Backmatter
Backmatter
Reading Guide
This reading guide is for the point after a reader has finished the chapter prose and repo artifacts and wants durable sources that deepen understanding. It favors reuse value over exhaustiveness.
This reading guide is for the point after a reader has finished the chapter prose and repo artifacts and wants durable sources that deepen understanding. It favors reuse value over exhaustiveness.
How to Use This Guide
- Return first to the manuscript and repo artifacts in this book
- Then read the official docs for the tool or platform you actually use
- Use books and handbooks to strengthen organizational judgment, not to replace local artifacts
- The goal is not academic completeness. The goal is durable next-step reading
Prompts and Requirements Shaping
| Source | What It Strengthens | Related Chapters |
|---|---|---|
| Official prompting guide for the model in use | Prompt Contracts, constraint design, tool-use assumptions | CH02, CH04 |
| Official eval docs for the model in use | Case design, rubrics, version comparison | CH04 |
| Michael Nygard, Architecture Decision Records | Writing short and durable design decisions | CH03 |
| Internal product-spec and acceptance-criteria templates | The threshold for turning exploratory dialogue into implementation-ready artifacts | CH03 |
Context and Repo Design
| Source | What It Strengthens | Related Chapters |
|---|---|---|
| Official docs for the agent runtime in use | Instruction layering, workspace access, session handling | CH05, CH06, CH07, CH08 |
| Internal repo maps, architecture docs, and coding standards | Canonical repo context and clearer ownership | CH06 |
| Internal handoff, incident, and change-log rules | Session memory, restart packets, and resume discipline | CH07, CH11 |
Verification, Reliability, and Operations
| Source | What It Strengthens | Related Chapters |
|---|---|---|
| Titus Winters, Tom Manshreck, Hyrum Wright, Software Engineering at Google | Change management, review discipline, testing, and documentation practice | CH03, CH06, CH10, CH12 |
| Betsy Beyer et al., Site Reliability Engineering | Reliability, operational responsibility, and service thinking | CH09, CH10, CH12 |
| Betsy Beyer et al., The Site Reliability Workbook | Checklists, runbooks, and implementation-focused operations design | CH09, CH10, CH11, CH12 |
| Nicole Forsgren, Jez Humble, Gene Kim, Accelerate | Metrics, throughput, and operational improvement | CH10, CH12 |
How to Choose Which Source to Read Next
- If a prompt question is unclear, return first to official docs and local eval artifacts
- If a context question is unclear, return first to repo artifacts and ownership documents
- If a harness question is unclear, return first to verify, evidence, and review policy
- Books and handbooks should reinforce judgment, not replace local artifacts