Vlad Riscutia

Vlad Riscutia is a principal software engineer at Microsoft. He has headed up several major software projects and mentors up-and-coming software engineers.

books by Vlad Riscutia

Data Engineering on Azure

  • July 2021
  • ISBN 9781617298929
  • 336 pages
  • printed in black & white
  • Available translations: Simplified Chinese

In Data Engineering on Azure you’ll learn the skills you need to build and maintain big data platforms in massive enterprises. This invaluable guide includes clear, practical guidance for setting up infrastructure, orchestration, workloads, and governance. As you go, you’ll set up efficient machine learning pipelines, and then master time-saving automation and DevOps solutions. The Azure-based examples are easy to reproduce on other cloud platforms.

Programming with Types

  • October 2019
  • ISBN 9781617296413
  • 336 pages
  • printed in black & white
  • Available translations: Russian, Simplified Chinese

Programming with Types teaches type-based techniques for writing software that’s safe, correct, easy to maintain, and practically self-documenting. Designed for working developers, this clearly written tutorial sticks with the practical benefits of type systems for everyday programming tasks. Following real-world examples coded in TypeScript, you’ll build your skills from primitive types up to more-advanced concepts like functors and monads.