Books

Unlock the power of code craftsmanship with "Craft Your Code." According to a study, the 10 to 1 rule of writing and programming, good software and good writing requires every line to be rewritten, on an average of 10 times. Get ready to unlock the secrets of clear, concise, and comprehensible code with "Craft Your Code".

Naming is one of the most difficult and enduring challenges in software engineering, but few of us do it well. This practical and comprehensive book provides a set of principles, rules, and application guidelines for efficiently choosing good names in your code.

Struggling with messy React code? This book shows you how to refactor with confidence using real-world examples and timeless design principles—so your code stays clean, readable, and easy to change. Perfect for developers who want to level up their frontend craft.

if you've read my chapter on naming in a famous software book (first or second edition) you may want to go a little deeper. Same author, same topic, all-new content!

Learn to Think Like a Senior Engineer — by Building a Card Game EngineA hands-on guide to system design, clean architecture, and engineering judgment. No fluff. Just practical, test-driven code you’ll actually use.

AI made creation cheaper. It also made judgment more valuable.Taste: Turning Vibe into Assets in the AI Age shows why the next wave of winners will not simply be the people with the best credentials or the biggest teams, but the ones who can turn instinct, clarity, and initiative into real assets.

140 Tips for Clean Code distills 140 practical, field-tested tips for writing clean, readable, and maintainable code. Each tip is concise, actionable, and grounded in real-world development challenges. No theory for theory’s sake. Whether you are refining a legacy system or starting from scratch, these insights will help you reduce complexity, prevent defects, and make your code a pleasure to work with. Clean code is not an aesthetic choice; it is a professional advantage.

Stop reading 400-page theory books. This is a 30-page tactical field guide you can read during your lunch break and apply before you clock out. Learn the unwritten rules of clean code—without the fluff.

Ever wonder why things get harder over time? You were only taught half of coding. Learn the other half and reverse code rot.

Learn how real databases work by following this practical guide to building your own in a programming language of your choice.Build a language from scratch- Create an interpreter that can parse, type check and run SQL queries. Start with running simple queries and build up to more complex ones.Learn SQL (the fun way) - Gain a deeper understanding of SQL. Cover the order of execution of queries, how SQL uses ternary logic and the techniques that databases use to join and group data efficiently. Compare your implementation with databases such as PostgreSQL, MySQL, SQLite and DuckDB.Improve as a programmer- The perfect project to practice how to structure and refactor code as you grow the feature set of your database server. The 200+ included test cases provide a safety net for refactoring your code, giving you freedom to experiment. Learn computer science topics including creating a recursive descent parser, building a type checker and implementing iterators.

In today’s project-based, SCRUM “infested” web development work scene you are either a Junior starting out or a Senior who lacks in-depth knowledge. There seems to be no in-between! After reading this book you will be a Medior PHP Developer who can deliver a fully-fledged API from start to finish!

In today’s project-based, SCRUM “infested” web development work scene you are either a Junior starting out or a Senior who lacks in-depth knowledge. There seems to be no in-between! After reading this book you will be a Medior PHP Developer who can deliver a web application from start to finish!

One of the most comprehensive no-fluff guides for software developers to help them write clean code every day. The book is packed with principles and patterns that help developers, from novices and juniors to seniors and experts, to write cleaner code.

This book is superior, teaching administrators and developers to automate, optimize, and innovate using PowerShell. The book covers debugging, creating efficient loops, error handling, and the complexities of remote network management. You will learn to engage, code, experiment, and learn from real-world circumstances throughout this book.

Solid C and C++ knowledge is a must to fully understand Linux diagnostic artifacts such as core memory dumps and do diagnostic, forensic, and root cause analysis beyond listing backtraces. This full-color reference book is a part of the Accelerated C & C++ for Linux Diagnostics training course.