Books

Practical books on AI development, software architecture, engineering careers, and the history of hacking. Most are available on Kindle Unlimited.

Published by Peak Grizzly Publishing. This page carries the technology titles — the full catalog, including history, lives with the publisher.

Designing Data Architecture for AI Systems cover
Designing Data Architecture for AI Systems

A Comprehensive Guide

The AI model that dazzles today becomes tomorrow's liability without the right data architecture.

$9.99KU
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Open Weights

Why Freely Available Model Weights Are Essential to Innovation, Competition, Security, and National Leadership

Competing tech giants unite to give away AI secrets—because keeping them might destroy their future.

$4.99KU
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Designing Event-Driven Architecture

A Comprehensive Guide

Every component acted perfectly—and yet the system still failed spectacularly.

$9.99KU
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The Responsibility Layer

What Comes After AI Agents

The next frontier of AI is not about smarter agents—it's about systems taking over responsibility itself.

$6.99KU
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The AI-Native CIO

How the Executive Role Is Being Rewritten by Artificial Intelligence

The traditional CIO role is crumbling under AI's rapid decision-making power, reshaping corporate governance forever.

$4.99
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Ship It With AI

How Non-Technical Founders Are Building Real Products

Real products are being shipped by founders without any coding skills — changing the entrepreneurial landscape forever.

$7.99
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AI and the New Trade Wars

How Technology Became the World's Most Dangerous Weapon

The most advanced AI chips depend on a Dutch machine no one can buy without government approval.

$4.99
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The AI Agent Era

What They Are, Why They Matter, and Where They Are Going

Tech giants are scrambling to redefine AI—missing this movement could leave businesses in the dust.

$3.99
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Building AI Agents from Scratch with Grok

A Developer's Guide to xAI's Most Capable Model

Switching to Grok could revolutionize your AI projects, and it's just one configuration change away.

$3.99KU
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Learning AI

A Complete Guide for the Curious

You keep hearing about AI. You know it matters. But every time you try to learn, you hit a wall: coding tutorials you do not need, YouTube videos that are too shallow, or courses that assume a math degree. Where is the one book that takes you from "curious" to "competent" without wasting your time?

$3.99KU
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Governing at Machine Speed

AI Governance, Compliance, and Risk for Regulated Industries

Build AI Governance That Runs as Fast as Your AI

$3.99KU
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Agentic AI for Business

A Leader's Guide to Deploying AI That Acts

Most 'agentic AI' isn't. This book shows you how to tell.

$3.99KU
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Vibe Coding

The End of Traditional Programming?

AI-generated code shattered traditional programming and sparked a fierce debate that could redefine the future.

$3.99KU
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NGINX as an API Gateway

The Complete Guide to Routing, Load Balancing, and Kubernetes Deployment for Modern Microservices

NGINX can transform your microservices with features people pay thousands for in dedicated gateway products.

$3.99KU
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The MCP Protocol

How AI Learned to Use Tools

Without the MCP Protocol, AI models remain conversational but powerless—what happened next changed everything.

$3.99KU
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The Zero Employee Company

How AI Is Building Businesses That Run Themselves

Imagine a company generating millions with a single human, all thanks to AI handling the rest.

$3.99KU
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The Alignment Problem (For Normal People)

AI Safety, RLHF, and Why It All Matters — Without the PhD

When AI gets it wrong, the consequences can ripple across entire industries — can you afford to ignore this risk?

$3.99KU
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The AI Ready Employee

A No-Nonsense Guide

Your company's biggest asset in the AI era might be the employees going rogue with smart strategies.

$0.99KU
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The Prompt Engineering Cookbook

100 Ready-to-Use Prompts for Business

One entrepreneur replaced hours of strategic meetings with a single AI-generated SWOT analysis.

$3.99KU
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Prompt Engineering For Real Work

Master AI Tools to Write Better, Lead Smarter, and Deliver Faster

$3.99KU
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Building a Multi-Agent Orchestrator in Node.js

Coordinating Specialized Agents with a Router Agent

The secret to surpassing your AI's limits isn't a bigger brain, but a smarter orchestra of specialized agents.

$6.99KU
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The Next Ten Years

How AI, Climate, and Converging Megatrends Will Reshape Daily Life by 2035

$3.99KU
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Ship It Saturday

Build and Launch a Real Product in One Weekend

$3.99KU
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The Talent Bottleneck

Why Your Technology Can Move at Machine Speed but Your People Can't

$4.99KU
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The 90-Day AI Transformation

A Week-by-Week Playbook for CIOs Who Need Results Now

$3.99KU
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Digital Transformation at Machine Speed

How CIOs Are Using AI to Accelerate Change Without Losing Control

$3.99KU
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Build Your Own AI Agent From Scratch

A Python Guide to Tools, Memory, Reasoning, and Autonomous AI Systems

One engineer's search for truth led him to redefine the entire conversation around AI agents.

$6.99KU
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The Fundamentals of Training an LLM

A Python & PyTorch Guide

Build your own GPT-style language model on a laptop that mimics production models.

$7.99KU
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AI as a Thinking Partner

Imagine debating your toughest decisions with an AI partner that never sleeps — that's the shift you need.

$4.99KU
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The AI Augmented Engineer

Software Development 2026-2030

$3.99KU
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The Vibe Coded SaaS

How I Built a Real Business Using AI Agents, Claude Code, and Zero Traditional Coding

AI agents built a full SaaS without a single line of traditional code.

$3.99KU
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The AI-Powered Sprint

How to Use AI for Faster Planning, Smarter Standups, and Better Retrospectives

Failure to integrate AI into your agile process means losing speed and efficiency your competitors are already gaining.

$2.99KU
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Escape Velocity

Using AI to Finally Modernize Your Legacy Systems

$3.99KU
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Work Smarter with Claude Code

Automate Tasks, Manage Projects, and Run Operations—No Coding Required

$4.99KU
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AI For Smart Beginners

What to Learn, What to Ignore, and How to Start Without Feeling Overwhelmed

AI won't replace your job, but not understanding it might.

$2.99KU
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The Anti-Hustle AI Guide

Use AI to Work Less, Rest More, and Reclaim Your Life

$0.99KU
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AI for Busy Professionals

Practical Ways to Use AI at Work Without Learning to Code or Wasting Time

$4.99KU
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The AI Income Handbook

Making Money with AI Systems

$3.99KU
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API Driven Banking

Designing Flexible Financial Platforms

$2.99KU