Tom Smykowski

Books

Books I wrote for builders, founders, and engineering teams.

Published under Summon The JSON — PDF, EPUB, and pricing live on the store.

Featured books

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Vibe Coding Bible

459 pages on prompting, workflows, and shipping production-grade work with ChatGPT, Claude, and Copilot — without cutting corners.

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Software Engineering for Vibe Coders

Founder-readable engineering literacy: how software is built, scoped, and maintained — so you can hire and steer without guessing.

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AI Coding Cost Optimization

Stop burning tokens and credits — practical guardrails for individuals and teams using AI in real delivery.

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AI for Founders

A dense field guide to tools and patterns for starting and scaling a startup with AI in the loop.

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Scaled

Enterprise Angular architecture: patterns for large apps, long-lived codebases, and teams that cannot afford rewrite theater.

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What they cover

  • Agentic Engineering & vibe coding — speed with discipline, prompts, and production reality.
  • Founders & operators — software literacy for hiring, scoping, and technical steering.
  • Angular & large frontends — patterns for systems that have to last.
  • AI cost & tooling — spend and workflow guardrails for real teams.

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