Books

Books about software architecture, engineering, and building systems that have to work in the real world.

NEW RELEASE

Beyond the Model

A Systems Theory of Modern AI Quality

Your model got better. Your product did not. Production AI quality is not contained in the deployed model. It is assembled across the system that prepares, surrounds, measures, and controls it.

The book is a diagnostic method for teams already shipping AI. Before you ask which model, ask which layer, and learn to tell when the model really is the limit.


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Beyond Microservices

Building Systems That Align Architecture, Teams, and Flow

Microservices are not a destination. They are often a signal that architecture, ownership, delivery, and operations have stopped scaling together.

The book is about reading those signals, making the hidden costs visible, and deciding when to decompose, when to consolidate, and how to keep complexity under control as systems grow.