I dreamed of writing a "#Java Logging" book after #Log4shell hit. Today I’m proud to share: @manning.com just launched it in MEAP. Hard to describe what that means—a circle closes. Until Oct 2: 50% off: hubs.la/Q03Jv97v0 #log4j #java #logback #slf4j

what he said ↓ pay what you want & support @nokidhungry.org through @humblebundle.com so far, almost $8k raised for charity 🥳 the bundle: hubs.la/Q03JR6750

instant ML wins are easy. long-term wins? that’s RL. reinforcement learning for business by hadi aghazadeh shows how to optimize decisions over weeks, months, even years. new in MEAP → get 50% off with code aghazadehML: hubs.la/Q03JFdVw0

This week @digiglean.bsky.social and I talk about the #Python documentary, regex hints, hosting, code speedup, and more. With content from: @djangoproject.com @pycharm.dev @cultrepo.bsky.social @nedbat.com @jeffmorhous.bsky.social @colour-science.bsky.social and others not on the 🦋

AI won’t steal your job. but it might steal your data cleaning 😜 AI data engineering in a month of lunches by david melillo shows how to put AI to work on the boring parts — transformations, calculations, endless cleanup, and more. fresh in MEAP. 50% off with melilloML thru sept 26th.

Here are the slides for my talk "Row-Level Security sucks. Can we make it usable?" from @pgday.uk. The video recording is of the same talk from SCaLE 22x in March earlier this year. Slides: vyruss.org/computing/sl... Video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=PxiJ... #PGDayUK #PostgreSQL #Postgres #Database

flashback to when your team debated RBAC versus ABAC versus ReBAC 🫠 plot twist: you can combine them. and dynamic authorization by phil windley walks you through it. New in MEAP, 50% off with windleyML → hubs.la/Q03HHYql0

some reviews feel like a marathon. @twokul.bsky.social's doesn’t. he gives short, sharp, bullet takeaways you can actually use from writing for developers by @sarna.dev & @cynthiadunlop.bsky.social → the review: hubs.ly/Q03Hq-KX0 → the book: hubs.ly/Q03Hq-p90

give a man a fish, you feed him for a day. teach a man to fish, you feed him for life. that’s what sebastian raschka’s build a reasoning model (from scratch) is all about. not just copy-paste code — it's learning how it works. now on liveaudio → grab 40% off with code lareason40: hubs.ly/Q03Ghvj80

30 seminal papers hold the key to modern AI. but you don’t need to read them all. sutskever’s list breaks down the big ideas, why they matter, and how to apply them — without the academic headache. now in MEAP, 50% off with code heimannML thru sept 18th: hubs.la/Q03G-VqY0

microservices: easy to start, hard to trust. microservices patterns, 2nd edition is how you go from “hello world” to “hello production.” phil wilkins shared his thoughts on the MEAP: hubs.la/Q03GQgsr0 and you can dive in here: hubs.la/Q03GQgtj0

ever get an answer from an LLM & think, wait... what?! reasoning models bridge that gap. sebastian raschka’s new MEAP, build a reasoning model (from scratch), shows how to take a pretrained LLM & turn it into one with reasoning skills. 50% off with code raschka2ML thru sept 12: hubs.ly/Q03Ghvj80

spray & pray job apps? nah. here’s how you can stand out. in acing the frontend interview, jennifer fu drops practical strategies. from recruiter screens to coding challenges to final rounds, she tells you how to show your skills. now in MEAP — 50% off thru 9/11 with code fuML: hubs.la/Q03G6zFp0

"don’t refactor to rust just because it's shiny — do it when it's the smart move." that’s the gist of vitaly's review. refactoring to rust goes beyond syntax to show not only how to refactor, but when it makes sense & when it doesn’t. full review: hubs.la/Q03FKQRK0 book: hubs.la/Q03FKQFy0

ya know what sucks? thinking you nailed an interview… then getting emailed "thanks but no thanks" minutes after. sometimes it’s not even your fault — you & the interviewer speak a different language. check the diagram. "criticism" means one thing in an interview & another irl. kinda unfair.

that analysis you wrote? it’s basically a web app in disguise. ``` import streamlit as st st.write("# My Analysis Dashboard") st.plotly_chart(your_existing_chart) ``` just run: `streamlit run your_script.py` aneev kochakadan shows you how in build python web apps with streamlit: hubs.la/Q03F6gxQ0

ever had leadership hit you with "we need ai everywhere"… without really knowing what they mean? our new MEAP, ai model evaluation shows you how to make it work with offline evals, shadow traffic, a/b tests, ways to catch failures, & more. 50% off thru sept 4 with code nasseryML: hubs.la/Q03DYJrx0

important psa below ↓ the thread has the especially interesting info, imo, so check that after.

build large language models (from scratch) by sebastian raschka has become the book in the llm world. & he's been making sure you've got it wherever you need it. first, you've got the book in audio, video, ebook, and print: hubs.la/Q03Df1kY0 but its "ecosystem" keeps growing. check the thread ↓

wholesome content ftw

so, chatgpt just dropped an update and claims to be the smartest. but... who’s actually winning? grok 4? chatgpt 5? claude? bard? or some wildcard? let’s talk ai brains! (and yes, i had chatgpt draw these robots; they're ridiculously adorable.)

ever wonder why some websites are chef’s kiss & others just… flop? our new MEAP, math for frontend web dev, shows you how to use design principles like the golden ratio to actually make things look good & exactly how to pull it off. 50% off thru aug 26 with code mcfedries4ML50: hubs.la/Q03Crl1n0

this is a conference we're partnering with and giving away some free books at (both print and ebooks). to top it off, they're a pretty rad group — def recommend.

it’s #internationalcatday, so of course we’re talking about the most famous feline in quantum physics: schrödinger’s cat. alive? dead? both? either way, it’s taught me more about superposition than any textbook has. go beyond the box with Building Quantum Software with Python: hubs.la/Q03C07vD0

ever tried to pitch an idea & realized “just trust me” doesn’t cut it? statistics every programmer needs teaches you how to back things up with actual data — no hand-waving, no flexes, just stats (as the title suggests 😂). it’s now in print! 50% off with code sutton2pb thru 8/21: hubs.la/Q03BMsF90

hey y’all, got a quick question. what kinda posts do you wanna see from us here? should we just bring over the stuff we do elsewhere — like MEAP launches, print drops, etc.? or keep it more bluesky-only vibes? or a mix? p.s. really wishing i could just make this a poll 😅😂

lots of open source tools out there for building an ML platform. too many, maybe. Build a Machine Learning Platform (From Scratch), shows you how to actually make them work together like a real system. first chapter summary’s up on youtube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=zAmJ...

hey bluesky. we publish tech books that explain things without making you feel bad for not knowing them. expect developer jokes, diagrams that actually help, and occasional posts about why semicolons are a hill worth dying on. glad to be here — hopefully we don’t regret it 😅