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From~/ishtmeet·Apr 2026

The book is free to read online. No account, no paywall, no drip-feed. Just read it.

The slides, cheatsheets, EPUB, and light and dark PDFs are there if you want something to keep offline - or want to support the writing while it's still in progress. That's it.

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- Ishtmeet, still writing the next chapter
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