A @humble bundle for people learning Python, people automating busywork, people teaching the machines, and people trying to escape Excel.
Pay what you want. DRM-free. Supports @ThePSF.
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The Developer's Guide to AI is out everywhere today. It starts with how LLMs are trained and works up through RAG, fine-tuning, and building agents with real code you can run.
Get it at nostarch.com or wherever you get books
ALT The opening page of Chapter 1 of The Developer's Guide to AI, titled "Understanding Large Language Models," on a yellow background. A large numeral 1 sits above the chapter title, with a small circular illustration of a robot beside introductory text explaining that LLMs are deep learning models pretrained on vast amounts of data. The facing page is partly visible at right, showing the edge of a figure and a table.
ALT A page from Chapter 1 of The Developer's Guide to AI on a yellow background. It includes Figure 1-1, a diagram showing data sources (web pages, books, articles, research papers, and code) feeding into LLM training with a September 30, 2024 cutoff date, and Table 1-1, listing the training data size and sources for BERT, GPT-3, and LLaMA. A shaded sidebar titled "The BERT Breakthrough" explains how BERT advanced natural language processing.
In three weeks, your kid can booby-trap their bedroom door (responsibly).
Electronics for Kids, second edition is out everywhere June 30! 🤖
ALT A two-page spread from Electronics for Kids, Second Edition opened to Project #2, "Build Your Own Secret Intruder Alarm." The left page shows a diagram of a buzzer wired to a 9-volt battery in closed-circuit ("ON") and open-circuit ("OFF") states, with text explaining how flipping a switch starts and stops the sound.
ALT The right page of the Project #2 spread in Electronics for Kids, Second Edition, describing how to turn a door into a switch using aluminum foil and wires so a buzzer sounds when the door opens. A shopping list and the start of "Step 1: Prepare the foil" are visible.
Michał Zalewski (@lcamtuf) joined Chris Gammell on the latest episode of Amp Hour to talk about his new book, The Secret Life of Circuits.
Listen at theamphour.com ⚡
Three of my books are in the Humble Bundle benefiting the Python Software Foundation. You can get 15 Python ebooks from No Starch Press. We've raised $5,000 so far for the PSF! humblebundle.com/books/pytho…
My physical copies of "Heavy Wizardry 101" have finally arrived!.
It looks terrific!. Excellent quality!. Thanks @nostarch for making such a special book!
The 2nd edition of Andress's Foundations has a whole new Part IV on the human side of security: social engineering, security awareness, and career advice. Plus a hands-on lab in every chapter (one walks through the 2023 MGM Resorts attack).
Out now.
carol nichols and chris krycho on writing the async chapter for the 3rd edition of the rust programming language, the editing pipeline, and what they'd do differently. with @fasterthanlimeyoutube.com/watch?v=IrAg4mbC…