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⚙️ Cipher Design

Explorations of the art and science of creating codes, from historical cryptography to modern encryption. For readers fascinated by the elegant puzzle of hiding meaning in plain sight.
The Code Book
by Simon Singh • 1999
Wars, empires, and the internet all turn on one ancient problem: how to keep a secret.
4.30
29k+
🔐 History Of Cryptography🔓 Codebreaking🕵️ Wwii Intelligence
The Code Book Summary
The Code Book 90%
Wars, empires, and the internet all turn on one ancient problem: how to keep a secret.
by Simon Singh 1999
4.30
29k+ ratings
🔐 History Of Cryptography🔓 Codebreaking🕵️ Wwii Intelligence
The Codebreakers
by David Kahn • 1967
The hidden art that read the minds of kings, generals, and spies across four millennia.
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2k+
🔐 History Of Cryptology🔍 Codebreaking📡 Signals Intelligence
The Codebreakers Summary
The Codebreakers 90%
The hidden art that read the minds of kings, generals, and spies across four millennia.
by David Kahn 1967
4.18
2k+ ratings
🔐 History Of Cryptology🔍 Codebreaking📡 Signals Intelligence
Cryptography
by Fred C. Piper • 2002
A concise guide to the ciphers, keys, and math problems that secure every digital transaction.
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506
🔐 Cryptography Fundamentals🔑 Public Key Cryptography🔍 Cryptanalysis
Cryptography Summary
Cryptography 90%
A concise guide to the ciphers, keys, and math problems that secure every digital transaction.
by Fred C. Piper 2002
3.56
506 ratings
🔐 Cryptography Fundamentals🔑 Public Key Cryptography🔍 Cryptanalysis
Cryptography
by Keith M. Martin • 2020
Your digital life depends on secret math. Who should be able to break it?
3.96
174
🔒 Digital Security🔐 Encryption👁️ Digital Privacy
Cryptography Summary
Cryptography 89%
Your digital life depends on secret math. Who should be able to break it?
by Keith M. Martin 2020
3.96
174 ratings
🔒 Digital Security🔐 Encryption👁️ Digital Privacy
The GCHQ Puzzle Book
by GCHQ • 2019
A spy agency's Christmas card puzzle drew half a million solvers. Their full vault is open.
4.02
402
🔐 Cryptography🔓 Codebreaking🧩 Logic Puzzles
The GCHQ Puzzle Book Summary
The GCHQ Puzzle Book 89%
A spy agency's Christmas card puzzle drew half a million solvers. Their full vault is open.
by GCHQ 2019
4.02
402 ratings
🔐 Cryptography🔓 Codebreaking🧩 Logic Puzzles
Information Theory, Coding and Crytography
by Ranjan Bose • 2002
Entropy sets the limit. Coding reaches it. Cryptography locks it. One textbook covers all three.
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162
🧠 Information Theory🔢 Coding Theory🔐 Cryptography
Information Theory, Coding and Crytography Summary
Information Theory, Coding and Crytography 89%
Entropy sets the limit. Coding reaches it. Cryptography locks it. One textbook covers all three.
by Ranjan Bose 2002
3.75
162 ratings
🧠 Information Theory🔢 Coding Theory🔐 Cryptography
Identity and Data Security for Web Development
by Jonathan LeBlanc • 2016
Assume the database will be breached: the encryption, authentication, and UX tradeoffs worth making.
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43
🔒 Web Security🔐 Applied Cryptography🔑 Authentication Systems
Identity and Data Security for Web Development Summary
Identity and Data Security for Web Development 88%
Assume the database will be breached: the encryption, authentication, and UX tradeoffs worth making.
by Jonathan LeBlanc 2016
3.33
43 ratings
🔒 Web Security🔐 Applied Cryptography🔑 Authentication Systems
Code Warriors
by Stephen Budiansky • 2016
Math, machines, and moral compromise: the NSA's secret Cold War against the Soviets.
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760
🕵️ Cold War Intelligence🔑 Codebreaking History📡 Signals Intelligence
Code Warriors Summary
Code Warriors 87%
Math, machines, and moral compromise: the NSA's secret Cold War against the Soviets.
by Stephen Budiansky 2016
3.72
760 ratings
🕵️ Cold War Intelligence🔑 Codebreaking History📡 Signals Intelligence
The Nature of Code
by Daniel Shiffman • 2012
Code that breathes: how to build simulations that move, think, and evolve on your screen.
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502
🎨 Creative Coding🖼️ Generative Art🟩 Cellular Automata
The Nature of Code Summary
The Nature of Code 87%
Code that breathes: how to build simulations that move, think, and evolve on your screen.
by Daniel Shiffman 2012
4.57
502 ratings
🎨 Creative Coding🖼️ Generative Art🟩 Cellular Automata
Notes on the Synthesis of Form
by Christopher W. Alexander • 1964
Intuition fails modern design. The answer: map all failures, then solve one subsystem at a time.
4.06
758
🛠️ Design Methodology🏛️ Architectural Theory🔗 Systems Thinking
Notes on the Synthesis of Form Summary
Notes on the Synthesis of Form 87%
Intuition fails modern design. The answer: map all failures, then solve one subsystem at a time.
by Christopher W. Alexander 1964
4.06
758 ratings
🛠️ Design Methodology🏛️ Architectural Theory🔗 Systems Thinking
The Art of Invisibility
by Kevin D. Mitnick • 2017
From encrypted messages to burner devices, a hacker guide to vanishing from always-on surveillance.
3.98
5k+
🛡️ Digital Privacy🔒 Operational Security👁️ Mass Surveillance
The Art of Invisibility Summary
The Art of Invisibility 87%
From encrypted messages to burner devices, a hacker guide to vanishing from always-on surveillance.
by Kevin D. Mitnick 2017
3.98
5k+ ratings
🛡️ Digital Privacy🔒 Operational Security👁️ Mass Surveillance
Design Systems
by Alla Kholmatova • 2017
Your pattern library is not a design system. Shared language and team practices close the gap.
4.13
608
🧱 Design Systems🖥️ Interface Design📐 Design Principles
Design Systems Summary
Design Systems 87%
Your pattern library is not a design system. Shared language and team practices close the gap.
by Alla Kholmatova 2017
4.13
608 ratings
🧱 Design Systems🖥️ Interface Design📐 Design Principles
Network Security Essentials
by William Stallings • 1999
The structured approach to network security: from cryptographic foundations to firewall perimeters.
3.74
197
🔒 Network Security🛡️ Information Security🔐 Applied Cryptography
Network Security Essentials Summary
Network Security Essentials 87%
The structured approach to network security: from cryptographic foundations to firewall perimeters.
by William Stallings 1999
3.74
197 ratings
🔒 Network Security🛡️ Information Security🔐 Applied Cryptography
Information Is Beautiful
by David McCandless • 2001
Concept is the secret: why a simple, clever data drawing can reveal more than a supercomputer.
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4k+
📊 Data Visualization🎨 Data Art👁️ Visual Literacy
Information Is Beautiful Summary
Information Is Beautiful 87%
Concept is the secret: why a simple, clever data drawing can reveal more than a supercomputer.
by David McCandless 2001
4.12
4k+ ratings
📊 Data Visualization🎨 Data Art👁️ Visual Literacy
From CIA to APT
by Amoroso and Amoroso • 2017
One crack for offense, everything sealed for defense: a map of cybersecurity's core principles.
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88
🛡️ Cybersecurity Fundamentals🌐 Network Security🦠 Malware Analysis
From CIA to APT Summary
From CIA to APT 87%
One crack for offense, everything sealed for defense: a map of cybersecurity's core principles.
by Amoroso and Amoroso 2017
3.70
88 ratings
🛡️ Cybersecurity Fundamentals🌐 Network Security🦠 Malware Analysis
Design Systems Handbook
by DesignBetter.co • 2019
A shared visual language of components and tokens that makes design scale without the mess.
3.92
153
🧱 Design Systems🧩 Component Libraries🏛️ Design Governance
Design Systems Handbook Summary
Design Systems Handbook 87%
A shared visual language of components and tokens that makes design scale without the mess.
by DesignBetter.co 2019
3.92
153 ratings
🧱 Design Systems🧩 Component Libraries🏛️ Design Governance
Discursive Design
by Bruce M. Tharp • 2019
What if your toaster had an opinion? A field guide to design that argues.
4.36
25
🧠 Design Theory🔮 Speculative Design🔬 Design Research
Discursive Design Summary
Discursive Design 87%
What if your toaster had an opinion? A field guide to design that argues.
by Bruce M. Tharp 2019
4.36
25 ratings
🧠 Design Theory🔮 Speculative Design🔬 Design Research
HTML and CSS
by Jon Duckett • 2011
HTML and CSS are the web's building blocks. This visual guide shows you how to lay them.
4.30
5k+
🌐 Web Design🖥️ Frontend Development⚖️ Web Standards
HTML and CSS Summary
HTML and CSS 87%
HTML and CSS are the web's building blocks. This visual guide shows you how to lay them.
by Jon Duckett 2011
4.30
5k+ ratings
🌐 Web Design🖥️ Frontend Development⚖️ Web Standards
CEH Certified Ethical Hacker All-in-One Exam Guide
by Matt Walker • 2011
A prep guide that turns ethical hacking exam objectives into hands-on attack and defense skills.
3.97
297
🕵️ Ethical Hacking🎯 Penetration Testing🌐 Network Security
CEH Certified Ethical Hacker All-in-One Exam Guide Summary
CEH Certified Ethical Hacker All-in-One Exam Guide 87%
A prep guide that turns ethical hacking exam objectives into hands-on attack and defense skills.
by Matt Walker 2011
3.97
297 ratings
🕵️ Ethical Hacking🎯 Penetration Testing🌐 Network Security
CISSP All-in-One Exam Guide
by Shon Harris • 2001
All ten CISSP domains in one guide: what you need for the exam and the job.
4.10
927
🔓 Information Security📜 Cybersecurity Certification🏛️ Security Governance
CISSP All-in-One Exam Guide Summary
CISSP All-in-One Exam Guide 87%
All ten CISSP domains in one guide: what you need for the exam and the job.
by Shon Harris 2001
4.10
927 ratings
🔓 Information Security📜 Cybersecurity Certification🏛️ Security Governance
The Woman All Spies Fear
by Amy Butler Greenfield • 2021
She cracked Nazi spy rings and sank Prohibition crime empires. The government erased her name.
4.19
2k+
🧩 Codebreaking History🕵️ Women In Intelligence🔐 Cryptanalysis
The Woman All Spies Fear Summary
The Woman All Spies Fear 87%
She cracked Nazi spy rings and sank Prohibition crime empires. The government erased her name.
by Amy Butler Greenfield 2021
4.19
2k+ ratings
🧩 Codebreaking History🕵️ Women In Intelligence🔐 Cryptanalysis
The Holy Place
by Henry Lincoln • 1991
Decoding a priest's hidden messages reveals the French countryside is a vast geometric temple.
3.58
156
📐 Sacred Geometry🌍 Earth Mysteries🔑 Ciphers And Codes
The Holy Place Summary
The Holy Place 87%
Decoding a priest's hidden messages reveals the French countryside is a vast geometric temple.
by Henry Lincoln 1991
3.58
156 ratings
📐 Sacred Geometry🌍 Earth Mysteries🔑 Ciphers And Codes
Linguistic Fingerprints
by Roger J. Kreuz • 2023
The hidden patterns in your words identify you better than fingerprints: stylometry reads them.
3.50
20
🗣️ Linguistic Identity📊 Stylometry🔍 Forensic Linguistics
Linguistic Fingerprints Summary
Linguistic Fingerprints 87%
The hidden patterns in your words identify you better than fingerprints: stylometry reads them.
by Roger J. Kreuz 2023
3.50
20 ratings
🗣️ Linguistic Identity📊 Stylometry🔍 Forensic Linguistics
Game Development Patterns and Best Practices
by John P. Doran • 2017
Design patterns that ship games: when to use each and how they prevent late-stage collapse.
3.90
20
🎮 Game Development🧩 Design Patterns🧹 Clean Code
Game Development Patterns and Best Practices Summary
Game Development Patterns and Best Practices 87%
Design patterns that ship games: when to use each and how they prevent late-stage collapse.
by John P. Doran 2017
3.90
20 ratings
🎮 Game Development🧩 Design Patterns🧹 Clean Code
Cybersecurity and Cyberwar
by P.W. Singer • 2013
The Internet trusts everyone. That made it a battlefield where attackers rarely get caught.
3.83
1k+
🔐 Information Security⚔️ Cyber Warfare🕵️ State-Sponsored Hacking
Cybersecurity and Cyberwar Summary
Cybersecurity and Cyberwar 86%
The Internet trusts everyone. That made it a battlefield where attackers rarely get caught.
by P.W. Singer 2013
3.83
1k+ ratings
🔐 Information Security⚔️ Cyber Warfare🕵️ State-Sponsored Hacking
Making and Breaking the Grid
by Timothy Samara • 2003
Build grids like a modernist, break them like a punk. A workshop on the grid's double life.
3.88
4k+
🎨 Graphic Design📐 Grid Systems📄 Layout Design
Making and Breaking the Grid Summary
Making and Breaking the Grid 86%
Build grids like a modernist, break them like a punk. A workshop on the grid's double life.
by Timothy Samara 2003
3.88
4k+ ratings
🎨 Graphic Design📐 Grid Systems📄 Layout Design
Data Structures and Algorithms Made Easy
by Narasimha Karumanchi • 2011
Every algorithm problem has multiple solutions. Find the fastest one, step by step.
4.10
1k+
⏱️ Algorithm Analysis🗃️ Data Structures✍️ Algorithm Design
Data Structures and Algorithms Made Easy Summary
Data Structures and Algorithms Made Easy 86%
Every algorithm problem has multiple solutions. Find the fastest one, step by step.
by Narasimha Karumanchi 2011
4.10
1k+ ratings
⏱️ Algorithm Analysis🗃️ Data Structures✍️ Algorithm Design
The Elements of Typographic Style
by Robert Bringhurst • 1992
Typography is an invisible art. Its rules: proportion, rhythm, and a five-century memory.
4.26
9k+
🖋️ Typographic Design📖 Book Design🔤 Letterforms
The Elements of Typographic Style Summary
The Elements of Typographic Style 86%
Typography is an invisible art. Its rules: proportion, rhythm, and a five-century memory.
by Robert Bringhurst 1992
4.26
9k+ ratings
🖋️ Typographic Design📖 Book Design🔤 Letterforms
Atomic Design
by Brad Frost • 2016
Chemistry meets web design: a method for building reusable component systems from the ground up.
4.00
1k+
🎨 Interface Design🧩 Design Systems🧱 Modular Design
Atomic Design Summary
Atomic Design 86%
Chemistry meets web design: a method for building reusable component systems from the ground up.
by Brad Frost 2016
4.00
1k+ ratings
🎨 Interface Design🧩 Design Systems🧱 Modular Design
Cult of the Dead Cow
by Joseph Menn • 2019
From BBS pranks to Pentagon briefings: how a hacker collective wrote the playbook for cyberdefense.
3.75
2k+
💻 Hacker Culture✊ Hacktivism🛡️ Ethical Hacking
Cult of the Dead Cow Summary
Cult of the Dead Cow 86%
From BBS pranks to Pentagon briefings: how a hacker collective wrote the playbook for cyberdefense.
by Joseph Menn 2019
3.75
2k+ ratings
💻 Hacker Culture✊ Hacktivism🛡️ Ethical Hacking
Designing Interface Animation
by Val Head • 2016
Make your UI feel fast, smart, and alive. The motion rules for cognitive ease and 60fps performance.
4.16
82
🧩 Interface Animation🎬 Motion Design🎞️ Classical Animation
Designing Interface Animation Summary
Designing Interface Animation 86%
Make your UI feel fast, smart, and alive. The motion rules for cognitive ease and 60fps performance.
by Val Head 2016
4.16
82 ratings
🧩 Interface Animation🎬 Motion Design🎞️ Classical Animation
Design Patterns
by Erich Gamma • 1994
Twenty-three reusable design solutions that became the shared grammar of object-oriented software.
4.20
12k+
🏗️ Object-Oriented Design🏛️ Software Architecture🧩 Design Patterns
Design Patterns Summary
Design Patterns 86%
Twenty-three reusable design solutions that became the shared grammar of object-oriented software.
by Erich Gamma 1994
4.20
12k+ ratings
🏗️ Object-Oriented Design🏛️ Software Architecture🧩 Design Patterns
Eleventh Hour CISSP®
by Joshua Feldman • 2016
CISSP domains turned into principles and formulas you can recall cold in the final hours.
4.25
494
🔒 Information Security📜 Certification Prep🛡️ Security Management
Eleventh Hour CISSP® Summary
Eleventh Hour CISSP® 86%
CISSP domains turned into principles and formulas you can recall cold in the final hours.
by Joshua Feldman 2016
4.25
494 ratings
🔒 Information Security📜 Certification Prep🛡️ Security Management
The Hacker and the State
by Ben Buchanan • 2020
The most damaging attacks of this century arrived not through the air, but through code.
4.19
871
💻 Cyber Warfare🕵️ Cyber Espionage📡 Signals Intelligence
The Hacker and the State Summary
The Hacker and the State 86%
The most damaging attacks of this century arrived not through the air, but through code.
by Ben Buchanan 2020
4.19
871 ratings
💻 Cyber Warfare🕵️ Cyber Espionage📡 Signals Intelligence
Game Programming Patterns
by Robert Nystrom • 2011
The programming patterns that make game code resilient to change, and the ones that don't.
4.49
2k+
🎮 Game Programming🧩 Design Patterns🏗️ Software Architecture
Game Programming Patterns Summary
Game Programming Patterns 86%
The programming patterns that make game code resilient to change, and the ones that don't.
by Robert Nystrom 2011
4.49
2k+ ratings
🎮 Game Programming🧩 Design Patterns🏗️ Software Architecture
Zero Trust Networks
by Evan Gilman • 2017
Treat every network as hostile and every packet suspect: an architecture for authenticating it all.
4.03
217
🛡️ Network Security🏗️ Security Architecture🆔 Identity Management
Zero Trust Networks Summary
Zero Trust Networks 86%
Treat every network as hostile and every packet suspect: an architecture for authenticating it all.
by Evan Gilman 2017
4.03
217 ratings
🛡️ Network Security🏗️ Security Architecture🆔 Identity Management
Hertzian Tales
by Anthony Dunne • 1999
Electronic objects are behavioral scripts and portals to a hidden electromagnetic world.
4.26
125
🔮 Critical Design📦 Poetics Of Objects👆 Aesthetics Of Use
Hertzian Tales Summary
Hertzian Tales 86%
Electronic objects are behavioral scripts and portals to a hidden electromagnetic world.
by Anthony Dunne 1999
4.26
125 ratings
🔮 Critical Design📦 Poetics Of Objects👆 Aesthetics Of Use
How to Speak Machine
by John Maeda • 2019
Loops, scale, and unfinished products: what computers know that designers must learn.
3.69
521
🖥️ Computational Thinking📱 Digital Design🔄 Iterative Development
How to Speak Machine Summary
How to Speak Machine 86%
Loops, scale, and unfinished products: what computers know that designers must learn.
by John Maeda 2019
3.69
521 ratings
🖥️ Computational Thinking📱 Digital Design🔄 Iterative Development
The Internet of Money, Volume Three
by Andreas M. Antonopoulos • 2019
Money without gatekeepers means financial privacy is no longer a favor, but a feature.
4.29
357
🪙 Cryptocurrency🔗 Decentralization🔒 Financial Privacy
The Internet of Money, Volume Three Summary
The Internet of Money, Volume Three 86%
Money without gatekeepers means financial privacy is no longer a favor, but a feature.
by Andreas M. Antonopoulos 2019
4.29
357 ratings
🪙 Cryptocurrency🔗 Decentralization🔒 Financial Privacy
The Bible Code
by Michael Drosnin • 1997
Genesis skip-code: assassins named, wars dated, atomic fire foretold. Math says it's no accident.
2.88
2k+
🕵️ Hidden Knowledge📖 Biblical Prophecy🔐 Coded Messages
The Bible Code Summary
The Bible Code 86%
Genesis skip-code: assassins named, wars dated, atomic fire foretold. Math says it's no accident.
by Michael Drosnin 1997
2.88
2k+ ratings
🕵️ Hidden Knowledge📖 Biblical Prophecy🔐 Coded Messages
Designing Games
by Tynan Sylvester • 2013
Build games as emotion machines: a systems guide to rules, choices, and difficulty.
4.47
517
🎮 Game Design🧠 Player Psychology🔄 Iterative Design
Designing Games Summary
Designing Games 86%
Build games as emotion machines: a systems guide to rules, choices, and difficulty.
by Tynan Sylvester 2013
4.47
517 ratings
🎮 Game Design🧠 Player Psychology🔄 Iterative Design
The Passing of the Great Race or the Racial Basis of European History
by Madison Grant • 1916
Why classical inheritance breaks a JavaScript app, and how composition, modules, and events fix it.
3.34
187
🧱 Object Composition📦 Module Design⚡ Event-Driven Architecture
The Passing of the Great Race or the Racial Basis of European History Summary
The Passing of the Great Race or the Racial Basis of European History 86%
Why classical inheritance breaks a JavaScript app, and how composition, modules, and events fix it.
by Madison Grant 1916
3.34
187 ratings
🧱 Object Composition📦 Module Design⚡ Event-Driven Architecture
Think Like a Programmer
by V. Anton Spraul • 2012
A method for the part of programming no one teaches: turning ideas into code.
3.87
591
🧠 Algorithmic Thinking📚 Programming Pedagogy➗ Divide And Conquer
Think Like a Programmer Summary
Think Like a Programmer 86%
A method for the part of programming no one teaches: turning ideas into code.
by V. Anton Spraul 2012
3.87
591 ratings
🧠 Algorithmic Thinking📚 Programming Pedagogy➗ Divide And Conquer
Symmetry
by Marcus du Sautoy • 2007
Symmetry is not just pretty. It solves equations, builds viruses, and corrects your text messages.
3.82
857
📐 Popular Mathematics🔷 Mathematical Symmetry📜 Science History
Symmetry Summary
Symmetry 86%
Symmetry is not just pretty. It solves equations, builds viruses, and corrects your text messages.
by Marcus du Sautoy 2007
3.82
857 ratings
📐 Popular Mathematics🔷 Mathematical Symmetry📜 Science History
Beautiful Architecture
by Diomidis Spinellis • 2008
Software guards its internals. Emacs shipped a Lisp interpreter and let users rewrite everything.
3.42
171
🏗️ Software Architecture🖥️ Emacs📐 Software Design
Beautiful Architecture Summary
Beautiful Architecture 86%
Software guards its internals. Emacs shipped a Lisp interpreter and let users rewrite everything.
by Diomidis Spinellis 2008
3.42
171 ratings
🏗️ Software Architecture🖥️ Emacs📐 Software Design
Speculative Everything
by Anthony Dunne • 2013
Most design fixes problems. This design invents fictional worlds to test-drive better ones.
4.12
999
🧐 Design Criticism🔮 Futures Thinking⚙️ Technology Studies
Speculative Everything Summary
Speculative Everything 86%
Most design fixes problems. This design invents fictional worlds to test-drive better ones.
by Anthony Dunne 2013
4.12
999 ratings
🧐 Design Criticism🔮 Futures Thinking⚙️ Technology Studies
Game Design Workshop
by Tracy Fullerton • 2008
The prototyping-first method that catches design disasters before you write a single line of code.
4.11
513
🎮 Game Design📐 Rapid Prototyping🔄 Iterative Design
Game Design Workshop Summary
Game Design Workshop 86%
The prototyping-first method that catches design disasters before you write a single line of code.
by Tracy Fullerton 2008
4.11
513 ratings
🎮 Game Design📐 Rapid Prototyping🔄 Iterative Design
Once Upon an Algorithm
by Martin Erwig • 2017
What Hansel and Gretel, Sherlock Holmes, and Groundhog Day can teach you about algorithms.
3.63
265
🧠 Computational Thinking📐 Algorithm Design📖 Story-Driven Education
Once Upon an Algorithm Summary
Once Upon an Algorithm 86%
What Hansel and Gretel, Sherlock Holmes, and Groundhog Day can teach you about algorithms.
by Martin Erwig 2017
3.63
265 ratings
🧠 Computational Thinking📐 Algorithm Design📖 Story-Driven Education
Refactoring UI
by Adam Wathan • 2018
Why developers build ugly interfaces, and the constraint system that fixes them.
4.65
2k+
🎨 UI Design🧩 Design Systems📐 Visual Hierarchy
Refactoring UI Summary
Refactoring UI 86%
Why developers build ugly interfaces, and the constraint system that fixes them.
by Adam Wathan 2018
4.65
2k+ ratings
🎨 UI Design🧩 Design Systems📐 Visual Hierarchy
Game Mechanics
by Ernest Adams • 2012
Visualize your game's economy, simulate rival strategies, and nail the balance before you ship.
4.12
185
🕹️ Game Systems Design📊 Internal Economies🏗️ Design Patterns
Game Mechanics Summary
Game Mechanics 86%
Visualize your game's economy, simulate rival strategies, and nail the balance before you ship.
by Ernest Adams 2012
4.12
185 ratings
🕹️ Game Systems Design📊 Internal Economies🏗️ Design Patterns
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