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Linux Advanced for SysAdmin is designed to elevate your expertise, focusing on the intricate tasks critical for managing enterprise-level Linux environments. This book is structured to provide comprehensive insights and practical experiences across seven key areas, transforming you into a proficient and capable system administrator.This book will transform you into a proficient and capable system administrator, ready to tackle the challenges of modern IT infrastructure. By mastering these advanced topics, you will be wellequipped to manage and optimize large-scale Linux environments, ensuring their security, performance, and reliability

Your hard skills landed you the management position, but it’s your soft and management skills that will drive your success. Numerous books cover architecture and processes, "Amazing CTO" stands out as the essential guide for managing effectively, authored by influential CTO Coach Stephan Schmidt.

IT'S A HIGHWAY TO A BETTER COFFEE AND ROASTING! It's filled with practical advice of 12 years roasting experience that's made simple to accelerate your learning in coffee roasting.

Build production-grade RAG systems in C# — from an 80-line Hello World to a fully deployed Azure pipeline with the Microsoft Agent Framework, MCP, GraphRAG, multi-agent orchestration, eval gates, and EU AI Act-ready audit trails. 682 pages, 25 chapters, one evolving enterprise project, every line of code runnable in .NET 10.

This book provides a guided tour of ML techniques utilized in process industry for plant health management. Step-by-step instructions, supported with industrial-scale process datasets, show how to develop ML-based solutions for equipment condition monitoring, plantwide monitoring, and predictive maintenance solutions. Also available at Google Play 

All software design is composition: the act of breaking complex problems down into smaller problems and composing those solutions. Most developers have a limited understanding of compositional techniques. It's time for that to change.

This book describes the process of analyzing data. The authors have extensive experience both managing data analysts and conducting their own data analyses, and this book is a distillation of their experience in a format that is applicable to both practitioners and managers in data science. Printed copies are available through Lulu.

System Design Workbook – Edição 2026 é uma obra que traduz, organiza e conecta os principais fundamentos da engenharia de sistemas distribuídos sob uma perspectiva prática, moderna e orientada à realidade de produção.

Working with PySide6 should not depend on trial and error. This book replaces fragmented learning with a structured approach, combining in-depth explanations and dependable code examples that move you forward with confidence.

Build smarter AI systems that go beyond the limits of large language models. Retrieval-Augmented Generation is a practical guide to designing, implementing, and scaling RAG applications with modern retrieval techniques, vector databases, and real-world deployment strategies.

This textbook is designed for use in introductory Software Engineering courses. Additionally, it can be used by junior developers intending to consolidate their knowledge in the field. It has also a web version available at https://softengbook.org.

A model that crashes is a good day. The dangerous failures return answers — plausible, fluent, and wrong. 100 failures. 63 diagnostic instruments. One rule: inspect what actually happened.

Want to learn Python from the ground up and master its real-world applications?Python Programming: Basics to Advanced Concepts is your complete guide to one of the world's most powerful and versatile programming languages. Whether you are a BCA or MCA student, an aspiring software developer, a competitive examination candidate, or a technology enthusiast, this book provides a structured learning path from Python fundamentals to advanced programming techniques.Inside this book, you will learn:✔ Python syntax, variables, data types, and operators✔ Conditional statements, loops, and functions✔ Lists, tuples, dictionaries, sets, and strings✔ Object-Oriented Programming (OOP)✔ Exception handling and file management✔ Modules, packages, generators, and decorators✔ Database programming with SQLite and MySQL✔ GUI development using Tkinter✔ Web development with Flask and Django✔ Data analysis using NumPy and Pandas✔ Machine Learning fundamentals with Python✔ Network programming and cybersecurity applications✔ Testing, debugging, and performance optimization✔ End-to-end Python project developmentThe book combines academic rigor with practical learning, offering clear explanations, coding examples, exercises, and real-world applications throughout every chapter.Whether your goal is to excel in university examinations, prepare for interviews, build software projects, or launch a professional programming career, this book provides the knowledge, skills, and confidence required to become a proficient Python developer.Start your Python journey today and unlock opportunities in software development, data science, artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, automation, and beyond.

This may be the one tiny book that changes your experience vim from one of "memorizing random key sequences" to "composing vim commands."This is an intentionally small micro-book, not a comprehensive guide to all the features of this amazingly powerful editor. The tutorial can elevate your practice and enable deeper learning and better retention of vim commands. Go from "conversant" to "capable" more rapidly than you expected!

Emacs Writing Studio by Peter Prevos is a comprehensive guide for writers seeking to streamline their workflow using Emacs. The book covers everything from organising ideas and writing distraction-free to publishing in multiple formats. It’s perfect for both beginners and experienced Emacs users, offering practical tips and a tailored configuration to enhance your writing process.