Books

Stop Being a Hostage in Your Own Startup.If you are a non-technical founder, there is a silent fear you probably don't say out loud: "What if I'm making the wrong technical decisions—and I don't even know it until the budget is gone?". Welcome to the Black Box. Software failure rarely comes from bad syntax or a crashing server. It starts with Information Asymmetry—when the developer knows something you don't, but you are the one paying the price for it. In this world, true power doesn't lie with the person holding the capital; it lies with the person holding the knowledge. Don’t Get Stuck in Dev-Hell is not a book about learning to code. It is a high-stakes management manual written by Ayman Belrhiti, a Software Management Developer who has seen too many smart founders trapped in a "Hostage Situation". Turn the Black Box into a Profitable Asset Through the Founder’s Compass framework, you will learn to stop acting like a "customer ordering a pizza" and start acting like a "pilot reading the dashboard". The Software Iceberg: Why 90% of your project’s risk is hidden beneath the interface.The "Business Credit Card": How to manage Technical Debt so the interest doesn't swallow your cash flow.The 90% Rule: Mastering the art of saying "No" to protect your runway and your team's focus.Talent Liquidity: How to choose "Boring Technology" to ensure you can replace a developer in 24 hours.

Timely Relevance: Edge AI is currently undergoing rapid adoption and transformationPractical Focus: Each topic includes concrete business opportunities and implementation strategiesBroad Appeal: Covers both technical and business perspectivesForward-Looking: Includes emerging trends that will remain relevant for yearsCase Study Rich: Plenty of real-world examples from startups and established companies

Something is broken. You can feel it. You work harder and fall further behind. You're told it's the market, it's global forces, it's just how things are now. It's not. Fifty years of decisions built an economy that takes from those who work and gives to those who toll. This book names the decisions, the people who made them, and exactly when. Then it shows you what can be done about it.

“Agentes Inteligentes en Java” te acompaña desde el primer prototipo hasta ecosistemas de agentes interoperables que hablan entre departamentos y empresas. Aprenderás a diseñar, securizar y escalar agentes en producción con guardrails, Kubernetes y protocolos A2A, todo con código Java listo para ejecutar. Es la guía definitiva para pasar de “tenemos un bot” a “operamos una red de agentes confiables que impulsa el negocio”.

Engineering Foundations: The Pillars of Modern Software CraftsmanshipTimeless Principles and Modern Practices for Building Systems That Last In an age where AI can write code in seconds, the true craft of software engineering is more critical than ever. This book is a mentor-in-a-book for a new generation of developers – those who want to go beyond automation and master the art of engineering. Starting with the foundational mindset of a system thinker and the core craft of writing clean, testable code, this book walks through the core and advanced pillars of modern software systems – from Lifecycle Management, Security, and Observability to Architecture and Design, Reliability and Resilience, Data and Knowledge Management, and Collaboration and Culture. It then explores how AI-augmented workflows, tools, and mentorship shape the future of engineering. You will learn to use intelligent tools responsibly, not as a crutch but as an amplifier for your own reasoning. Through practical frameworks and real-world patterns, you will discover how to build systems that are not just functional, but also scalable, secure, and deeply understandable. Tools will change, but the principles of thoughtful engineering endure. This is not a coding manual. It's a manifesto for thoughtful engineers who want to build things that endure.

Sudah minum obat, sudah jaga makan, tapi GERD selalu kembali?Mungkin masalahnya bukan di lambungmu, tapi di cara kita memahami tubuh.Buku ini tidak menjanjikan keajaiban. Ia mengajakmu pulang ke hal paling dasar: cara hidup yang selaras dengan tubuh.Sehat alami. Tanpa ketergantungan. Tanpa kambuh lagi.

A hands-on guide for PHP developers who want to use AI and machine learning in real projects. No hype, no math—just practical ideas, tools, and PHP code that works.

You know how to code, but everyone else seems to "just get it" while you secretly Google and ChatGPT everything. The Software Realm DECODED is the patient mentor conversation you've been searching for, Peter asks the questions you're afraid to ask, and the Ultra Senior Developer explains what bootcamps skip and seniors assume you know. By the final chapter, the imposter syndrome disappears and systems finally make sense.

Tired of god factories and 200-parameter constructors? In one intense week, I turned a payment provider monolith into modular, self-registering NestJS heaven. This book shows you how without losing your mind (mostly).

JILID I : Fondasi Arsitektur & Strategi Dekomposisi Strategi Arsitektur Modern yang Mengubah Cara Sistem Berinteraksi dan Berevolusi

Understand the challenges of CI/CD on Kubernetes and explore Tekton’s architecture through theoretical explanations and a dedicated hands-on section with real-world examples.Beyond the basics, this guide provides a solution to the dashboard's security limitations, teaching you how to implement an authentication and access control layer using Keycloak, OAuth2, and Kubernetes Impersonation.

Ruby for .NET Developers helps .NET engineers explore Ruby through different ways of thinking about objects, composition, and expressiveness. It focuses on transferable mental models and real tradeoffs, inviting readers to carry forward what serves them.

What You Will Master: The Enterprise Stack: Google Gemini + Wolfram + Watson. The Open Source Stack: Llama 3 + SymPy + ChromaDB (fully offline). The Outcome: Self-healing, near-infallible agents that never lie about data

Stop building chatbots and start architecting autonomous digital workers that act, plan, and collaborate. Master multi-agent orchestration with CrewAI and build self-healing, cyclic workflows using LangGraph. Move beyond simple prompts to implement the OODA loop, browser automation, and production-grade security. Transform LLMs into reasoning engines capable of managing entire software agencies without intervention.

Phase 0 - Orientation Learning How to Think About DesignBefore we talk about systems, we need to talk about how you think.Most engineers approach design the way they approach code: gather requirements, choose tools, apply patterns, and move forward. This works—until it doesn’t. At some point, the systems you build stop behaving like the code you wrote. Problems emerge that cannot be traced to a single function, service, or decision. When that happens, adding more knowledge does not help. Changing how you reason does.This phase exists to interrupt familiar instincts.Phase 0 is not about teaching you what to design. It is about exposing the assumptions you already carry—about correctness, scale, failure, and simplicity—and showing where they quietly break down. These chapters will feel less concrete than the ones that follow. That is intentional. You cannot reason well about systems until you are comfortable with uncertainty, trade-offs, and incomplete explanations.If you rush through this phase looking for answers, it will feel unsatisfying. If you sit with it, it will change how the rest of the book lands. The goal of Phase 0 is simple: by the time you reach Phase 1, you should no longer be asking, “What framework should I use?” You should be asking, “What kind of problem is this, really?”Chapter 1: What Is System Design (and What It Is Not) A System That Worked YesterdayThe system worked yesterday.The code hadn’t changed. Tests were green. No alerts fired overnight.And yet this morning, requests were timing out.Someone suggested adding more instances. Someone else blamed the database. A third person said, “It works on my machine.”All reasonable guesses. All wrong.By noon, a temporary fix was deployed. By evening, the incident was “resolved.” By next week, it happened again—somewhere else.Nothing was broken. And that was the problem. The Question Nobody AskedAfter incidents like this, teams usually ask familiar questions:Which service caused it?Was it a bug or a configuration issue?Do we need better monitoring?These are safe questions. They have owners. They lead to tickets. The dangerous question is the one nobody asks:What assumption did we design this system around—and when did it stop being true?That question does not map to a single component. It does not have a Jira ticket. It cannot be fixed with a patch.And yet, most system failures quietly begin there. When Code Stops Explaining BehaviorAs a developer, you are trained to reason locally.Input goes in. Logic executes. Output comes out.When something breaks, you look for the line of code responsible.Systems do not behave this way.In systems:Failures emerge from interactionsLatency appears without slow functionsLoad exposes assumptions you forgot you madeEvery component can behave “correctly” while the system misbehaves.This is not an edge case. This is the default state of non-trivial systems. The Moment Code Becomes a SystemThere is a moment—often unnoticed—when local reasoning stops working.The moment when:Understanding one service is no longer enoughFixing one issue creates another elsewhereBehaviour depends on timing, not logicConfidence drops even though competence hasn’tNothing announces this transition. No role change marks it. No diagram captures it cleanly.But once it happens, the rules change.System design begins after this moment. Most teams do not notice this moment. They only feel its consequences