This is the comprehensive guide for programmers who want to go from good to great. It covers the four pillars of a successful software career: the daily habits of highly effective developers, mastery of essential tools and workflows, timeless design patterns, and navigating the technical career ladder.You will learn the architecture of habit and the daily rituals that separate productive developers from the rest. Master your development environment, version control workflows, and t...

This is the comprehensive blueprint for building, deploying, testing, and scaling production-grade AI agents. Covering the complete lifecycle of AI agent development, this book takes you from fundamentals to advanced techniques.Master the core architecture of agentic systems. Learn to engineer prompts for agent behavior and build your first agent. Understand multi-agent workflows and how to create and integrate tools. Tackle the crucial topics of memory and state management. This b...

Every week, a new framework for building AI agents is announced. Every month, a startup raises millions to build the platform that will finally make agents work at scale. Yet, most implementations still fail in production. This book cuts through the hype to provide a battle-tested framework for building AI agents that actually work.Written for developers, team leads, and tech executives, this book reveals why most agent systems fall apart and how to design ones that don't. It provi...

This book offers a practical guide to thriving in a world of thinking machines. It challenges the replacement myth and provides a blueprint for the future of work, one built on collaboration rather than competition.Learn the new division of labor between humans and AI, where machines excel at scale and pattern recognition, and humans excel at judgment, creativity, and ethical reasoning. This book teaches you how to master the art of prompting and build effective AI workflows. It co...

The developer's role is fundamentally shifting from writing code to directing it. Agentic AI can now read specifications, explore codebases, write implementation code, create tests, fix bugs, and submit pull requests without a developer typing a line of implementation. This practical guide is for engineers who want to master this new paradigm and stay ahead of the curve.This book provides a framework for moving beyond autocomplete to build a development practice where you and your ...

Eric Smith’s Jagged Little Pill: The Novel is a timely and gutsy YA story based on the Tony and Grammy Award–winning musical from Alanis Morissette, Diablo Cody, and Glen Ballard!“Blends the spirit of some of our most beloved musical works into a new anthem: Teens long to be seen, heard, and for their voices to matter. An honest exploration of family and love, of identity and responsibility. Powerful and relevant.” —New York Times bestsell...

**"A sweetly charming love story that leaves the reader with a lasting sense of hope.” —Nicola Yoon, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Everything, Everything and The Sun Is Also a Star"The perfect novel to snuggle up with.” —Emily Henry, New York Times bestselling author of Beach Read**A heartwarming and thoughtful enemies-to-lovers rom-com about two teens—one trying to save his family's failing pinball arcade, the ...

Eric Smith takes you on a fast-paced fantasy adventure, perfect for anyone who has dreamed of being different . . . only to discover that destiny is more than skin deep.Sometimes your only chance to survive, and what you most fear . . . is to be INKED.Tattoos once were an act of rebellion.Now they decide your destiny the moment the magical Ink settles under your skin.And in a world where Ink controls your fate, Caenu...

**"Joyful, thoughtful, and real." —Christina Lauren, New York Times bestselling authors of The Unhoneymooners"Rom-com perfection." —Rachael Lippincott, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Five Feet Apart**New from Eric Smith comes a delightful YA rom-com about two teens caught in the middle of their families’ orchestrated rivalry between their Philly cheesesteak food trucks.All’s fair in love and (food tru...

"Wonderfully geeky and deeply compassionate." —Marieke Nijkamp, #1 New York Times bestselling authorIn this charming novel by Eric Smith, two teen gamers find their virtual worlds—and blossoming romance—invaded by the real-world issues of trolling and doxing in the gaming community.We all need a place to escape the real world. For Divya and Aaron, it’s the world of online gaming. While Divya trades her rising-star status for sponso...

In the gritty underbelly of Sydney's slums, where survival often meant breaking the law, Barry Goode's journey unfolds in this gripping memoir.Born into poverty, he learned early on that the streets could be unforgiving. But it was within those shadows that he discovered his resilience and resourcefulness, forging a path that led him into a world of crime and evasion.From his first brush with the law at 7 years old, to life on the run, his story is a testament to the human sp...

The concept of dragons has captivated human imagination formillennia. From the serpentine beasts of ancient mythologiesto the fearsome fire-breathing creatures of medieval legends,dragons have played a profound role in the cultural fabric ofmany societies. Yet, what if these mythical beings were morethan mere f...