1 · Reduce
Strip the system to its box: what goes in, what comes out, what it throws off.
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Something from Almost Nothing
Reproduce what already existed, deepen it with tools its origin never had.
Nothing is built from nothing. Every system you ship reproduces a concept that already existed somewhere, near or far. What makes it new is a tool its origin never had. This book turns that into a method you can run on your own work.
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The method on one page
Reproduce, then deepen. Five moves to get there.
2 · Name the tool gap
Name the tool your concept's origin never had, or admit you copied.
3 · Deepen
Push the concept with that tool. The tool is the engine; the concept is the seed.
4 · Break what resists
Dead constraint, unwritten knowledge or mistake? Break the first, carry the second, fix the third.
5 · Stress
Load the result until it shows which part of the deepening was wrong, then go back.
“What is it, really?”“What can I do that they couldn't?”
Contents
Each chapter stands on its own, so you can read it over several days. Chapter 6 is the EDF Power Solutions case: a simulation engine rewritten from C# to Rust, from about 7 h 30 to under 30 seconds per run.
Prologue7
Chapter 1Anatomy of a system9
Chapter 2The moves you've got15
Chapter 3Core samples23
Chapter 4Right concept, wrong decade35
Chapter 5The method to think better40
Chapter 6A core sample from the field52
Chapter 7Working the moves61
Chapter 8The window right now73
Last wordClose it out78
Appendix AA starter library79
Appendix BThe workbook84
Appendix CThe words in this book91
NotesNotes and sources93
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About the author
Mathieu Kerbel is a technical architect. He works on cloud architecture, high-performance computing and cloud costs, and writes most of his code in Rust. He led the rewrite of a simulation engine at EDF Power Solutions that went from seven and a half hours to under thirty seconds, the case in chapter 6, and has worked with more than fifty clients on embedded, space, high-performance and blockchain systems.
Questions
What do I get?
The full book as a PDF, 95 pages, in English and in French. Eight chapters, a starter library of concepts, a workbook and a glossary.
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You land on the download page right after payment, and you receive the links by email.
Can I get a refund?
No. The book is strictly non-refundable, except where the law requires it, for example if the file is defective or was not delivered. Write to contact@mathieukerbel.com and I'll fix it.
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Maybe later. For now, this page is the only place to buy it.
