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Two production-grade books for full-stack JavaScript engineers — architecture, design, and clean code 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 — timeless principles for scalable, testable React, rebuilt for React 19, Server Components, and the Compiler.

100+ Production Tips

Updated for React 19, Server Components and the Compiler. Each tip with context, Avoid and Prefer.

4 Companion Repos

Runnable examples, deep-dive case studies, and production-ready Vite & Next.js starters.

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⚡ New Release

The Conscious Node

A practical guide to Node.js architecture, design, and clean code. The gap between a Node developer and a Node architect — production patterns drawn from years of Fortune 500 cloud, finance, and travel systems.

157 Production Tips

Across 10 chapters — architecture, APIs, data, errors, security, testing, performance, and tooling. Each tip with context, Avoid and Prefer.

The 10 Rules of Senior Node

Heuristics that survive any framework cycle — module boundaries, repositories, the transactional outbox, structured logs, OpenTelemetry.

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