Books

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.

GDPR compliance can feel complex, but putting it into practice doesn’t have to be. This handbook turns regulatory requirements into clear, workable steps for real organizations. With practical frameworks, workflows, templates and examples, it shows you how to build a compliance program that works in the real world and holds up under scrutiny.

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.

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.

Field-level hardening for DCS/PLC and industrial network setups. Skip the generic IT fluff—get direct, actionable blueprints covering Purdue model network segmentation, asset tracking, countermeasures, and a complete implementation checklist.

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.

Stop letting Windows decide how you work. This guide takes you from everyday tasks to the tools and techniques professionals rely on, covering PowerShell, WSL2, security, automation and AI. Packed with practical examples, it helps you unlock the full potential of Windows 11 with confidence.

Discover how eBPF is changing Linux systems engineering. Starting with the fundamentals, this book walks you through building, debugging and deploying real eBPF programs for observability, networking, security and performance. Learn practical techniques you can use with confidence in production across modern Linux environments.

If you know Linux, you already have most of the skills you need to master FreeBSD. This practical guide shows where the systems differ, why those differences matter and how to deploy, secure and manage FreeBSD with confidence using comparisons that make every concept easy to understand.

Memory is at the heart of Linux performance. This book explains how the kernel manages it from virtual memory and page allocation to NUMA, cgroups and real-world optimization. Learn through clear explanations, kernel source examples and practical exercises you can run yourself.

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.

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.

Cloud, Kubernetes, AI, security and automation have changed what DevOps really means. This book cuts through the hype with practical guidance for building reliable, scalable platforms using proven patterns, real production lessons and modern engineering practices that help teams move faster without sacrificing stability.

Software teams are building faster than ever, but scaling engineering takes more than great code. This book shows how to create developer platforms that simplify delivery, support cloud-native systems and prepare organizations for the demands of AI. Practical, technical and grounded in real-world experience.

Build secure, modern infrastructure with confidence. This hands-on guide shows you how to use Tailscale, WireGuard and zero-trust networking to create reliable, observable systems that scale. Follow practical, production-ready examples you can apply right away without guesswork or unnecessary complexity.