Author · Teacher · Developer · Painter

I write books about code, novels about everything else, and teach people to build things.

I’m Chris Minnick. I’ve written more than twenty books, including a shelf of For Dummies titles, three novels, and courseware used to train developers at some of the largest companies in the world.

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Queequeg, acrylic on canvas, 2021 — *Queequeg*, acrylic on canvas, 2021

Books

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Cover of Claude Code For Dummies — Coming April 2027Claude Code For Dummies

Cover of Coding All-in-One For Dummies, 3rd Edition — Coding All-in-One For Dummies, 3rd Edition

Cover of A Developer’s Guide to Integrating Generative AI into Applications — A Developer’s Guide to Integrating Generative AI into Applications

Cover of Artificial Intelligence All-in-One For Dummies — Artificial Intelligence All-in-One For Dummies

Cover of Microsoft Copilot For Dummies — Microsoft Copilot For Dummies

Fiction

Cover of Pickled Punk — Pickled Punk2019

Cover of Music For Losers — Music For Losers2023

Painting

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Franny
Zooey
Ahab
Loomings
Queequeg
Pequod

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November 3, 2026The Ballmer Peak in the Age of AI Coding
Here’s a toast to the way great ideas are born
October 11, 2026Advice for the Soon-To-Be Self Employed
Why you might not want to do it like I did.
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September 10, 2026Announcing the Moving Towards Better Podcast
A podcast about learning, teaching, and struggling.