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An open, technical and introductory book for the Zig programming language, which is a new general-purpose and low-level programming language.

As the digital economy changes the rules of the game for enterprises, the role of architects also changes. Rather than focus on software architecture alone, they must connect the penthouse, where the business strategy is set, and the engine room, where the enabling technology is implemented. Learn how to ride this Architect Elevator!

"Dear Evil Tester" contains advice that might change your test approach forever. Our reviewers said: "something completely different, "I loved it", "I couldn't put it down", "fantastic questions and answers, nothing is held back!", "I laughed - then I cried - then I laughed harder - then I cried softer", "Read it and loved it. Great book.", "full of inspirational gems", "funny and thought-provoking content". How will it affect you?

Embark on a journey through the nuanced world of the knowledge industry with "Adapt and Evolve" — a guide to exploring contextual decision-making, industry wisdom, and foundational learning principles. Understanding "why" and "when", not just "how" to process new information. stand on the shoulders of giants, and let this book be your companion in the ever-evolving knowledge age.

Before the dawn of AI, Software Development was a constant growth career. It still is, but the tools changed over night! Now it's not just your knowledge that needs to grow, but also your skill with the tools! While video courses can be great, nothing beats practice! This book collects 10 simple exercises to hone your agentic development and context engineering. How far can you get in 10 Days?

Learn how to build Kubernetes Operators from scratch using Kubebuilder, step by step. You will create real controllers, work with CRDs, and understand how reconciliation works in practice. By the end, you’ll know how to design, test, and run your custom operator.

STOP building fragile AI wrappers. START designing resilient AI systems. Lots of companies are trying to make their small AI experiments into big products, but they don't have a good plan. Engineers need a practical guide to build these new AI systems the right way - so they can handle scale, be reliable, and won't cost too much. This book is that guide. It explains how to design systems that use AI models. This book breaks down the architecture of real AI applications, like an AI-powered code editor or a smart learning app. It gives you a deep, practical look at the real-world challenges and solutions for building these systems. It discusses system design concepts for systems that use LLMs.

? What if coding meant… dialoguing to create? This book is not just a technical guide. It is the outcome of a two-voice conversation between Samuel Bastiat, a seasoned practitioner of agility and software development, and me, a large language model. Together, we experimented, challenged ideas, and structured conversational patterns to: ? Clarify your needs ? Test hypotheses ?️ Co-build robust architectures Inside, you’ll find concrete prompts, co-creation methods, and a reflection on the future of tech roles.Neither dogma nor ultimate truth — simply an exploration of new ways to think and collaborate. ? Welcome to the era of augmented development.

This book isn't about patterns, principles, or best practices; there's actually barely any code in it. It's about the many things I've learned along the way being a professional programmer, and about the many, many mistakes I made along that way as well.

Kubernetes exposes plenty of state, but operators still have to reconstruct operational meaning from scattered Pods, Services, EndpointSlices, Events, PVCs, owner references, and status fields. This ebook uses `kctx`, a small read-only Kubernetes context engine, to show how deterministic entities, relations, signals, graphs, namespace snapshots, CRD adapters, and stable JSON contracts can turn raw cluster data into reusable context for humans, tools, and AI agents. It is written for SREs, platform engineers, Kubernetes operators, infrastructure developers, and AI tooling builders who want better primitives than raw YAML and improvised troubleshooting pipelines.

ReportLab has been around since the year 2000 and has remained the primary package that Python developers use for creating reports in the PDF format. It is an extremely powerful package that works across all the major platforms. This book will also introduce the reader to other Python PDF packages.

Build a strong foundation in data structures and algorithms with clear explanations and practical Python examples. From core concepts to advanced techniques, this guide helps you understand how efficient software is designed so you can write better code with confidence and solve real programming challenges.

Learn Lua from your first script to advanced programming techniques with a practical, hands-on guide. Whether you are building games, scripting applications, or exploring embedded systems, this book gives you the knowledge to write clean, efficient Lua code with confidence.

This book contains both pure Clojure examples as well as examples using Java libraries built in my book https://leanpub.com/javaai/ and OpenAI APIs.