Books

Securing AI requires a system-level approach across models, data, identities, tools, infrastructure, and execution paths. This book shows how to apply Product Security and Secure SDLC principles to AI-enabled products, from RAG and agents to MCP, evaluations, supply chain risk, runtime controls, and governance, while building the fundamentals needed for a practical AI Product Security operating model.

Stop only using databases — start understanding them. A living study of PostgreSQL internals for backend engineers: how pages, indexes, and WAL actually work, written clearly while learning, not after mastery.

A high-density executive playbook fusing realpolitik, Stoic equanimity, and operational defense protocols. Learn how high-performing leaders navigate corporate politics, eliminate unmitigated risk transfer, and build asymmetric career sovereignty without burnout.

Master deep learning with PyTorch & Lightning. Core concepts, practical Q&A, and production-ready code with a full companion GitHub repository.

What connects a mechanical calculator, a modern smartphone, the Internet, and artificial intelligence?Everything.The technologies that define today's digital world did not emerge independently. They are chapters in a much larger story—a story that begins with binary numbers and mechanical calculation and leads to machines capable of learning, generating content, understanding language, and taking action.The Code Revolution follows this extraordinary journey from early computation to intelligent machines.Discover how code became software, software became infrastructure, information became data, data became intelligence, and intelligence is now becoming increasingly autonomous.From Binary to Brains, this is the story of how computing changed the world—and where it may go next.

What if the Bhagavad Gita began with a code review? A Merge Request adds two harmless getters to an immutable Money Value Object. The tests pass. The pipeline is green. Arjuna still cannot approve it. Standing between the DDD Alliance and the Just Ship It Legion, he turns to Krishna for guidance on domain truth, technical karma, architectural duty, knowledge crunching, entropy—and the dangerous illusion that a working implementation must also be a truthful model. The Logs of the Bhagavad Gita is an affectionate, technically serious and occasionally irresponsible encounter between ancient philosophy and modern software development. No framework will attain enlightenment. Your Aggregate Root might.

AI is basically a very well-optimized math system pretending to sound like a person. That's it. That's the whole secret.This book explains exactly how, no math, no code, no jargon. Just a straight conversation about what's actually happening inside the machine everyone won't stop talking about.

The hardest part of stats is understanding how it all fits together. If you want a book that takes you from the very basics all the way through to the most advanced concepts, this is for you!

The first thing many people hit with an AI coding assistant is a plateau. A correction made on Monday is gone by Thursday. This book is about the operating model above the prompt, where truth lives, how a correction becomes a standing rule that holds, and which judgments stay in human hands.

Ready to turn the power of Artificial Intelligence into real freelance income?AI Freelancing for Beginners is a practical, step-by-step guide that shows you how to start and grow a successful AI-powered freelance career—even if you have no previous experience. Learn how to use ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Canva, and other AI tools to offer in-demand services, create a professional portfolio, attract clients, and deliver high-quality work with confidence.Inside, you'll discover how to choose a profitable niche, master AI prompts, win clients on Fiverr and Upwork, expand beyond freelance marketplaces, and build a sustainable business through smart systems and long-term client relationships.Whether you're a student, job seeker, working professional, or aspiring entrepreneur, this beginner-friendly guide provides practical strategies, real-world examples, and actionable checklists to help you take your first steps toward building a rewarding AI freelancing career.Your journey to becoming an AI-powered freelancer starts here.

Your infrastructure isn't a place anymore, it's text in a repo. This book teaches security engineers to read, review, and audit Terraform like an auditor, not a builder, so you know exactly what to look for before someone else's code hits production.

Confucius never touched a computer, but he knew quite a lot about software. He has much to say about problems of knowledge and information, as well as right action under ambiguity, threats and constraints. Read as a set of commentaries on The Analects, these essays treat Confucius as an early theorist of the flow of information through rites, names and rules; the cyborg sage tangled in the half-built machine of the feudal state.

Most companies claim to be agile. Few actually are. The rituals changed; the waterfall mindset survived. This guide shows what real agile looks like through one concrete story: an empowered team going from business problem to measurable impact in eight weeks. Continuous discovery, TDD, feature flags, no story points. Practices you can put to work on Monday.

Reinforcement learning, preference optimization, verifiable rewards, agents, and safety. Updated PDF/EPUB editions and free online practice at vladkulikov.com.