Do you want to learn more about using Excel PivotTables or Power Pivot? If so, join me for my Mastering Excel PivotTables course on October 8 on the #OReilly learning platform: learning.oreilly.com/live-events/... @oreilly.bsky.social #Excel

In this training on October 2, the basic #Kafka data broker design and operation is explained and illustrated using both the command line and a GUI. Don't miss it, register today: https://bit.ly/46vliy7

Designers may be hesitant to use #AI (for good reason). But as Jessica Kerr highlights in this talk from #AICodecon, AI tools and protocols like #MCP can extend human-created design in new ways, adding complementary value. Watch her talk for examples, use cases, and insights: https://bit.ly/4nTUYn5

"Development teams are shipping faster, marketing campaigns are launching quicker, and deliverables are more polished than ever. Are we building a more capable organization, or are we unintentionally creating a more fragile one?" Check out #Radar article to find out: bit.ly/4nVVXmP

“CIOs really need to be conversant across just about everything the company does,” says Mike Loukides, vice president of emerging technology at technology and business training firm O'Reilly. “That kind of breadth doesn’t come easily and it’s not a specialized, single-skill job.” bit.ly/4pIk2iJ

It's DONE. SHIP IT. Finished my 2nd edition of Building Event-Driven Microservices, published by @oreilly.bsky.social and sponsored by the good people at @confluent.io. You can find this book on the O'Reilly learning platform (www.oreilly.com/library/view... - you get a free trial!),

You still have to use your judgment, but treating AI as its own critic keeps you engaged and highlights problems you’d miss if you just skimmed the output. That’s the essence of 𝘁𝗿𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗳𝘆, the theme of my new @oreilly.bsky.social Radar article: www.oreilly.com/radar/trust-...

I cover these signals in my new @oreilly.bsky.social Radar article: www.oreilly.com/radar/trust-...

In this talk from AI Codecon, Alex Komoroske spotlights the structural forces currently solidifying centralization, then offers his rebuttal: We must build “pro-social software”— something that helps us become the person we want to be.” Watch now: https://bit.ly/46yFNIR #AICodecon

By leveraging O’Reilly’s AI Academy, Superstreams, and technical content, Infosys has empowered its teams to stay ahead of evolving threats. Cultivating a growth mindset has created a culture where learning translates directly into stronger defenses. Congratulations! https://bit.ly/46sk9py

By leveraging O’Reilly platform, Tavant has empowered its engineers to deliver innovation at scale. By actively integrating O’Reilly into its town halls and Slack channels, VML created an environment where its engineering teams could thrive and innovate. Congratulations! Learn more: bit.ly/46sk9py

"Watch for signs of trouble: lots of mocking, complex setup, too many dependencies—especially needing to modify other parts of the code. When you see those signs, stop vibe coding and read the code." Check out new #Radar article by @andrewstellman.bsky.social: bit.ly/4nQMeOx #AI #VibeCoding

Let AI give you a starting point, but review it like you would any other code: check assumptions, run the debugger, refactor where coupling creeps in, and make sure names actually carry meaning. This is the focus of my new @oreilly.bsky.social Radar article: www.oreilly.com/radar/trust-...

By leveraging O'Reilly DANA Indonesia empowered its teams to reduce patch cycles, boost test coverage, and accelerate feature delivery. NEQSOL HOLDING leveraged O’Reilly’s AI Academy to embed AI across the organization, making AI one of its top three most-learned skills. Learn more: bit.ly/46sk9py

ABN AMRO Bank N.V. got a 180% increase in engaged users and a 48% rise in live event attendance, while DataArt found that use of AI-powered coding tools among developers more than doubled, and 73% of participants reported applying AI skills. Congratulations! Learn more: bit.ly/46sk9py

Chris Butler, a product operations leader in AI and productivity at GitHub, imagines a “kickoff meeting” in the near future where engineers, designers, product managers, and AI agents come together to start a new project. Watch his recent AI Codecon session: bit.ly/42BmWf6 #AICodecon #AIAgents

🚀 𝗘𝘅𝗰𝗶𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗲: 𝗺𝘆 𝗻𝗲𝘄 @oreilly.bsky.social 𝗥𝗮𝗱𝗮𝗿 𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗹𝗲 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗱𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗽𝗲𝗱! 🚀 I’m really excited about this one. It’s called “Trust but Verify” and it digs into how we should be using AI coding tools. AI can speed up development in amazing ways, but that doesn’t mean you can switch off your brain.

Medidata Solutions increased user engagement on the O'Reilly platform by 71% from September 2024 to August 4, 2025. John Lewis Partnership achieved rapid adoption through a strategic, user-centric approach. Congratulations to both teams! Learn more: www.oreilly.com/online-learn...

Getting ready for the prestigious #DP600 (#MicrosoftFabric Analytics Engineer) exam? On October 8th and 9th, I'll be running a 2-day of 4 hours "DP-600 Bootcamp" at @oreilly.bsky.social. learning.oreilly.com/live-events/...

That’s why I argue in my new @oreilly.bsky.social Radar piece: 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐭 𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠. 📖 Full article: www.oreilly.com/radar/prompt...

This book covers everything #analytics engineers need to know to design and implement robust and efficient analytics solutions using #MicrosoftFabric and #PowerBI. Check it out on the O'Reilly learning platform: https://bit.ly/3KeiZqw

We are thrilled to announce the winners of the fourth annual O’Reilly Awards. Winning entries this year come from organizations including Medidata Solutions, ABN AMRO Bank N.V., DANA Indonesia, Tavant, and Infosys. Congratulations! Details in today's press release: bit.ly/3KdZPkB

In this 14-hour course, you’ll explore #CloudComputing fundamentals and AWS’s core services. Gain hands-on experience with #AWS tools like the Console, CLI, and SDK, covering security models, compliance frameworks, and pricing tools: bit.ly/4pGdLEc #AWSCertifiedCloudPractitionerExam

On October 7, join Chloé Messdaghi and top #security professionals, software engineers, developers, data scientists, and #AI specialists as they share practical insights, real-world experiences, and emerging trends to address the full spectrum of AI security. Save your spot: bit.ly/429cviO

My new @oreilly.bsky.social Radar piece traces that history and shows why 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐭 𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠. 📖 Read here: www.oreilly.com/radar/prompt...

On 9/22, join Live with @timoreilly.bsky.social for his conversation with Claire Vo, founder of product management copilot ChatPRD, to dive into all things GPT-5: what tasks it’s good at, what its lukewarm reception means for the industry, and where we’re headed next. bit.ly/4nEzuKQ

This is the perfect introduction to Microsoft Power BI, offering practical examples to help you learn the key tools and concepts of #DataVisualization and #analytics. You'll gain the skills necessary to manage data, build interactive dashboards, and unlock valuable business insights: bit.ly/3IvEZfW

I'm giving my Introduction to Statistics and Data Analysis with MS Excel course for #OReilly on September 24. Find out more and register: learning.oreilly.com/live-events/... @oreilly.bsky.social #Excel

"Talking about prompt engineering today is really just continuing a much older conversation about how developers spell out what they need built, under what conditions, with what assumptions, and how to communicate that to the team." New #Radar article by @andrewstellman.bsky.social: bit.ly/4nzKfxQ

This book not only lays down the fundamentals of #PlatformEngineering but also offers advanced insights into building cloud-native internal developer platforms using #Kubernetes, #Istio, #ArgoCD, and more. Check it out: bit.ly/4go344G

"The goal is not to eliminate all concentration in the network but to ensure that the MCP ecosystem remains contestable, with multiple viable paths for innovation and user choice." New #Radar article by Ilan Strauss, Sruly Rosenblat, Isobel Moure and @timoreilly.bsky.social: bit.ly/46n1ETH #MCP #AI

"Securing code in the age of AI requires more than patching—it means breaking silos, closing skill gaps, and embedding resilience into every stage of development. The risks may feel familiar, but AI scales them dramatically." Read new #Radar article by Chloé Messdaghi to learn more: bit.ly/467lvaC

Packing my stuff for #FabCon Vienna. Only essentials - a toothbrush, a shirt, and...The "Fundamentals of #MicrosoftFabric" book (well, a couple of) which I wrote together with @bweissman.bsky.social for @oreilly.bsky.social and which is still hot of the press!

This book is for data scientists, ML professionals, and graph specialists looking to deepen their knowledge of graph data analysis or expand their ML toolkit. You’ll gain both a solid understanding of graph ML theory and the skills to apply it to real-world challenges: https://bit.ly/3K7p87z

In my latest @oreilly.bsky.social Radar piece, I dig into how to spot these problems early and build habits that make your codebase resistant to AI-driven debt. Because you want to keep the speed of AI without burning out. 📖 Read here: www.oreilly.com/radar/buildi...

Find the course that matches your needs and sign up today: https://bit.ly/4niCvQS

Issues that seem small at first can compound quickly, making code harder to understand, maintain, and evolve. To really see that danger, you have to look at how AI is used in practice—which for many developers starts with #VibeCoding. @andrewstellman.bsky.social bit.ly/3K2DXbz #GenAI

The convergence of Nassim Taleb’s antifragility principles with #GenAI capabilities is creating a new paradigm for organizational design powered by #GenAI — one where volatility becomes fuel for competitive advantage rather than a threat to be managed. Learn more on #Radar: bit.ly/4ntDIVz

Purchase your seat for an expert-led course to learn the latest skills. You’ll get hands-on experience—and the opportunity to ask questions along the way. https://bit.ly/4niCvQS

"Bigger isn’t necessarily better; more power isn’t necessarily the route to AI dominance. We don’t yet know how this will play out, but I’d place my bets on smaller models running locally and trained with efficiency in mind," says our Mike Loukides in his new #Radar article: bit.ly/4gijVpH

I'm giving my Excel Skills for Finance course on the #OReilly learning platform on September 17. Find out more and register: learning.oreilly.com/live-events/... @oreilly.bsky.social #Excel

🚀 𝐌𝐲 𝐧𝐞𝐰 @OReilly.bsky.social 𝐑𝐚𝐝𝐚𝐫 𝐩𝐢𝐞𝐜𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐮𝐩: “𝐁𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐀𝐈-𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐓𝐞𝐜𝐡𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐃𝐞𝐛𝐭” 🚀 “Vibe coding” is real and it works, but there are hidden dangers that can creep in if you never stop to review what the AI just gave you. 🧵

This book serves as a definitive roadmap to understanding Microsoft Fabric—and leveraging it to suit your needs. Authors Nikola Ilic and Ben Weissman demystify the core concepts and components necessary to build, manage, and administer robust data solutions within this product https://bit.ly/45XU6X2

On September 15, join Neal Ford and Raju Gandhi to dive into three key concepts: architecture characteristics defined, how to discover/define them, and how to preserve them against inevitable change. Save your spot today: https://bit.ly/4niZqvs #SoftwareArchitecture

Coming up 9/9 from @techupskills.bsky.social & @oreilly.bsky.social, our top #GenAI course - Implementing #AI #Agents in #Python! In 4 hrs, learn what agents are, how they work, & build with #LangChain #crewai, #smolagents, #Autogen, & add in #RAG & #MCP! See: learning.oreilly.com/live-events/...

Tomorrow! Join us for an intensive exploration of the tools, workflows, and architectures defining this next era of #programming. You’ll walk away with practical knowledge drawn from real-world case studies and hands-on demos. Last chance to register to save your free seat: https://bit.ly/4muzAVn

This two-day course will give you the tools, techniques and strategies required to securely and safely investigate Tor-based and Darknet entities and platforms. Join Joseph Mlodzianowski on September 29 & 30: https://bit.ly/4o18eY4

"For security professionals, the path forward requires a balanced approach: maintaining strong fundamentals while developing new expertise in AI-specific security challenges." Dive deeper into the changing #security landscape with new #Radar article by Simina Calin: https://bit.ly/3V2UY84 #GenAI

My new book, "Responsible Software Engineering: With Real World Case Studies from #Google," is now published! Kindle is available now, and paperback will be available in 3-4 weeks. www.amazon.com/dp/1098149165/ It's also available on @oreilly.bsky.social's ebook platform: oreil.ly/responsible-...

Calling all software developers + engineers: ▪️Learn from AI pioneers ▪️See agentic coding in action ▪️Gain the skills to build the next generation of AI-powered software Register now: www.oreilly.com/AgenticWorld #AICodecon #AgenticAI #AIProgramming #FutureOfCoding #AIEvent #DevLife