that power today's computing world, including file systems, storage management, Linux and Windows architecture, operating system security.

Discover how modern operating systems actually work.From process scheduling and CPU management to multithreading, synchronization, memory management, virtual memory, and page replacement algorithms, Operating Systems Unlocked: Concepts, Structures, and Practical Approaches – Volume 1 transforms one of computer science's most challenging subjects into an engaging and easy-to-understand learning.

Mastering Modern C++23 is a practical guide to the latest C++ standard, helping intermediate and advanced developers confidently adopt its most important language and library features. With clear explanations, production-ready examples, and real-world best practices, you'll write safer, more expressive, and high-performance C++ code.

Discover how Windows software really works with a practical guide to modern x64 assembly. From core concepts to advanced optimization, reverse engineering, and low-level systems programming, this book equips you with the knowledge to write fast, secure, and efficient code.

This book collects three essays I wrote in 2022 about the NetBSD operating system about binary formats and upgrades by building from source.

Build a Linux operating system from source with only the components you need. Learn how the kernel, boot process, system utilities, libraries and package management work together while gaining the practical skills to build and maintain your own Linux distribution.

Hyperscale Data Center Management reveals the architecture, operations, and strategy behind the world’s largest computing facilities. Discover how power, cooling, and network fabrics are engineered to serve billions; how automation and reliability principles keep services running through constant hardware failure; and how sustainability and economics shape every decision. From foundational definitions to the new demands of AI and GPU workloads, this is the complete guide to managing infrastructure that never sleeps. Essential reading for architects, operators, and leaders building for the future.

Your agent's dashboard is green. Your evaluators report an 87% pass rate. Then a customer complaint reveals the system has been confidently fabricating regulatory citations for three weeks. The evaluators weren't broken — they were measuring the wrong things. This field guide exists because the gap between "we have evals" and "our evals actually protect us" is larger than most teams realize.