People get upset that we're not able to do things that big publishers do. Like print all of our books in color. Then, occasionally, we get keyboard warriors that fight for us instead of against us. Being a small publisher is hard sometimes. Other times, it's pretty great.

Your app should belong to you. Not your framework, database, or a third-party API. Hexagonal architecture keeps those dependencies at the edges so core apps can stay independent. Clean Apps with Hexagonal Architecture shows you how to put that into practice. 50% off thru 8/19: hubs.la/Q04rVMnH0

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Naomi Ceder@naomiceder.tech · 6d ago

I'm pretending that this sale at @manning.com is in honor of my birthday tomorrow. 😜 For the rest of July (29-31 July), save half sitewide on all Manning books! Plus liveProjects and liveVideos for just $10. Want it all? Get a full year of Manning Online Pro for just $199.99! mng.bz/ZlYR

Oh very cool: Vanilla Web by Maximiliano Firtman, a whole book on build web apps without a framework library www.manning.com/books/vanill...

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solid review ↓

Sujit Pal 🇺🇸 🇮🇳 🇺🇦@sujitpal.bsky.social · 2w ago

I recently read "Domain Specific Small Language Models -- Efficient AI for Local Deployment" by Guglielmo Iozzia and published by. @manning.com. Here is my review -- sujitpal.blogspot.com/2026/07/book...

@vyruss.org is doing another linkedin live next week. this time, he'll be diving into what inheriting a legacy database looks like, how to navigate it, & strategies to make it a bit less stressful. we'll go live at 10am ET on july 17th. register here: www.linkedin.com/events/whatt...

keeping a fine-tuned model effective as your business evolves isn't easy. our new MEAP, LLM Customization & Fine-Tuning introduces a playbook for building a repeatable customization strategy for turning general-purpose models into focused & tailored systems. half off thru 7/24: hubs.la/Q04ppW4D0

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Jimmy Angelakos@vyruss.org · last mo.

@manning.com's Independence Day #Sale is live (July 1-5)! 🎆 New deals unlock and stack daily: July 1: 50% off eBooks July 2: +50% off Print July 3: +$10 liveProjects/Videos July 4: +$199.99 Pro Sub July 5: +20% off Teams Grab a copy of #PostgreSQL Mistakes and How to Avoid Them: hubs.la/Q03Nc0hv0

the best tech books teach foundations. whether you're new to spring or want to learn about spring 7 & spring boot 4, Spring Start Here, 2nd Ed. by laurentiu spilca is a great choice. the hands-on projects help you learn what's really going on under the hood. half off thru 7/15: hubs.la/Q04n8svT0

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to combat prompting frustrations, prompt engineering emerged. but it wasn't enough. so, context engineering was born: giving models context for accurate responses. Context Engineering by boni garcia shows you how. he created a resource to go with it: hubs.la/Q04mLsfZ0 book: hubs.la/Q04kZzB_0

Curious about #software #security? You can pick up a copy of the Application Security Handbook for half off tomorrow (June 23)! Remember that, software security is a fundamental skill for modern developers and is most effective when it's considered from the start, not added as an afterthought.

chatbots can be beneficial, but they also come with serious tradeoffs: fees, privacy concerns, & more. so, what do you do? our new MEAP, Build Apps with Local AI Models on a Mac, teaches you how to build one, so you can get rid of some of those tradeoffs. get 50% off thru 6/26: hubs.la/Q04mp7p_0

Excited to share a new open-source, RL recipe paper! TMax is the best openly available terminal-bench style training data, establishing the open frontier of small terminal agents with RL training. Many great insights into training in the work led by Hamish Ivison and Oscar Yin.

got a new "poll" for ya. companion resources for each book — yes or no? maybe? if so, what kind of resources? repos? blogs? we've had people ask for them, but if we're gonna request that our authors do these, we wanna make sure more than just a handful of people want them. so, thoughts?

sometimes writing a tech blog just means jotting down things you wish someone told you about months ago. on linkedin live, @sarna.dev shared tips on writing posts that help other devs. the replay: hubs.la/Q04lGbhh0 see event comments for free resources to help you get started (like this one ↓)

Cynthia Dunlop@cynthiadunlop.bsky.social · 2mo ago

(Some) writers appreciate LLM writing assistance but readers hate it. Survey says… writethatblog.substack.com/p/dev-reacti... If readers suspect AI, they not only stop reading, but also downvote/avoid the author.

changing an LLM's behavior without retraining the whole model can seem a bit far-fetched. pere martra argues otherwise. and it's all done through neuron pruning. the breakdown: hubs.la/Q04ltRl-0 his book, rearchitecting LLMs: hubs.la/Q04ltRvl0

figuring out the right prompt can be exhausting. then context engineering entered the conversation. it became less about the prompt & more about the surrounding info. learn how to unify the context stack with context engineering by boni garcía. new in MEAP & 50% off thru 6/22: hubs.la/Q04kZzB_0

one of our favorite authors speaking at one of our favorite conferences 🤝

Thomas Vitale ☀️@thomasvitale.com · 2mo ago

I'm looking forward to attending the @oredev.org conference for the first time and presenting about Java and AI! You can expect: 💻 live coding 🤖 live inference 🎹 live music oredev.org/program/86c8...

we're having another linkedin live tomorrow. this time, it's with @cynthiadunlop.bsky.social and @sarna.dev, authors of writing for developers. we'll be talking all things technical blogging, such as potential roadblocks, topics, templates, and more. register here: hubs.la/Q04kD6Yc0

I am excited to join security executives from Cisco, Abbott, and Truist at Cycode's virtual Agentic Development Security Summit on July 14. Join me by signing up here: cycode.com/agentic-deve...

Speaking this Friday at @pg-data.bsky.social #Chicago! Join me to explore yet another PostgreSQL Mistake 😉: how LISTEN/NOTIFY can trigger locks & timeouts at scale, and how to fix it. 🎟️ 50% off code ANGELAKOS50: 2026.pg-data.org #PostgreSQL #PGData #PGData2026 #Postgres #OpenSource #Database

dealing with code you didn't write is common. with hands-on examples, zachary huang's crack any codebase with AI teaches you how to use architectural thinking and AI to sort out that codebase efficiently and effectively. new in MEAP and half off through June 12th: hubs.la/Q04k0j0x0

at our linkedin live on thursday, emmanuel maggiori, author of the AI pocket book, will look at what modern AI has to offer and where it lacks. he'll also go beyond his book and get into the questions devs are asking about the future of their profession. register: hubs.la/Q04jQC9Z0

drug discovery can take decades. most can't wait that long. AI pipelines help ppl analyze data, identify candidates, & accelerate workflows. build AI drug discovery pipelines by @noahflynn.bsky.social shows you how. noah's companion blog: hubs.la/Q04jH1hy0 half off thru 6/12: hubs.la/Q04jH1gw0

another new MEAP dropped this week! web component development with modern libraries and tooling by mark volkmann the book shows you how web components can deliver true portability. all through examples that apply to real-world projects. half off through june 9th: hubs.la/Q04jqR5X0

Have a cool performance optimization you want to share with a community of latency-obsessed engineers? The P99 CONF call for speakers ends this week. 👀 Details at www.p99conf.io/2026/04/01/b...

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