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I'm the Customer SaaS Companies Need to Worry About
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Published: February 14, 2026 20:27
I'm the Customer SaaS Companies Need to Worry About
By Bill Pollock, Founder & CEO, No Starch Press
I run a 20-person publishing company. Over the last several months, I've been using AI to replace software I used to pay thousands of dollars a month for,…
Livin' the Dream with Python Crash Course Author Eric Matthes
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Published: October 1, 2024 19:24
This Author Spotlight is on Python programmer/educator extraordinaire Eric Matthes, author of the international bestseller (now in its third edition) Python Crash Course. In the following Q&A, we discuss how reader feedback shaped the latest edition of his…
Solving Problems with Algorithms-Ace Dan Zingaro
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Published: May 23, 2023 19:02
Our latest Author Spotlight is on computer-science whiz Daniel Zingaro, author of Algorithmic Thinking as well as its soon-to-be published second edition, and Learn to Code by Solving Problems (2021). In the following Q&A, we talk with Dan about his…
Ride-Along with Engineer Grady Hillhouse, the Ultimate Road Trip Buddy
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Published: February 2, 2023 16:31
New year, new spotlight—and this one shines on civil engineer and YouTube star Grady Hillhouse. His first book, Engineering in Plain Sight, was released this past Fall to critical acclaim. In the following Q&A, we talk with Grady about how he went from…
With Your Help, We Raised Over $2.75M for Charity!
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Published: November 1, 2022 18:42
We’ve been partnering with our authors and Humble Bundle on special pay-what-you-want ebook deals since 2015—that’s 30 bundles to date, for those keeping score at home. As anyone who’s taken advantage of these promotions knows, the PWYW model means that…
Cutting It Up with Open Circuits' Windell Oskay & Eric Schlaepfer
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Published: October 26, 2022 17:52
Aglow in our Author Spotlight series this month are the daring duo behind Open Circuits: The Inner Beauty of Electronic Components—Windell Oskay and Eric Schlaepfer. Their book is a truly unique photographic exploration of the astonishing design hiding in…
Redesigning Security with Living-Legend Loren Kohnfelder
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Published: April 5, 2022 21:43
This month, we continue our Author Spotlight series with an in-depth interview of Loren Kohnfelder—a true icon in the security realm, as well as the author of Designing Secure Software. In the following Q&A, we talk with him about the everlasting…
The End Is (Not) Nigh: Disaster Prepping with Michal Zalewski
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Published: February 23, 2022 19:37
For our first Author Spotlight interview of 2022, we have illustrious guest Michal Zalewski—world-class security researcher and author of the newly released Practical Doomsday: A User’s Guide to the End of the World. In the following Q&A, we talk with him…
Live Coder Jon Gjengset Gets into the Nitty-Gritty of Rust
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Published: December 2, 2021 22:29
Our always fascinating Author Spotlight series continues with Jon Gjengset – author of Rust for Rustaceans. In the following Q&A, we talk with him about what it means to be an intermediate programmer (and when, exactly, you become a Rustacean), how Rust…
Cracking Cybercrimes with Threat Analyst Jon DiMaggio
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Published: November 4, 2021 17:17
Our illuminating Author Spotlight series continues this month with Jon DiMaggio – author of The Art of Cyberwarfare: An Investigator's Guide to Espionage, Ransomware, and Organized Cybercrime (March 2022). In the following Q&A, we talk with him about the…