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Jimmy Angelakos @vyruss.org · 15h

📅 Tomorrow (Wed 15 October) I'm speaking live on the brand new virtual conference Database Frontiers at 10:00 CET! Register and watch on the site below:
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dbfrontiers.net/ragtime-with...

#PostgreSQL #Postgres #Database #AI #RAG

RAGtime with Postgres: AI Power with pgvector and Retrieval-Augmented Generation - Database Frontiers Conference

Learn how to combine PostgreSQL and pgvector with AI to build smart apps—without being an AI expert. We'll cover the basics of vector search, LLMs, and cost-effective RAG, all from a database develope...

dbfrontiers.net

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Manning Publications @manning.com · 1d

🥳 so happy for you!! wish we could've been there.

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Manning Publications @manning.com · 1d

did you know for books to get translated, foreign publishers buy the translation rights?

for example, beihang university press published how to lead in data science by jike chong and yue cathy chang in simplified chinese.

here they are with the publisher.

where the book started: hubs.la/Q03NlRYW0

Manning Publications @manning.com · 6d

such great topics to look at in depth.

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Manning Publications @manning.com · 7d

ever been in a meeting where it feels like no one speaks the same language?

#BDD gives your team a shared language & living documentation. effective behavior-driven development by gáspár nagy & @sebrose.bsky.social shows you how

new in MEAP — 50% off thru Oct 21 with code nagyML: hubs.la/Q03MG_sC0

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Manning Publications @manning.com · 7d

very excited for you!!

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Manning Publications @manning.com · 8d

super rad conference! (i thought rad was the most fitting adjective here 😂)

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Electric Adventures @electricadventures.net · 9d

I will be attending Pax Aus '25 from Friday, October 10th, until Sunday, October 12th & will be helping out in the Classic Gaming area in the main hall. Come chat with me about retro game dev for classic systems: NES, Colecovision, MSX, Spectravideo & Sega systems.
#retro #retrodev #expo #PAXAus

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Manning Publications @manning.com · 11d

bayesian statistics sound powerful... but where do you even start?

grokking bayes by quan nguyen lays the foundation with clear examples, visuals, and plain-language explanations. after that's done, it dives into the theory.

new in MEAP — 50% off thru oct 16 with code nguyen3ML: hubs.la/Q03M9xVh0

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Manning Publications @manning.com · 13d

struggle making data structures click?

@mlarocca.bsky.social doesn’t just write clearly — he makes complex ideas memorable. his workshop brought that clarity to life, per dr. minakshi pradeep atre.

learn at your own pace with his book.

40% off thru 10/10 with code 40larocca3: hubs.la/Q03LQQGR0

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Manning Publications @manning.com · 14d

ever felt lost tackling low-level systems programming?

our newest MEAP, systems programming with zig by @garrison.tngl.sh shows you how to build real-world apps while teaching you zig along the way.

50% off thru Oct 14 with code hinsonhastyML: hubs.la/Q03LB40Y0

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Manning Publications @manning.com · 15d

the study: hubs.la/Q03LpK390

We built software to mask gender in technical engineering interviews. See what we learned and why it matters.

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Manning Publications @manning.com · 15d

data shows fewer women in tech. but why?

interviewing.io swapped voices and found no bias.

buuut women were more likely to quit after a tough interview.

it seems confidence wins 🤷

prep smarter with acing the frontend interview by jennifer fu: hubs.la/Q03LpKlc0

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Manning Publications @manning.com · 18d

thanks for sharing with the people of bluesky too!!

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Manning Publications @manning.com · 18d

you never fail at supporting our sales — it's much appreciated.

Manning Publications @manning.com · 18d

thanks for sharing with your people!

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Christian Grobmeier @grobmeier.de · 26d

I dreamed of writing a "#Java Logging" book after #Log4shell hit.

Today I’m proud to share:
@manning.com just launched it in MEAP.

Hard to describe what that means—a circle closes.

Until Oct 2: 50% off:
hubs.la/Q03Jv97v0

#log4j #java #logback #slf4j

Java Logging - Christian Grobmeier

Logging is a must-know skill for Java developers. Logging is the art of making things visible—and when your codebase crashes at 5PM Friday you’ll want all the data you can get about your application!...

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Manning Publications @manning.com · 27d

what he said ↓

pay what you want & support @nokidhungry.org through @humblebundle.com

so far, almost $8k raised for charity 🥳

the bundle: hubs.la/Q03JR6750

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Manning Publications @manning.com · 28d

instant ML wins are easy. long-term wins? that’s RL.

reinforcement learning for business by hadi aghazadeh shows how to optimize decisions over weeks, months, even years.

new in MEAP → get 50% off with code aghazadehML: hubs.la/Q03JFdVw0

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Christopher Trudeau @trudeau.dev · Sep 12

This week @digiglean.bsky.social and I talk about the #Python documentary, regex hints, hosting, code speedup, and more.

With content from: @djangoproject.com @pycharm.dev @cultrepo.bsky.social @nedbat.com @jeffmorhous.bsky.social @colour-science.bsky.social and others not on the 🦋

Episode #265: Python App Hosting Choices & Documenting Python's History – The Real Python Podcast

What are your options for hosting your Python application or scripts? What are the advantages of a platform as a service, container-based hosts, or setting up a virtual machine? Christopher Trudeau…

buff.ly

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Manning Publications @manning.com · Sep 12

AI won’t steal your job. but it might steal your data cleaning 😜

AI data engineering in a month of lunches by david melillo shows how to put AI to work on the boring parts — transformations, calculations, endless cleanup, and more.

fresh in MEAP. 50% off with melilloML thru sept 26th.

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Jimmy Angelakos @vyruss.org · Sep 11

Here are the slides for my talk "Row-Level Security sucks. Can we make it usable?" from @pgday.uk. The video recording is of the same talk from SCaLE 22x in March earlier this year.

Slides: vyruss.org/computing/sl...
Video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=PxiJ...

#PGDayUK #PostgreSQL #Postgres #Database

Row-Level Security sucks. Can we make it usable?

YouTube video by Jimmy Angelakos

www.youtube.com

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Manning Publications @manning.com · Sep 11

😂 completely understandable!

Manning Publications @manning.com · Sep 9

flashback to when your team debated RBAC versus ABAC versus ReBAC 🫠

plot twist: you can combine them. and dynamic authorization by phil windley walks you through it.

New in MEAP, 50% off with windleyML → hubs.la/Q03HHYql0

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Manning Publications @manning.com · Sep 8

some reviews feel like a marathon. @twokul.bsky.social's doesn’t.

he gives short, sharp, bullet takeaways you can actually use from writing for developers by @sarna.dev & @cynthiadunlop.bsky.social

→ the review: hubs.ly/Q03Hq-KX0
→ the book: hubs.ly/Q03Hq-p90

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