Publications
Long-form books and strategy documents. Each is free to read online, with PDF editions; several come with slide decks or companion code.
Books
A dependency-driven path from arithmetic to the mathematics of computing
October 2026Version 0.1Three volumes · 33 chaptersPython companion
From numbers and algebra through calculus, discrete mathematics, linear algebra, probability, statistics, and numerical methods to machine learning. Every topic covers why it works, a worked example with every step shown, where it is used, and a mastery check. The companion has a Python walkthrough, exercises with tests, interactive labs, and a quiz for every chapter.
Read onlineVol. 1 PDF 34 MBVol. 2 PDF 25 MBVol. 3 PDF 21 MBCompanion code 1 MB
Anatomy, physiology, and medical technology for engineers applying modern technology to healthcare
October 202623 chapters · 9 appendicesNarrated presentations
A self-study foundation for an experienced technologist — software, electronics, and a full fabrication workshop — moving into healthcare. Chemistry and cell biology, every major body system, disease, diagnostic and treatment devices, infection control and materials, choosing a fabrication method, health data and medical software, requirements, risk, and testing. Each chapter has a narrated slide presentation.
Read onlinePDF 20 MBEPUBNarrated presentations 23 decks
From Transistors to Trillion-Parameter Models
September 2026Version 0.9.9
The hardware underneath modern AI, from first principles — the roofline model and the memory wall, tensor cores, numeric formats and quantisation, sparsity, memory and cache hierarchies, the KV cache and FlashAttention, cluster networking and parallelism, training and inference, and the landscape of GPUs, TPUs, ASICs, NPUs, FPGAs, in-memory computing, and wafer-scale systems.
Read onlinePDF 38 MB
A modern engineer's field guide
October 202631 chapters · 5 appendicesC, 68k and ARexx examples
For software engineers who used an Amiga years ago and now work on macOS or Linux, and want to pick the machine back up on real hardware or under emulation. The history and the hardware family, Workbench, the filesystem and the shell, the machine's architecture and expansion, programming in C, 68k assembly and ARexx, networking, audio and tracker culture, and the modern AmigaOS 4, MorphOS and AROS world. Companion C, assembly, ARexx and shell examples.
Read onlinePDF 22 MB
A quantitative framework for measuring, understanding, and optimizing modern software engineering
202618 chapters27 slide decks
Software engineering as a socio-technical and economic system — engineering economics, human attention, architecture and blast radius, queueing, experimentation and causal inference, AI-assisted development, instrumentation, metrics, governance and ethics, portfolio and executive decision-making, rollout, and the learning organization.
Read onlinePDF 34 MBEPUB 14 MBSlide decksExecutive summary
Strategy
Reimagining the software development lifecycle for agents, evidence, and governed action
2026~240 pagesFive editionsContinuously updated
How AI changes the complete engineering operating system — how teams organise, how intent becomes code, how testing and delivery are reviewed, and how production is observed, remediated, and improved. A vendor-neutral edition and a case-study edition, with shorter cuts, an interactive map of the document, and an implementation punchlist.
Read onlineFull PDF 48 MBCase-study editionConcise ~230 ppAbridged ~20 ppCliff notes ~13 ppPunchlistInteractive map