The closest I know of are the Julia Evans' zines, but I think you meant something different.
Not sure about 20 pages or so, but there's a whole variety of short tech books. O'Reilly had their "pocket reference" series, some of which are less than 100 pages.
Not sure about 20 pages or so, but there's a whole variety of short tech books. O'Reilly had their "pocket reference" series, some of which are less than 100 pages.