Practical Software Handbooks

published Senior Engineering Interview Handbook Prepare for senior software engineering interviews through coding, system design, production judgment, project depth, behavioral leadership, and offer strategy. Coding interviewsSystem designProduction engineeringLeadership evidence 176 chapters across 16 parts Open published Solo Founder Product Engineering Handbook Discover, build, ship, operate, and evolve products as a one-person team while balancing product-market fit, engineering judgment, distribution, support, and founder energy. Product discoveryMVP engineeringSolo operationsAutomation 140 readable entries Open published Production Data Systems Handbook Choose, combine, evolve, debug, and operate production data systems from workload, invariants, failure modes, and operational constraints instead of database fashion. Database choiceWorkload fingerprintsData reliabilityOperations 64 readable entries Open published Cybersecurity Engineering Handbook Secure design, build, review, operations, defense, and recovery for engineers who need exact decisions, controls, evidence, and playbooks instead of vague security advice. Secure architectureThreat modelingSecurity operationsIncident response 68 readable entries Open published AI Systems Handbook Decide when to use AI, then design, evaluate, operate, govern, and retire AI-enabled systems as reliable socio-technical systems. AI fundamentalsEvaluationResponsible AIAI operations 73 readable entries Open published The Rust Engineering Handbook Reason about Rust through ownership, type, concurrency, API, unsafe, compatibility, performance, and operational contracts instead of syntax recipes. Ownership and borrowingType and API designConcurrency and asyncUnsafe and production Rust 119 readable entries Open published Performance Engineering and System Design Handbook Design and diagnose systems through workload models, critical paths, queues, distributed mechanisms, measurement, overload behavior, capacity, and cost. Workload and latency modelsDistributed architectureMeasurement and diagnosisCapacity and overload 88 readable entries Open published The Change Interface Build developer relations as a reciprocal change function that earns trust, proves value, enables action, creates participation, and carries field evidence back into the organization. Developer relationsChange managementCommunity agencyProduct feedback 6 readable entries Open in progress CISSP Certification Guide An independent study guide and practice question bundle for the ISC2 CISSP exam: the eight domains in study order, the manager-perspective mindset, and roughly 500 original practice questions including a full 125-question practice exam. CISSP certificationSecurity risk managementCryptography and architectureIdentity and access management 35 readable entries Open in progress Project Management Mastery A practical, method-neutral field guide for project leaders: exercise sound judgment, align people and governance, design a fit-for-purpose delivery system, navigate uncertainty, and convert outputs into durable value. Project judgmentStakeholder alignmentDelivery designBenefits realization 50 readable entries Open