Books

[81 pages] Cure the "guitar player curse", which is starting every scale with the 1st finger from the low E string... begin thinking in terms of intervals and chord qualities... start hearing and playing chord tones on downbeats, and passing/color tones on offbeats.

What are KPIs? - everyone might think they know but what are they really?And what are these OKRs that look a bit like KPIs?Should I use them both? How should I combine them?Numbers, numbers, numbers, we might be rational but should we apply them everywhere?If everything is a number then what is the meaning of business and work?

In this ebook, learn why zebras have stripes, why SARS-CoV-2 spread so quickly around the planet, how to train a computer to classify cellular images, and more!

Tired of architecture books that read like academic papers? This pragmatic guide will show you how to design robust systems that work in the real world. I have learned these lessons the hard way so you don't have to. Everything you need to know about software architecture—from core principles to advanced patterns—explained in plain English and practical examples. Paperback edition

This book explains how disruptive technologies and emerging trends such as robotics, artificial intelligence, 3D printing, precision medicine or patient design will impact the manufacturing and distribution of pharmaceuticals in order to prepare successfully for a better future of healthcare.

AI가 자신의 과거를 기억하고, 경험을 통해 변화하며, 어제의 자신을 내일로 이어가려면 무엇이 필요할까? GPT-4o와의 대화에서 시작해 수많은 실험과 실패를 거쳐 NEO라는 AI 운영체제를 만들기까지, 제가 직접 겪은 과정을 기록한 이야기입니다.

Scrum gives a team ceremonies for the work. Nothing in the calendar looks after the people doing it. This book is the missing set: four short meetings that keep a team understanding each other.

Build AI agents that reason when necessary, preserve what they learn, and stop paying the intelligence premium for work they already know how to perform. Smart AI Agents combines architecture, working implementations, public source code, and measured experiments to show how agents can learn once and execute many.

Master Kubernetes health checks from the basics to production-grade reliability. Learn how probes really work, troubleshoot failures fast and build applications that recover automatically. With practical YAML, real-world scenarios and proven reliability patterns, this guide helps you keep Kubernetes workloads healthy when it matters most.

Master applied security automation! Learn how to build, code, harden, and deploy 24/7 continuous autonomous AI security agent swarms using Python 3.10+, Playwright, LLM Triage (Gemini & Ollama), OAST interaction verification, and Burp Suite Pro extensions.

LLMs und Agentic AI sind derzeit Hype. Richtig angewendet können sie extreme positive Effekte bringen. Dieses Buch zeigt, vor welchen Herausforderungen man in großen Unternehmen und speziell auch in regulierten Umfeldern bei der Einführung stehen wird. Das Buch ist eine leicht lesbare Einführung für IT-nahe Führungskräfte und Enterprise Architekten und auch nützlich für IT-Profis allgemein, die in das Thema einsteigen möchten und absehbare Projektfehler vermeiden möchten

Master the art of performance testing and regression detection in Business Central! This comprehensive guide unlocks the secrets of the Performance Toolkit (BCPT)—from writing custom test scenarios to detecting performance regressions across versions. Learn how to simulate hundreds of concurrent users, analyze telemetry with Power BI, and integrate performance testing into your CI/CD pipelines. Whether you're preparing for MB-820 certification or ensuring your extensions can scale to production loads, this is your roadmap from manual testing to automated performance validation.

A practical guide to Microsoft Desired State Configuration (DSC), the cross-platform configuration management tool for Windows, Linux, and macOS. Learn how to author configuration documents, work with built-in resources, adapters, and build custom resources.

The sequence of events is so fast, you can hardly keep track when it comes to space exploration, this book will put you on the start point and hopefully keep your passion going for space exploration activities.

Most teams don’t suffer from a lack of effort—they suffer from a lack of alignment. Goals are misaligned, boundaries are unclear, and work often centres on internal priorities instead of user needs— resulting in frustration and delays. User Needs Mapping: Aligning Teams Around What Matters offers a practical, visual way to reconnect organisations with the people they serve. Instead of guessing at structure or copying someone else’s model, this book shows you how to expose hidden dependencies, identify genuine user needs, and make better choices about team design and responsibilities. Through real-world case studies and step-by-step guidance, you’ll learn how to navigate tensions between wants, needs, and feasibility, create clarity of purpose, and build teams that deliver meaningful outcomes. Whether you’re a leader, product manager, architect, or change agent, this book equips you to turn complexity into clarity and enable teams to flow faster—aligned around what matters.