Integrated by Design
Why the Best Systems Are the Ones You Don’t Notice.
About the book
FreeBSD from philosophy to practice. Twenty-two chapters against one pattern: problem, fragmented solution, integrated solution. The reader draws the conclusion. No bashing, no selling – evidence and comparison.
Part I sets the frame (assembled versus integrated, the fragmentation tax, identical tools with different behaviour). Part II walks the evidence across eight domains – containers, storage, firewalls, packages, init, networking, documentation. Part III names the pattern (one team, one system, boring as a feature, constraints as design). Part IV puts hands on the keys: from zero to a FreeBSD server, your first jail, a multi-jail production stack, a local dev loop on your laptop.
Written for Linux administrators who want to evaluate, not for FreeBSD evangelists who already believe. Every argument is testable on the VM the book walks you through building.
Formats
Hardcover · First Edition
from 90 €
Cloth-bound, sewn binding, archive-grade paper. Printed on 90 gsm cream book stock.
- · 371 pp
- · 158 × 240 mm
- · Cloth
- · ISBN 978-3-9828652-0-1
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Paperback · First Edition
from 70 €
Perfect-bound softcover on 80 gsm cream book stock.
- · 371 pp
- · 155 × 235 mm
- · Softcover
- · ISBN 978-3-9828652-1-8
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Kindle Edition
60 €
Reflowable Kindle format. Delivered via Amazon to any Kindle device or Kindle app.
- · Reflowable
- · AZW3
- · Whispersync
- · ISBN 978-3-9828652-2-5
PDF · Personalised First Edition
from 40 €
Personalised PDF: each copy is prepared by the publisher in person, carrying the buyer's name as a discreet background watermark. Fixed layout, typeset for A4 print and tablet reading. DRM-free. Delivered as a mail attachment within two days of payment, ideally sooner.
- · PDF/A-1b
- · Fixed layout
- · A4 / Letter
- · DRM-free, personalised
- · ISBN 978-3-9828652-3-2
Where can I buy the printed edition?
Any bookshop will order the hardcover or the paperback by ISBN, and both are on Amazon as well. The digital PDF edition is sold exclusively here. The direct route was a limited run of hand-signed copies; we aimed for 100 and reached that count, so it has closed.
Preview · PDF
Two sample chapters before you buy
This preview covers the full front matter – cover, imprint, about the author, preface and the complete table of contents – together with two sample chapters:
- Chapter 1: Assembled vs Integrated, which lays out the book's central argument
- Chapter 5: The Safety Net, which shows what a finished chapter looks like: ZFS Boot Environments, contextual sources, comparison boxes, timelines, and code examples