Books

A hands-on introduction to IPC in real-time 3D Applications using modern C++, gRPC, and OpenUSD, featuring a practical LiveLink pipeline between Autodesk Maya and a custom USD viewer.

Stop building products nobody wants. Learn the exact framework indie hackers use to validate ideas in 7 days, ship MVPs that sell, and scale from $0 to $10K+ MRR. The Indie Hacker Playbook distills 10+ years of startup experience into 12 actionable chapters with real templates, frameworks, and case studies.

Stop treating PostgreSQL like slightly broken MySQL and start using it the way it was designed.

Master structural code search and refactoring with ast-grep, the definitive tool for AST-based code manipulation. This comprehensive guide builds your expertise from the ground up, revealing why regex-based searching fails and how Abstract Syntax Trees enable transformations that text-based tools cannot achieve. You'll progress from foundational concepts to advanced techniques, gaining the deep understanding and systematic skills to automate complex refactorings, enforce architectural patterns, and wield code structure itself as your instrument.

…Oh, but how I love the lights!The hustle and bustle of the peopleThe life and energy that they exudeI collect and absorb within... 3️⃣2️⃣3️⃣2️⃣ WordsDedicated to David

Are you interested in starting or returning to Machine Learning? This book offers a concise, straightforward view into the field and fundamental techniques that see use even in high-level career roles. Through a combination of examples, math and coding projects, the book will grow the reader's confidence in being a Machine Learning practitioner.

This book is many things from many angles. It is an Economic self-help through a philosophical lens, rather than a financial one. Instead of talking about what we can see, I talk about what we can sense. How our physical experience is affected by the non-physical, and that is where value comes from, before we decide what its value is on the factors that we apply. It's also a book that describes how centralized, controlled corporate systems are holding us back, and how decentralized, peer-to-peer, self-hosted, community-oriented systems are the solution to helping us move forward. We power the old systems by selling convenience and comfort, and new systems are community- and consent-powered. We do not choose old systems; we are born into them. We select new systems; not only do we choose them, but we prefer them because the choice comes with consent 

Stop writing scripts that break when you switch systems. Master POSIX shell scripting and write automation that works everywhere—Linux, macOS, BSD, and beyond.Starting from absolute zero, this practical guide turns complete beginners into confident shell programmers. You’ll start by opening your first terminal window and quickly move to automating real tasks. Learn to process text files, manage system resources, and create professional-grade scripts that run reliably on any Unix-like system.Instead of platform-specific tricks, you’ll focus on portable POSIX-compliant scripting—the universal language of Unix. Through hands-on projects like backup tools, monitoring dashboards, and deployment helpers, you’ll gain skills you can apply immediately.Whether you’re a system administrator, a developer moving into DevOps, or a curious beginner, this book gives you a solid, long-lasting foundation.