Code is more of a pop-sci book. It's in-depth, but suitable for a motivated layperson. It covers a bit of information theoretic content on code (encoding) and t

Code is more of a pop-sci book. It's in-depth, but suitable for a motivated layperson. It covers a bit of information theoretic content on code (encoding) and the physical layer of digital logic, in particular. CS:APP is a programming textbook complete with programming exercises. They aren't directly comparable.