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Unlock the power of AI in your applications with this groundbreaking book on AI-driven application architecture. Discover practical patterns and principles for building intelligent, adaptive, and user-centric software systems that harness the potential of large language models and AI components.

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You’ll just need the Five Essential Elements of Learning Through five essential elements, you’ll gain the ability to learn anything deeply—no matter how complex the subject. These five pillars of effective learning will become lifelong tools, guiding you every time you set out to truly master new knowledge and retain it permanently. If you're ready to stop passively consuming information and start truly mastering it, this book is for you.

This 2025 edition of Docker Deep Dive is a true masterpiece. The best-selling Docker book is up-to-date with the hottest Docker technologies and the latest industry trends. This edition includes a brand-new chapter on Docker Model Runner for fast, private LLM-based apps. You won't find a better and more up-to-date book on Docker. Hand-crafted and kept up to date over the past 9 years by best-selling author Nigel Poulton.

Build a compiler to learn how programming languages work. Use low-level assembly to learn how computers work. Walks through a minimal yet complete compiler. Compiles a static-typed language into x64 ELF executables.Simple interpreter.Bytecode compiler.x64 assembly & instruction encoding.Translate bytecode to x64 code.Generate binary executables.

Master AI-powered infrastructure automation with this hands-on guide to building production-ready MCP servers and AI agents in Go. Transform from manual AWS operations to intelligent automation that understands your environment and makes smart decisions while keeping humans in control.

Need a quick introduction to running an effective EventStorming session? This book is a handy quick start guide for anyone wanting to learn how to facilitate an EventStorming session.

The book then guides readers through Virtual Private Networks (VPNs), detailing their importance, functioning, and distinct types of VPNs. It explores wireless networking and asynchronous programming, providing clear illustrations of WiFi, Bluetooth, and Zigbee setup using C++. It covers critical wireless standards and security protocols.

Kotlin coroutines have revolutionized JVM development, especially on Android and the backend, as they let us easily implement efficient and reliable multithreading. Their cutting-edge design and features are ideally suited to modern use cases. In this book, we will explore how Kotlin coroutines work and how we can use them to improve our code.

Async Patterns in Django steps through old and new techniques and web protocols that can be implemented in Django with its newly gained async abilities. If you're looking to level up in async or find recipes for async web protocols in Django, you'll find it in Async Patterns in Django.

It delves into algorithms and databases, the meat and potatoes of back-end development. It explains how various algorithms can be used to simplify difficult problems, enhance functionality, and streamline the code. The book delves into CRUD operations and dives into ins and outs of building and utilizing APIs, with a focus on the gRPC framework.

Most people use HTTP daily, but few understand its inner workings.This "Build Your Own X" book dives deep,teaching basics from scratch for a clearer understanding of the tools and tech we rely on.Network programming.Protocols & communication.HTTP in detail.WebSocket & concurrency.

In this book, I'll take you on a fundamentals exploration that quickly progresses to powerful, time-saving methods that can transform your day-to-day administrative tasks. I share my own experiences, challenges, and discoveries from the field, so you can see how PowerShell can be a true game-changer in managing IT environments. As you flip through the pages, you'll come across hands-on tasks like handling files, directories, and the registry, plus automating repetitive tasks with ease.

The demand for skilled data science practitioners in industry, academia, and government is rapidly growing. This book introduces concepts from probability, statistical inference, linear regression and machine learning and R programming skills. Throughout the book we demonstrate how these can help you tackle real-world data analysis challenges.

You can build a controller. You can wire up a repository. You can probably get a Spring Boot app running in under ten minutes.But can you build a service that feels real?This book takes you beyond the tutorial version of Spring Boot and into the parts that actually matter: clean structure, security, persistence, testing, containers, AWS deployment, observability, and the trade-offs that separate demo code from production-minded software.Build a real Spring Boot service. Ship it to AWS. Learn how backend systems are actually put together.