Fully updated to Elixir 1.15, in this third edition Saša Juric reveals how Elixir tackles problems of scalability, fault tolerance, and high availability. This edition contains new coverage of working with application configuration and the latest OTP releases. It teaches the underlying principles and functional concepts of Elixir, and how each piece fits into the bigger picture of building production-ready systems with Elixir, Erlang, and the OTP framework.

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This book sets out the case that we now live in an “ordinal society.” Nearly every aspect of our lives is measured, ranked, and processed into discrete, standardized units of digital information. Marion Fourcade and Kieran Healy argue that technologies of information management, fueled by the abundance of personal data and the infrastructure of the internet, transform how we relate to ourselves and to each other through the market, the public sphere, and the state.

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In this book Bjarne Stroustrup, the designer and original implementer of C++, lays out the fundamental principles of programming and the practical skills needed for programming in the real world. This book is written to help you to understand what it means for code to be beautiful, to help you to master the principles of creating such code, and to build up the practical skills to create it.

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Subtitled "A Practical Guide for Catalyzing Team Learning and Improvement", this book sets out to improve the results gained from holding team retrospectives. Esther Derby, Diana Larsen and David Horowitz provide practical advice, techniques, and real-life examples to improve retrospectives whether your team is co-located, hybrid, or remote.

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In this book, subtitled "GPT-4 and Beyond", Peter Lee, Carey Goldberg and Isaac "Zak" Kohane document their thoughts on their months of early access to GPT-4 and its momentous potential to improve diagnoses, summarize patient visits, streamline processes, and accelerate research. The book contains real GPT-4 dialogues, unrehearsed and unfiltered, brilliant and blundering alike, all annotated with context, candid commentary, real risk insights, and up-to-the-minute takeaways.

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Originally published in 2017 with the subtitle "The Campaign against Established Knowledge and Why it Matters" this book exposes a cult of anti-expertise sentiment coinciding with anti-intellectualism. Tom Nichols addresses how while technology and increasing levels of education have exposed people to more information than ever before, these gains have also helped fuel a surge in narcissistic and misguided intellectual egalitarianism that has crippled informed debates on any number of issues.

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This book takes an in-depth look at memory management, asynchronous programming, and the core Rust skills. Brenden Matthews covers productivity techniques for Rust testing, tooling, and project management. He also shows how to sidestep common Rust pitfalls and navigate quirks you might never have seen before, along with suggesting strategies for navigating the evolving Rust ecosystem.

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The Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) has more than 100,000 members, including trailblazing women who created ACM-W (ACM's Committee on Women in Computing) in 1993. This book, in the ACM's "Rendering History" series was published in celebration of ACM-W's 30th birthday. In it Gloria Childress Townsend explores the history of ACM-W.

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This book aims to fill the gaps in readers' knowledge of REST API and backend designs. Carl-Hugo Marcotte shows how to build robust, maintainable, and flexible apps using Gang of Four (GoF) design patterns and modern architectural principles. This new edition is updated for .NET 8 and focuses exclusively on the backend, with new content on REST APIs, the REPR pattern, and building modular monoliths.

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This book contains 30 cutting-edge questions and answers on machine learning and AI. Sebastian Raschka goes beyond introductory concepts and digs deeper into machine learning, deep learning, and AI. Stemming from questions often fielded by author Sebastian Raschka, each brief, self-contained chapter journeys through a fundamental question in AI, unraveling it with clear explanations, diagrams, and hands-on exercises.

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Subtitled "The Story of Interaction Techniques", this book provides a comprehensive study of the many ways to interact with computers and computerized devices. Beginning with a history of the invention and development of interaction techniques, Brad A Myers goes on to describe the various approaches in use today, continuing with a discussion of the state-of-the-art research that is driving the development of novel approaches for the future.

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This book shows how to write fast and safe Rust code through lessons you can fit in your lunch break. Dave MacLeod provides explanations and focused, relevant examples to make it accessible, even if you’re learning Rust as your first programming language, and covers the use of Rust for purposes from system programming, to web applications, and games.

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