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Headed to the printer—SAVE HALF!The Well-Grounded Rubyist, Fourth Edition
You don’t need to know every Ruby function or add-on library to be a well-grounded Rubyist. All you need is to properly understand the principles that underpin Ruby code! This new edition highlights the most useful parts of the language with examples designed to spark “aha!” moments. This is not a dry syntax reference or overly technical deep dive. You’ll go from your first Ruby program all the way to sophisticated topics like reflection, threading, and recursion. [Read more] All chapters of this MEAP are available now!
Build a Reasoning Model (From Scratch)
LLM reasoning models have the power to tackle truly challenging problems that require finding the right path through multiple steps. This book demystifies how these complex models work with a simple philosophy: the best way to learn how something works is to build it yourself! You’ll begin with a pre-trained LLM, adding and improving its reasoning capabilities in ways you can see, test, and understand. [Read more]
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Precision layout and animation
What does math have to do with building beautiful web sites and apps? Much more than you might think! From layout calculations and animations, to color blending and responsive design, math is threaded through the craft of creating frontends. This book bridges the gap between mathematical theory and its practical applications for web development. [Read more]
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Reinforcement Learning from Human Feedback Alignment and post-training of LLMs
After ChatGPT used RLHF to become production-ready, this foundational technique exploded in popularity. In this guide, AI expert Nathan Lambert gives a true industry insider's perspective on modern RLHF training pipelines, and their trade-offs. Using hands-on experiments and mini-implementations, Nathan clearly and concisely introduces the alignment techniques that can transform a generic base model into a human-friendly tool. [Read more] All chapters of this MEAP are available now!
An illustrated guide for programmers and other curious people
Generative AI applications can be complex to understand and create. This book strips away the low level geekery and shows you exactly how to build Q&A systems, agents, and other powerful AI applications using low code tools. Along the way, you’ll gain an intuition for how generative AI works, including core components like large language models, retrieval augmented generation, model context protocol, and more. [Read more] All chapters of this MEAP are available now!
Foundational ideas of modern AI
AI is transforming the world faster than we could have imagined. But how did we get here? AI guru Ilya Sutskever made the bold claim that most of what you need to know about modern AI is captured in 30 seminal research papers on deep learning. In this one-of-a-kind book, AI expert Rich Heimann dives into each of these influential and vitally-important papers, revealing the breakthroughs that shaped Ilya’s thinking and the entire AI field. [Read more] All chapters of this MEAP are available now!
Build an AI Agent (From Scratch)
LLM-powered AI agents are the next leap in applied AI, capable of reasoning and collaboration to achieve even complex, multi-step goals. Using new protocols like MCP and A2A, agents can use software tools, retrieve relevant knowledge, and adapt to feedback. This book guides you step by step in creating an AI agent from the ground up, with clear, detailed explanations you can follow to build your own custom assistants! [Read more] All chapters of this MEAP are available now!
AI Agents in Action, Second Edition Intelligent workflows with LLMs, MCP, A2A, and more
AI agent technology is changing fast! This totally revised Second Edition of the bestseller by Micheal Lanham guides you through the latest breakthroughs in large language model (LLM)-powered autonomy, from the Model Context Protocol (MCP) to advanced multi-agent collaboration and deployment. [Read more]
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