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This week’s #𝗙𝗲𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲𝗱𝗙𝗿𝗶𝗱𝗮𝘆 shines the spotlight on David J. Berube, author of “𝗣𝗿𝗮���𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗥𝘂𝗯𝘆 𝗚𝗲𝗺𝘀, 𝗦𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗱 𝗘𝗱𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻: 𝗜𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻, 𝗗𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗯𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗕𝗲𝘆𝗼𝗻𝗱.” He shared a bit about his writing experience with us. 𝗤: 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁 𝗲𝗱𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗯𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗽𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗵𝗲𝗱 𝗶𝗻 𝟮𝟬𝟬𝟳. 𝗪𝗵𝘆 𝗮 𝗻𝗲𝘄 𝗲𝗱𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝗳𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘀𝗲 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘀? “Software packaging and distribution is more important than ever before; I've wanted to write a second edition for a long time, and I'm happy I've been able to work with Apress to make this happen. There was a lot of practical things I've learned in the field that I wanted to share; I also had the time to explore topics at great length, so much so that the book resulted in two PRs for the #RubyGems system itself that got merged.” 𝗤: 𝗥𝘂𝗯𝘆 𝗚𝗲𝗺𝘀 𝗵𝗮𝘀 𝗯𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗮𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘀. 𝗪𝗵𝘆 𝗶𝘀 𝗶𝘁 𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗼𝗱𝗮𝘆’𝘀 𝗱𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹𝗼𝗽𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗲𝗰𝗼𝘀𝘆𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗺? “To me, it's remarkable that RubyGems serves the community so well; despite being one of the more mature packaging tools—it's older than pip or npm—it still feels like a modern, developer friendly tool. I'm looking forward to seeing what happens with future versions of RubyGems.” 𝗤: 𝗗𝗶𝗱 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗻 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗻𝗲𝘄 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗥𝘂𝗯𝘆 𝗚𝗲𝗺𝘀 𝘄𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗲 𝘄𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗲𝗱𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘀𝘂𝗿𝗽𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝘆𝗼𝘂? “Yes! In particular, version operators work subtly differently from what you might expect in several ways—you can find out more about it in chapter ten of the book.” 𝗤: 𝗜𝗳 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗴𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗽𝗶𝗲𝗰𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗮𝗱𝘃𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝘄𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝗳𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁 𝘁𝗲𝗰𝗵𝗻𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗯𝗼𝗼𝗸, 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘄𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗶𝘁 𝗯𝗲? “Pick a topic you care about—but when writing, make sure you're writing for the audience, not just to make yourself happy. If you can balance those two things, you're off to a great start.” 𝗤: 𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁’𝘀 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗳𝗮𝘃𝗼𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗲 𝗴𝗲𝗺, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘄𝗵𝘆? “If I'm completely honest, it's probably Abachrome, a gem I wrote myself - but I'm biased! Excluding stuff I've written personally, it's likely either tty-command or faraday. Both are great to work with; as a developer, you always need to deal with that ‘I wish it worked like XYZ, but I don't have time to rewrite it;’ save for a few very small exceptions, both tty-command and faraday work like I think they should work.” 𝗙𝗼𝗿 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗼𝗻 𝗗𝗮𝘃𝗶𝗱'𝘀 𝗯𝗼𝗼𝗸: https://lnkd.in/dUpMVS8A 𝗪𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝘄𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗲 𝗮 𝘁𝗲𝗰𝗵 𝗯𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗔𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀? 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗮𝘂𝘁𝗵𝗼𝗿 𝗷𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗻𝗲𝘆 𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲: https://lnkd.in/gcs-Fmf #Apressauthor #motivation #writing #tech #Markaby #Mongrel #Rake #Ruby #Turing

🚨 “Data as a Product” is 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐚 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐬? 🤯 Sounds counterintuitive, doesn’t it? Yet in practice, it’s really a shift in how teams 𝐨𝐰𝐧, 𝐝𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫, and 𝐨𝐫𝐠𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐳𝐞 around data, and it is much more about operating models than tooling. We recently published a post based on a conversation with Xavier Gumara Rigol, unpacking what “data as a product” really means (and what it doesn’t mean). A few things we dug into: 🔹 Shipping outputs ≠ delivering outcomes 🔹 Responsibility without ownership is a dead end 🔹 A durable data product isn’t just reusable, it’s monitored, supported, and if need be - retired 🔹 And yes - AI 👽. TL;DR? “Data as a product” isn’t a checklist. It’s a way to structure teams and decisions so data actually delivers value. 🔗 If you're working on Data Mesh, platform enablement, or outcome-oriented data orgs, this one might be for you: https://lnkd.in/d_MrdZjt

This week’s #𝗙𝗲𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲𝗱𝗙𝗿𝗶𝗱𝗮𝘆 shines the spotlight on Stephen Smith, author of “𝗥𝗮𝘀𝗽𝗯𝗲𝗿𝗿𝘆 𝗣𝗶 𝗔𝘀𝘀𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗹𝘆 𝗟𝗮𝗻𝗴𝘂𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗺𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴, 𝟮𝗲: 𝗔𝗥𝗠 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗼𝗿 𝗖𝗼𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴.” 𝗤: 𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗶𝗻𝘀𝗽𝗶𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘁𝗼 𝘄𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗯𝗼𝗼𝗸? “The first edition of my book was published by Apress in 2019. At that time, the official #RaspberryPi operating system was Raspbian and only came in a 32-bit flavour. Most of the book was written around the Raspberry Pi 3 with the Raspberry Pi 4 being released about half way through. Since then Raspberry has renamed their operating system as the Raspberry Pi OS and mostly moved to 64-bits. I was excited to write a second edition to move fully to 64-bits and to incorporate all the changes to the Raspberry Pi OS that have occurred in the last seven years.” 𝗤: 𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗿𝗼𝗹𝗲 𝗱𝗶𝗱 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲𝘀 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝘆 𝗶𝗻 𝘀𝗵𝗮𝗽𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝗼𝗼𝗸? “I’ve received a lot of feedback from the readers of my first three ARM Assembly Language Programming books... based on this I strove to make the book thorough on the basics, so the reader will have a firm understanding of the core instruction set, theory, and philosophy behind RISC processors. Based on suggestions and questions from my readers, there were a number of sections that I rewrote to make the concepts clearer and easier to understand.” 𝗤: 𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝗱𝗶𝗱 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗱𝗲𝗰𝗶𝗱𝗲 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗮𝗿𝗴𝗲𝘁 𝗮𝘂𝗱𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗯𝗼𝗼𝗸? “I wanted to write this book for people who are curious about #AssemblyLanguage, but haven’t dived in yet. The book is targeted at those who have mastered a high-level #programming language like C or #Python and are looking to understand what is happening under the covers. The Raspberry Pi provides an ideal learning environment to learn advanced concepts on sophisticated hardware without breaking the budget.” 𝗤: 𝗖𝗮𝗻 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗱𝗲𝘀𝗰𝗿𝗶𝗯𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘄𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀? “I created the table of contents for my book as part of my book proposal for Apress. For each chapter, I wrote sample programs that I wanted to include. This kept me on track of what needed to be covered and exposed any unexpected surprises, to minimize rewriting. Next, I wrote descriptive text to complete the chapter. My editor is also my spouse, Cathanlynn Labonté-Smith, and author in her own right. As I completed each new chapter, I shared them with her via Google Docs, so she could edit them. Upon receiving the changes, I reviewed and incorporated most of them, and some we discussed. Chapters would finally go to my technical editor, Stewart Watkiss, who pointed out all the technical errors. I then incorporated those changes and submitted the completed chapter to Apress." 𝗙𝗼𝗿 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗼𝗻 𝗦𝘁𝗲𝗽𝗵𝗲𝗻'𝘀 𝗯𝗼𝗼𝗸: https://lnkd.in/ex5kaJsA #Apressauthor #motivation #tech #computerhardware #robotics #programminglanguage

We’re delighted to announce that 𝗔 𝗙𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗹𝘆 𝗚𝘂𝗶𝗱𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗗𝗮𝘁𝗮 𝗦𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 by Kelly Vincent has been selected as a 𝗙𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘀𝘁 for the 𝗛𝗮𝗿𝘃𝗲𝘆 𝗖𝗵𝘂𝘁𝗲 𝗕𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝗔𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗱𝘀 in the Business & Enterprise Non Fiction category — part of the prestigious 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗹𝗲𝗲𝗿 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗕𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝗔𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗱𝘀 (𝗖𝗜𝗕𝗔𝘀)! 🎉 This recognition highlights books that help readers navigate today’s rapidly changing business and technology landscape. Kelly’s guide stands out for offering a clear, welcoming path into data science at a time when AI, analytics, and data driven decisions matter more than ever. 𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝗼𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗿𝘀:  • A no coding required introduction to core concepts, from data analysis to machine learning  • A walkthrough of the full data science project lifecycle, including ethics, privacy, and security  • Real world insights that help students, professionals, and career changers build confidence in an essential, fast growing field 📣 𝗢𝗳𝗳𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘀𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁: https://lnkd.in/eiNqcD8g 📘 𝗘𝘅𝗽𝗹𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝗼𝗼𝗸 (𝟮𝟬% 𝗼𝗳𝗳 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗰𝗼𝗱𝗲 𝗔𝗣𝗔𝗨𝗧): https://lnkd.in/esX_3XJg Congratulations to 𝗞𝗲𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗣. 𝗩𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗻𝘁 on this well deserved recognition!

This week’s #𝗙𝗲𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲𝗱𝗙𝗿𝗶𝗱𝗮𝘆 shines the spotlight on Eric Jager, author of “𝗠𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗧𝗢𝗚𝗔𝗙® 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗮𝗿𝗱: 𝗔 𝗣𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱'𝘀 𝗟𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 ���𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗶𝘁𝗲𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗙𝗿𝗮𝗺𝗲𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸.” The book takes a pragmatic approach while keeping the most popular architecture framework in mind. Driven by numerous explanations and clarifications of the theory described in the method, you will learn to master the #TOGAF Standard and apply it to your daily architecture efforts. Every concept of the framework is richly detailed and comprehensively explained. Eric shared a bit about his writing experience with us. “After writing a book on how to get started in enterprise architecture, I decided it was time for a new book. I wanted to use the same down-to-earth, accessible approach as in the first book to explain how to interpret, use, and apply the world’s leading architecture framework: the TOGAF Standard. I had a great experience working with Apress on my first book, so I turned to them again for my second book. They readily agreed to collaborate with me on my idea. After months of writing and going through the copyediting and publishing processes, Apress delivered another fine product. In 𝘔𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘛𝘖𝘎𝘈𝘍® 𝘚𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘢𝘳𝘥, I provide practitioners with a guide to help them better understand and use the most well-known framework. This book will serve as a comprehensive companion for developing enterprise architecture based on the TOGAF Standard.” 𝗙𝗼𝗿 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗼𝗻 𝗘𝗿𝗶𝗰'𝘀 𝗯𝗼𝗼𝗸: https://lnkd.in/e8eStrww  𝗪𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝘄𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗲 𝗮 𝘁𝗲𝗰𝗵 𝗯𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗔𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀? 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗮𝘂𝘁𝗵𝗼𝗿 𝗷𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗻𝗲𝘆 𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲: https://lnkd.in/gcs-Fmf #Apressauthor #motivation #writing #tech #EnterpriseArchitecture #TheTOGAFStandard #StrategyImplementation #BusinessGoals #EnterpriseArchitectureCapability #ArchitectureGovernance #ArchitectureRepository #ArchitectureContentFramework #ArchitectureDomains #ArchitectureRoles

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Celebrating a new year with our newest Apress releases! 🚀📚 This year’s lineup is packed with bold ideas, expert insights, and forward‑thinking perspectives from authors who are helping shape the future of technology. You can now explore our full catalog, including all new releases, right here: 🔗 https://lnkd.in/exv2yJMx #techpublishing #books #ux #java #developers #generativeai Springer Nature

This week’s #𝗙𝗲𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲𝗱𝗙𝗿𝗶𝗱𝗮𝘆 shines the spotlight on 𝗥𝘆𝗮𝗻 𝗗𝗶𝗰𝗸𝗲𝘆, author of “𝗠𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗖𝗹𝗮𝘂𝗱𝗲 𝗔𝗜: 𝗣𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗝𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗻𝗲𝘆 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗙𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗺𝗽𝘁𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗣𝗿𝗼 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗖𝗹𝗮𝘂𝗱𝗲 𝗔𝗜.” He shared a bit about his writing experience with us. 𝗤: 𝗗𝗲𝘀𝗰𝗿𝗶𝗯𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘄𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲... “I am a lifelong writer, but a few years ago I changed how I write. I heavily use #artificialintelligence not only for research but also for organizing, setting my framework, and drafting my writing. I took a project management course and could hardly wait to finish it so I could work on my proof-of-concept book. I wanted to prove to myself that I could handle large writing projects, such as biographies and technical books. Through iteration upon iteration, I continually refine each sentence, paragraph, and chapter until I feel there is no longer room for improvement. The hardest aspect was learning to know when ‘enough was enough,’ so I’m guilty of over-iterating at times. Writing in collaboration with #ClaudeAI has helped me become a better writer.” 𝗤: 𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘄𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝗶𝗴𝗴𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗻𝗴𝗲𝘀 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗳𝗮𝗰𝗲𝗱? “Early on, I encountered a corrupted Word document for one of my completed chapters. Because I had yet to tackle a project this large, it made me re-evaluate how I save works-in-progress. I had to start over from the preface until I got to the part that was corrupted. The next challenge was learning that my word count estimation was faulty. Around the 10th (of 20) chapters, I had gone over my expected word count, as a result of multiple re-iterations. Had I continued writing via the framework that got me halfway home, the book would have been about 750 pages! I had to learn how to be more succinct. The final challenge was after the technical review period. I had been using a version of #Claude with a knowledge cutoff date that provided me with obsolete information. The information was verifiable, but unfortunately #AI systems advance quickly, and the information I had set forth was already obsolete before the book went to print.” 𝗤: 𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝗱𝗶𝗱 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗱𝗲𝗰𝗶𝗱𝗲 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗮𝗿𝗴𝗲𝘁 𝗮𝘂𝗱𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲? “I wanted the typical reader of this book to be people like me, insofar as they knew about artificial intelligence and had basic experience using it. I had tried #ChatGPT and some other AI assistants, but the first time I tried Claude AI, I knew that was the one I’d use most often. The book truly sets a framework for people who have ‘kicked the tires’ with AI assistants and want to use the technology as efficiently and effectively as possible. Human/AI collaboration isn’t people relying on AI to ‘do the work.’ It is about people getting the best out of AI, which, in turn, gets the best out of the people using it.” 𝗙𝗼𝗿 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗼𝗻 𝗥𝘆𝗮𝗻'𝘀 𝗯𝗼𝗼𝗸: https://lnkd.in/ere-sGmM

This week’s #𝗙𝗲𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲𝗱𝗙𝗿𝗶𝗱𝗮𝘆 shines the spotlight on Jaydeep Chakrabarty and Harinee Muralinath, coauthors of “𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗩𝗮𝗹𝘂𝗲 𝗩𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿: 𝗕𝘂𝗶𝗹𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗦𝗰𝗮𝗹𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗚𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗔𝗜-𝗕𝗮𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝗔𝗽𝗽𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀.” They shared a bit about their writing experience & inspiration with us. 𝗤: 𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗺𝗮𝗶𝗻 𝗶𝗻𝘀𝗽𝗶𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘄𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗯𝗼𝗼𝗸? “We realized that while there are great technical books out there, it is different when you are in a boardroom trying to explain #AI to senior leadership. We needed a storytelling approach that people from different business functions could relate to. We wanted to take the frameworks that we actually use in our day-to-day work for implementing #GenAI and share them with the world because we know they work.” 𝗤: 𝗗𝗲𝘀𝗰𝗿𝗶𝗯𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲... 𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗶𝗲𝗿 𝗼𝗿 𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝗻 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗲𝗱? “Honestly, it was a bit of both. The actual content wasn't the hard part because we knew exactly what we wanted to write about. The real struggle was the discipline. You know how it is—life and work get busy, there are ups and downs, and sometimes you just don't have the motivation to write every day. There were definitely a couple of weeks where we just didn't feel like writing at all. But once we forced ourselves to get back into the rhythm, it got easier because we were in sync on the topics. Even when we took a break for two or three weeks, it only took us a few hours to catch up, which was a relief. Plus, bouncing ideas off each other was amazing because we actually learned a lot from one another in the process.” 𝗤: 𝗠𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝘁𝗲𝗰𝗵 𝗮𝘂���𝗵𝗼𝗿𝘀 𝘄𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝗯𝗼𝗼𝗸𝘀 𝗮𝗹𝗼𝗻𝗴𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸/𝗹𝗶𝗳𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗽𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀—𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝗱𝗶𝗱 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲?   “The beginning was rough, but the last six months were much better once we built that habit of stealing an hour or two a week. Using AI for research cut down our workload massively. It also helped that we have been in the industry for years, so we didn't have to stress about learning many of the key technical concepts. We just had to focus our energy on making the fiction parts sound like an actual story rather than a boring monologue.” 𝗤: 𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗳𝗮𝘃𝗼𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗲 𝗯𝗼𝗼𝗸? “We both loved 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙋𝙝𝙤𝙚𝙣𝙞𝙭 𝙋𝙧𝙤𝙟𝙚𝙘t by Gene Kim. It stood out to us because it showed how powerful storytelling can be in a technical book, and also how rare that still is. There are surprisingly few technical books that use narrative well, and that gap strongly influenced how we thought about writing our own.” 𝗙𝗼𝗿 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗼𝗻 𝗝𝗮𝘆𝗱𝗲𝗲𝗽 & 𝗛𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗲'𝘀 𝗯𝗼𝗼𝗸: https://lnkd.in/etkcmxkm #Apressauthor #motivation #writing #tech #generativeAI #AIethics #genAIusecases #scalableAI #AIhype #AIuse #AIsecurity

This week’s #𝗙𝗲𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲𝗱𝗙𝗿𝗶𝗱𝗮𝘆 shines the spotlight on Fabrizio Lazzaretti, coauthor (with Dr. Annegret Junker) of “𝗖𝗿𝗮𝗳𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗚𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁 𝗔𝗣𝗜𝘀 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗗𝗼𝗺𝗮𝗶𝗻-𝗗𝗿𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗻 𝗗𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗻: 𝗖𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗮𝗯𝗼𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗖𝗿𝗮𝗳𝘁𝘀𝗺𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽 𝗼𝗳 𝗔𝘀𝘆𝗻𝗰𝗵𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗼𝘂𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗦𝘆𝗻𝗰𝗵𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗼𝘂𝘀 𝗔𝗣𝗜𝘀.” Crafting, testing, and maintaining events and synchronous #APIs represent one of the most challenging tasks in modern software applications. This comprehensive guide delves deeply into the intricacies of managing asynchronous and synchronous APIs using a consistent design approach. Fabrizio shared a bit about his writing experience & inspiration with us: “Writing a book was an intense but deeply rewarding experience. It gave Annegret and me the opportunity to rethink concepts and ideas we had developed over the years in a more structured way - and to refine them through ongoing discussion. This dialogue throughout the writing process sharpened our ability to communicate our ideas clearly and reinforced something we describe in the book itself: working through ideas together at a whiteboard leads to better outcomes. The review process with Linus Basig and Springer was equally valuable in improving the book's quality. We've already received some first great early feedback, and that feels truly rewarding.” 𝗙𝗼𝗿 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗼𝗻 𝗙𝗮𝗯𝗿𝗶𝘇𝗶𝗼 '𝘀 𝗯𝗼𝗼𝗸: https://lnkd.in/eGiAQ9p2 𝗪𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝘄𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗲 𝗮 𝘁𝗲𝗰𝗵 𝗯𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗔𝗽��𝗲𝘀𝘀? 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗮𝘂𝘁𝗵𝗼𝗿 𝗷𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗻𝗲𝘆 𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲: https://lnkd.in/gcs-Fmf #Apressauthor #motivation #writing #tech #domaindrivedesign #eventstorming #microservice #APIfirst #asyncAPI #eventing #OPenAPI #domainstorytelling #API #APIproducts #RESTfulAPIs #kafka #GraphQL #gRPC