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New release in Manning Early Access Program! Step into a world where Kubernetes complexity melts away. In Developer Experience on Kubernetes, Manning’s latest Early Access release, discover how to craft seamless cloud-native workflows that let you focus on coding instead of infrastructure hassles. Authors Mauricio (Salaboy) Salatino and Thomas Vitale invite you to explore a modular toolkit that tackles common pain points and introduces innovative tools—everything you need to transform your development journey. 🚀 Save 50% before April 15 with code MLSALATINO350LI The LINK is in the COMMENTS below. #Kubernetes #Podman #Dapr #OpenFeature #Knative #Ollama

Heading to the INFORMS+ Analytics Conference in Indiana? Don’t miss Desireé Abbott’s talk, “Tell Them Stories: The Art of Captivating an Audience with Data,” during the concurrent track sessions at 1:50 PM ET. If you’re torn between sessions, we highly recommend making this one your pick! Full details here: https://mng.bz/a9d9 Not attending? That's ok — you can still dive into Desireé’s insights with her book, Everyday Data Visualization; available now for 45% off with code inftab45 here: https://mng.bz/64wR

Ever heard the phrase, “Explain it to me like I’m five”? That’s exactly what Dominik Tornow does with complex concepts like the CAP theorem, liveness vs. safety, item potency, and — of course — distributed systems in last week's episode of Flying High with Flutter. Watch the episode: https://mng.bz/Qw0R Want to dig deeper? Grab Dominik’s MEAP, Think Distributed Systems, for 45% off with code FHWFtornow3 here: https://mng.bz/MwOD

Out on Amazon! Take your understanding of Terraform to the next level and learn how to use it in actual production environments. Terraform, created by HashiCorp, is a handy open-source tool for managing infrastructure as code. It lets you define and control your resources in a straightforward way. In "Terraform in Depth" by Robert Hafner, you’ll find everything you need to set up and manage your infrastructure with just a few simple lines of code. The LINK is in the COMMENTS below. #Terraform #IaC #OpenTofu #ManningBooks

Been meaning to dive deeper into prompt engineering? IEEE is hosting a great event with Prompt Engineering in Action authors, Shivendra Srivastava and Naresh Vurukonda! They'll share practical techniques and insights in their talk, “Prompt Engineering: Making the Most of LLMs,” followed by a hands-on workshop. Whether you're attending in person or online, it’s a great chance to level up your skills. Event details: • Date: April 16 • Time: 5:00 PM – 6:30 PM PT • Location: ServiceNow, Santa Clara, CA — or join virtually from anywhere! • More info: https://mng.bz/wZlB Can’t make it live? You can still check out their MEAP! Get it for 45% off with code IEEEsriv45: here: https://mng.bz/mZ4y

Curious what “enterprise RAG” really means and why it matters? Check out, "Fortune 500 RAG Chatbot Scales to 50M+ Records in Under 30 Seconds" by Tyler Suard to see how a massive organization used Retrieval-Augmented Generation to cut support response times from minutes to seconds: https://mng.bz/26Jo Want more? Tyler and Darshil Modi dive deeper in their MEAP, Enterprise RAG: https://mng.bz/Jwzz

Now out in liveAudio! Take your technical literature with you anywhere you go. liveAudio mixes quality voice recordings with the book’s text, cool graphics, interactive code, and fun exercises, all within Manning's unique liveBook online reader. Use the code to save 40% on any of the following liveAudio releases: C# Concurrency by Nir Dobovizki (ladobovizki40): https://mng.bz/Rw8R React Quickly, Second Edition by ✨ Morten Barklund and Azat Mardan (lareact2e40): https://mng.bz/26Ao ElasticSearch in Action, Second Edition by Madhusudhan Konda (lakonda40): https://mng.bz/157Q gRPC Microservices in Go by Hüseyin BABAL (lagrpc40): https://mng.bz/Pw88 The Well-Grounded Data Analyst by David Asboth (laasboth40): https://mng.bz/Jw8z Bayesian Optimization in Action by Quan Nguyen (languyen40): https://mng.bz/wZEB Platform Engineering on Kubernetes by Mauricio (Salaboy) Salatino (lasalatino40): https://mng.bz/qRBN 100 C++ Mistakes and How to Avoid Them by Rich Yonts (layonts40): https://mng.bz/7QeV Acing the System Design Interview by Zhiyong Tan (latan40): https://mng.bz/mZmy #liveAudio #ManningBooks #LearnwithManning

In Warsaw for IT Days? It's ok if you're not — today’s talks are virtual! Patrick Deziel, co-author of Real-Time Machine Learning, is speaking on "Adaptive machine learning models for the AI age" at 3:50 PM CEST. Don’t miss it! Watch live & register: https://mng.bz/lZEd Can't be there? Dig into Patrick and Prema Roman’s MEAP instead — get 45% off with code pdwdi25 here: https://mng.bz/rZYx

Can you believe it?! We’ve made it to the final day of KubeCon EU! But don’t head out just yet — two of our most recently published authors, Thomas Vitale and Mauricio (Salaboy) Salatino, are taking the stage together for, "Breaking Barriers: Bringing Applications Closer to the CNCF." Catch their talk at 2:30 PM BST in Room H (Level 1 | Hall Entrance N10). Get the details here: https://mng.bz/V97N And if Friday’s sessions didn’t fit your schedule, use KubeConEU25 for 45% off their new MEAP, Developer Experience on Kubernetes! https://mng.bz/Z97N

Ever wonder what drives an author to write a book? Will Kurt, author of A Damn Fine Stable Diffusion Book, explores this question while diving into the impact of AI — how we can use it as a tool to enhance the world around us, rather than having it do all the work. Watch his conversation on the HockeyStick Show: https://mng.bz/OwAj Plus, grab his MEAP for 45% off with code HSSkurt2 here: https://mng.bz/z2g6