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Two production-grade books for full-stack JavaScript engineers on architecture, design and clean code, with patterns drawn from years of building Fortune 500 cloud, finance and travel systems.

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2nd edition

The Conscious React

The React architecture book for the AI era, rebuilt for React 19, Server Components and the Compiler, with timeless principles for scalable, testable React.

  • 100+ production tipsUpdated for React 19, Server Components and the Compiler. Each tip has context, Avoid and Prefer.
  • 4 companion reposRunnable examples, deep-dive case studies, and production-ready Vite and Next.js starters.
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New release

The Conscious Node

A practical guide to Node.js architecture, design and clean code, with production patterns drawn from years of Fortune 500 cloud, finance and travel systems.

  • 157 production tipsAcross 10 chapters on architecture, APIs, data, errors, security, testing, performance and tooling. Each tip has context, Avoid and Prefer.
  • The 10 rules of senior NodeHeuristics that survive any framework cycle, such as module boundaries, repositories, the transactional outbox, structured logs and OpenTelemetry.
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