Fuckup Almanac Volume 1

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Foundations of the Digital World

Adam Korga

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Quackfoundry Books
16 March 2026

Educational equipment & technology, computer-aided learning (CAL); Organisational theory & behaviour; History of engineering & technology; Computing: general

Series: Fuckup Almanac

The Digital World is One Wrong Semicolon Away from Collapse.

Most tech books are written by the winners. They celebrate ""best practices"" and ""clean code"" as if systems exist in a vacuum. But in the real world, systems are built by tired engineers, under impossible deadlines, managed by people with misaligned incentives.

The Fuckup Almanac: Volume I is not a celebration of success. It's a forensic audit of failure.

From broken math and unreliable clocks to the comforting illusion of ""resilience,"" this book treats every outage, data leak, and systemic meltdown not as an embarrassment, but as evidence. It's a failure-first guide to how modern digital systems actually work-and why they inevitably break.

Inside this volume:

Betrayal by Logic:

Why numbers, timekeeping, and fundamental math are the quietest saboteurs in your stack. The Fragility of ""Up""

How the internet stays functional-until a single BGP update or a shovel-wielding scrap hunter proves otherwise. Resilience Theater:

Why your Disaster Recovery plan is often just a high-budget performance that fails the moment reality refuses to negotiate. Post-Mortem Anatomy:

How to look past the ""human error"" scapegoat and find the systemic rot that actually caused the spark.

What this book avoids:

No ""Success Theater"" or motivational fluff. No ""this would never happen today"" comfort lies. No simplified villains.

Who is this for?

Engineers, developers, and SREs who know failure is part of the job Technologists tired of survivorship bias and success theater Curious readers who want to understand the digital world they rely on Anyone who suspects complexity hides more than it explains

Stop reading about how things should work. Start understanding why they don't.

By: Adam Korga
Imprint: Quackfoundry Books
Volume: 1
Dimensions: Height: 216mm, Width: 140mm, Spine: 28mm
Weight: 562g
ISBN: 9783912499001
ISBN 10: 3912499004
Series: Fuckup Almanac
Pages: 490
Publication Date: 16 March 2026
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Reviews for Fuckup Almanac Volume 1: Foundations of the Digital World

""A witty chronicle of spectacular failures."" - Kirkus Indie ""With sly wit and powerhouse knowledge, Adam Korga helps readers laugh their way through the breakdowns of the digital world."" - Independent Book Review