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Real-World SRE

The Survival Guide for Responding to a System Outage and Maximizing Uptime

by Nat Welch ...

This hands-on survival manual will give you the tools to confidently prepare for and respond to a system outage. Key FeaturesProven methods for keeping your website runningA survival guide for incident responseWritten by an ex-Google SRE expertBook DescriptionReal-World SRE is the go-to survival guide for the software developer in the middle of catastrophic website failure. Site Reliability ... Read more

$34.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

This hands-on survival manual will give you the tools to confidently prepare for and respond to a system outage. Key FeaturesProven methods for keeping your website runningA survival guide for incident responseWritten by an ex-Google SRE expertBook DescriptionReal-World SRE is the go-to survival guide for the software developer in the middle of catastrophic website failure. Site Reliability
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The Psychology of Software Teams

by Cat Hicks ...

To build the future, we need new ways of supporting software teams. This book will give you a secret weapon: the psychology that creates resilience for developers, sustainable practices for software teams, and innovation for organizations. You’ll learn from rigorous empirical evidence gathered from top engineering organizations and thousands of developers around the world, revealing powerful ... Read more

$27.99 USD

To build the future, we need new ways of supporting software teams. This book will give you a secret weapon: the psychology that creates resilience for developers, sustainable practices for software teams, and innovation for organizations. You’ll learn from rigorous empirical evidence gathered from top engineering organizations and thousands of developers around the world, revealing powerful
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Observability Engineering

Achieving Production Excellence

by Charity Majors, Liz Fong-Jones, George Miranda ...

Observability is the only way to engineer, manage, and improve the business-critical systems that customers depend on every day—and as the complexity of software grows, so does the need for observability. With this thoroughly revised second edition, authors Charity Majors, Liz Fong-Jones, and George Miranda take inventory of the current state of the field and explain how practitioners can evolve ... Read more

$43.99 USD

Observability is the only way to engineer, manage, and improve the business-critical systems that customers depend on every day—and as the complexity of software grows, so does the need for observability. With this thoroughly revised second edition, authors Charity Majors, Liz Fong-Jones, and George Miranda take inventory of the current state of the field and explain how practitioners can evolve
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The Engineering Executive's Primer

Impactful Technical Leadership

by Will Larson ...

As an engineering manager, you almost always have someone in your company to turn to for advice: a peer on another team, your manager, or even the head of engineering. But who do you turn to if you're the head of engineering? Engineering executives have a challenging learning curve, and many folks excitedly start their first executive role only to leave frustrated within the first 18 months.In ... Read more

$24.99 USD

As an engineering manager, you almost always have someone in your company to turn to for advice: a peer on another team, your manager, or even the head of engineering. But who do you turn to if you're the head of engineering? Engineering executives have a challenging learning curve, and many folks excitedly start their first executive role only to leave frustrated within the first 18 months.In
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The Official Raspberry Pi Handbook 2026

Astounding projects with Raspberry Pi computers

by The Makers of Raspberry Pi Official magazine ...

Dive into the world of Raspberry Pi with this huge book of tutorials, projects, guides, product reviews, and more from the pages of Raspberry Pi Official Magazine.With 200 pages full of high-tech DIY projects – from building robots to retro gaming handhelds – there's something for every maker in this full-color guidebook. No matter which Raspberry Pi model you have, you’ll find inspiration and ... Read more

$10.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Dive into the world of Raspberry Pi with this huge book of tutorials, projects, guides, product reviews, and more from the pages of Raspberry Pi Official Magazine.With 200 pages full of high-tech DIY projects – from building robots to retro gaming handhelds – there's something for every maker in this full-color guidebook. No matter which Raspberry Pi model you have, you’ll find inspiration and
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Making Things Happen

Mastering Project Management

by Scott Berkun ...

In the updated edition of this critically acclaimed and bestselling book, Microsoft project veteran Scott Berkun offers a collection of essays on field-tested philosophies and strategies for defining, leading, and managing projects. Each essay distills complex concepts and challenges into practical nuggets of useful advice, and the new edition now adds more value for leaders and managers of ... Read more

$28.09 USD

In the updated edition of this critically acclaimed and bestselling book, Microsoft project veteran Scott Berkun offers a collection of essays on field-tested philosophies and strategies for defining, leading, and managing projects. Each essay distills complex concepts and challenges into practical nuggets of useful advice, and the new edition now adds more value for leaders and managers of
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Mastering Professional Scrum

A Practitioner’s Guide to Overcoming Challenges and Maximizing the Benefits of Agility

by Stephanie Ockerman, Simon Reindl ...

Series series The Professional Scrum Series
“Our job as Scrum professionals is to continually improve our ability to use Scrum to deliver products and services that help customers achieve valuable outcomes. This book will help you to improve your ability to apply Scrum.”–From the Foreword by Ken Schwaber, co-author of ScrumMastering Professional Scrum is for anyone who wants to deliver increased value by using Scrum more effectively. ... Read more

$30.59 USD

“Our job as Scrum professionals is to continually improve our ability to use Scrum to deliver products and services that help customers achieve valuable outcomes. This book will help you to improve your ability to apply Scrum.”–From the Foreword by Ken Schwaber, co-author of ScrumMastering Professional Scrum is for anyone who wants to deliver increased value by using Scrum more effectively.
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The Cold Start Problem

How to Start and Scale Network Effects

by Andrew Chen ...

A startup executive and investor draws on expertise developed at the premier venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz and as an executive at Uber to address how tech’s most successful products have solved the dreaded "cold start problem"—by leveraging network effects to launch and scale toward billions of users.Although software has become easier to build, launching and scaling new products and ... Read more

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A startup executive and investor draws on expertise developed at the premier venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz and as an executive at Uber to address how tech’s most successful products have solved the dreaded "cold start problem"—by leveraging network effects to launch and scale toward billions of users.Although software has become easier to build, launching and scaling new products and
... Read more
Code

The Hidden Language of Computer Hardware and Software

by Charles Petzold ...

The classic guide to how computers work, updated with new chapters and interactive graphics"For me, Code was a revelation. It was the first book about programming that spoke to me. It started with a story, and it built up, layer by layer, analogy by analogy, until I understood not just the Code, but the System. Code is a book that is as much about Systems Thinking and abstractions as it is about ... Read more

$27.39 USD

The classic guide to how computers work, updated with new chapters and interactive graphics"For me, Code was a revelation. It was the first book about programming that spoke to me. It started with a story, and it built up, layer by layer, analogy by analogy, until I understood not just the Code, but the System. Code is a book that is as much about Systems Thinking and abstractions as it is about
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The Hard Thing About Hard Things

Building a Business When There Are No Easy Answers

by Ben Horowitz ...

Ben Horowitz, cofounder of the venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz and one of Silicon Valley’s most respected and experienced entrepreneurs, offers essential leadership advice on building and running a startup—practical wisdom for managing the toughest problems business school doesn’t cover, based on his popular ben’s blog.While many people talk about how great it is to start a business, very ... Read more

$15.99 USD

Ben Horowitz, cofounder of the venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz and one of Silicon Valley’s most respected and experienced entrepreneurs, offers essential leadership advice on building and running a startup—practical wisdom for managing the toughest problems business school doesn’t cover, based on his popular ben’s blog.While many people talk about how great it is to start a business, very
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Kanban in Action

by Joakim Sunden, Marcus Hammarberg ...

SummaryKanban in Action is a down-to-earth, no-frills, get-to-know-the-ropes introduction to kanban. It's based on the real-world experience and observations from two kanban coaches who have introduced this process to dozens of teams. You'll learn the principles of why kanban works, as well as nitty-gritty details like how to use different color stickies on a kanban board to help you organize and ... Read more

$49.99 USD

SummaryKanban in Action is a down-to-earth, no-frills, get-to-know-the-ropes introduction to kanban. It's based on the real-world experience and observations from two kanban coaches who have introduced this process to dozens of teams. You'll learn the principles of why kanban works, as well as nitty-gritty details like how to use different color stickies on a kanban board to help you organize and
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Programming TypeScript

Making Your JavaScript Applications Scale

by Boris Cherny ...

Any programmer working with a dynamically typed language will tell you how hard it is to scale to more lines of code and more engineers. That’s why Facebook, Google, and Microsoft invented gradual static type layers for their dynamically typed JavaScript and Python code. This practical book shows you how one such type layer, TypeScript, is unique among them: it makes programming fun with its ... Read more

$30.99 USD

Any programmer working with a dynamically typed language will tell you how hard it is to scale to more lines of code and more engineers. That’s why Facebook, Google, and Microsoft invented gradual static type layers for their dynamically typed JavaScript and Python code. This practical book shows you how one such type layer, TypeScript, is unique among them: it makes programming fun with its
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After Steve

How Apple Became a Trillion-Dollar Company and Lost Its Soul

by Tripp Mickle ...

From the New York Times' Tripp Mickle, the dramatic, untold story inside Apple after the passing of Steve Jobs by following his top lieutenants—Jony Ive, the Chief Design Officer, and Tim Cook, the COO-turned-CEO—and how the fading of the former and the rise of the latter led to Apple losing its soul.Steve Jobs called Jony Ive his “spiritual partner at Apple.” The London-born genius was the second ... Read more

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From the New York Times' Tripp Mickle, the dramatic, untold story inside Apple after the passing of Steve Jobs by following his top lieutenants—Jony Ive, the Chief Design Officer, and Tim Cook, the COO-turned-CEO—and how the fading of the former and the rise of the latter led to Apple losing its soul.Steve Jobs called Jony Ive his “spiritual partner at Apple.” The London-born genius was the second
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Become an Effective Software Engineering Manager

by Dr. James Stanier ...

Software startups make global headlines every day. As technology companies succeed and grow, so do their engineering departments. In your career, you'll may suddenly get the opportunity to lead teams: to become a manager. But this is often uncharted territory. How can you decide whether this career move is right for you? And if you do, what do you need to learn to succeed? Where do you start? How ... Read more

$28.99 USD

Software startups make global headlines every day. As technology companies succeed and grow, so do their engineering departments. In your career, you'll may suddenly get the opportunity to lead teams: to become a manager. But this is often uncharted territory. How can you decide whether this career move is right for you? And if you do, what do you need to learn to succeed? Where do you start? How
... Read more
User Story Mapping

Discover the Whole Story, Build the Right Product

by Jeff Patton, Peter Economy ...

User story mapping is a valuable tool for software development, once you understand why and how to use it. This insightful book examines how this often misunderstood technique can help your team stay focused on users and their needs without getting lost in the enthusiasm for individual product features.Author Jeff Patton shows you how changeable story maps enable your team to hold better ... Read more

$24.99 USD

User story mapping is a valuable tool for software development, once you understand why and how to use it. This insightful book examines how this often misunderstood technique can help your team stay focused on users and their needs without getting lost in the enthusiasm for individual product features.Author Jeff Patton shows you how changeable story maps enable your team to hold better
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50 Kubernetes Concepts Every DevOps Engineer Should Know

Your go-to guide for making production-level decisions on how and why to implement Kubernetes

by Michael Levan ...

A must-have Kubernetes book to learn key concepts for succeeding in any production environment, be it a greenfield Kubernetes environment or your cloud-native journeyKey FeaturesAdvance in your Kubernetes journey with guidance from a seasoned k8s practitioner and trainerDiscover best practices for implementing Kubernetes in any production environmentGo beyond the basics and work with Kubernetes ... Read more

$34.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

A must-have Kubernetes book to learn key concepts for succeeding in any production environment, be it a greenfield Kubernetes environment or your cloud-native journeyKey FeaturesAdvance in your Kubernetes journey with guidance from a seasoned k8s practitioner and trainerDiscover best practices for implementing Kubernetes in any production environmentGo beyond the basics and work with Kubernetes
... Read more
Datenschutz für Softwareentwicklung und IT

Eine praxisorientierte Einführung

by Ralf Kneuper ...

Series series Computer Science and Engineering (German Language)
Dieses Buch beschreibt das Thema Datenschutz aus der Sicht von Softwareentwicklung und IT. Die Verantwortlichen in diesen Bereichen gestalten die praktische Umsetzung des Datenschutzes zu erheblichen Teilen mit, benötigen dafür aber entsprechende Kenntnisse über die rechtlichen Rahmenbedingungen und Möglichkeiten zu deren Umsetzung. Der Fokus dieses Buchs liegt daher auf den Aspekten des ... Read more

$44.99 USD

Dieses Buch beschreibt das Thema Datenschutz aus der Sicht von Softwareentwicklung und IT. Die Verantwortlichen in diesen Bereichen gestalten die praktische Umsetzung des Datenschutzes zu erheblichen Teilen mit, benötigen dafür aber entsprechende Kenntnisse über die rechtlichen Rahmenbedingungen und Möglichkeiten zu deren Umsetzung. Der Fokus dieses Buchs liegt daher auf den Aspekten des
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Agentic Coding with Claude Code

The everyday developer's guide to agentic coding with Claude Code

by Eden Marco ...

Move beyond prompt-based coding by using Claude Code to design reliable, agent-driven workflows and build production-ready full-stack applications Key FeaturesLearn Claude Code as a development partner to build custom automations and agentic workflowsBuild and iterate on a Next.js application using Claude Code for AI-assisted developmentScale AI-assisted development with Claude Code while ... Read more

$32.39 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Move beyond prompt-based coding by using Claude Code to design reliable, agent-driven workflows and build production-ready full-stack applications Key FeaturesLearn Claude Code as a development partner to build custom automations and agentic workflowsBuild and iterate on a Next.js application using Claude Code for AI-assisted developmentScale AI-assisted development with Claude Code while
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Microsoft Project 2010: The Missing Manual

by Bonnie Biafore ...

Microsoft Project is brimming with features to help you manage any project, large or small. But learning the software is only half the battle. What you really need is real-world guidance: how to prep your project before touching your PC, which Project tools work best, and which ones to use with care. This book explains it all, helping you go from project manager to project master.Get a project ... Read more

$23.99 USD

Microsoft Project is brimming with features to help you manage any project, large or small. But learning the software is only half the battle. What you really need is real-world guidance: how to prep your project before touching your PC, which Project tools work best, and which ones to use with care. This book explains it all, helping you go from project manager to project master.Get a project
... Read more
tmux 3

Productive Mouse-Free Development

by Brian P. Hogan ...

Your mouse is slowing you down. You're juggling multiple terminal windows, development tools, or shell sessions, and the context switching is eating away at your productivity. Take control of your environment with tmux, a keyboard-driven terminal multiplexer that you can tailor to your workflow. With this updated third edition for tmux 3, you'll customize, script, and leverage tmux’s unique ... Read more

$22.99 USD

Your mouse is slowing you down. You're juggling multiple terminal windows, development tools, or shell sessions, and the context switching is eating away at your productivity. Take control of your environment with tmux, a keyboard-driven terminal multiplexer that you can tailor to your workflow. With this updated third edition for tmux 3, you'll customize, script, and leverage tmux’s unique
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Autotools, 2nd Edition

A Practitioner's Guide to GNU Autoconf, Automake, and Libtool

by John Calcote ...

The long awaited update to the practitioner's guide to GNU Autoconf, Automake, and LibtoolThe GNU Autotools make it easy for developers to create software that is portable across many Unix-like operating systems, and even Windows. Although the Autotools are used by thousands of open source software packages, they have a notoriously steep learning curve.Autotools is the first book to offer ... Read more

$26.99 USD

The long awaited update to the practitioner's guide to GNU Autoconf, Automake, and LibtoolThe GNU Autotools make it easy for developers to create software that is portable across many Unix-like operating systems, and even Windows. Although the Autotools are used by thousands of open source software packages, they have a notoriously steep learning curve.Autotools is the first book to offer
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Better Embedded System Software

by Philip Koopman ...

Crucial skills for career-oriented embedded system developers, now in an affordable e-book format. This book distills the experience of more than 90 design reviews on real embedded systems into a set of bite-size lessons learned in the areas of software development process, requirements, architecture, design, implementation, verification & validation, and critical system properties. This is a ... Read more

$9.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Crucial skills for career-oriented embedded system developers, now in an affordable e-book format. This book distills the experience of more than 90 design reviews on real embedded systems into a set of bite-size lessons learned in the areas of software development process, requirements, architecture, design, implementation, verification & validation, and critical system properties. This is a
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Powerful Python

Patterns and Strategies with Modern Python

by Aaron Maxwell ...

Once you've mastered the basics of Python, how do you skill up to the top 1%? How do you focus your learning time on topics that yield the most benefit for production engineering and data teams—without getting distracted by info of little real-world use? This book answers these questions and more.Based on author Aaron Maxwell's software engineering career in Silicon Valley, this unique book ... Read more

$40.99 USD

Once you've mastered the basics of Python, how do you skill up to the top 1%? How do you focus your learning time on topics that yield the most benefit for production engineering and data teams—without getting distracted by info of little real-world use? This book answers these questions and more.Based on author Aaron Maxwell's software engineering career in Silicon Valley, this unique book
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Blazor in Action

by Chris Sainty ...

An example-driven guide to building reusable UI components and web frontends—all with Blazor, C#, and .NET.In Blazor in Action, you will learn about:Blazor + WebAssemblyPicking the right hosting modelBuilding reusable UI componentsBuilding forms with validationIntegrating with JavaScript librariesSecuring your applicationTesting your applicationsBlazor in Action is a practical guide to buil... ... Read more

$49.99 USD

An example-driven guide to building reusable UI components and web frontends—all with Blazor, C#, and .NET.In Blazor in Action, you will learn about:Blazor + WebAssemblyPicking the right hosting modelBuilding reusable UI componentsBuilding forms with validationIntegrating with JavaScript librariesSecuring your applicationTesting your applicationsBlazor in Action is a practical guide to buil...
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