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20 Critical Steps to Cybersecurity Safety gives vital information about how to stay safe while working online. Whether you’re moonlighting or working as a full-time freelancer, protecting yourself online through a well-constructed cybersecurity strategy is essential. Moreover, now is the time to do it. After all, attackers are targeting small businesses and sole traders like never before. In 2018, there was a 424% increase in attacks in this arena. Worse still, the impacts for most freelancers would be catastrophic. A comprehensive strategy is the only solution.

"A great no-BS resource where you are guaranteed to pick up useful tips and approaches, whether you’re an email pro or just starting out." – Andrus Purde, Founder & CEO, Outfunnel - - No matter how great your product is, it’s very likely that 40–60% of free trials never see your product a second time. This means that you stand to lose up to 60% of your hard-earned signups. Do you just let them go? Email marketing is one of the highest leverage activities in a SaaS business. It can help: increase onboarding and trial conversions; reduce churn; and grow monthly recurring revenue (MRR)...

The Joy of Clojure, Second Edition is a deep account of the Clojure language. Fully updated for Clojure 1.6, this edition goes beyond the syntax to show you how to write fluent Clojure code. You'll learn functional and declarative approaches to programming and will master techniques that make Clojure elegant and efficient. The book shows you how to solve hard problems related to concurrency, interoperability, and performance, and how great it can be to think in the Clojure way.

Jumpstart your AI journey with the power of Python! This beginner-friendly guide takes you from Python basics to building real-world AI applications. Learn essential programming skills, explore powerful libraries like NumPy, Pandas, and Scikit-learn, and dive into machine learning, deep learning, NLP, and computer vision. With hands-on practice, expert tips, and step-by-step projects, this book is your perfect launchpad into the world of artificial intelligence—no prior experience required! Chapter 1: Introduction to Python for AI 🔹 1.1 Why Python for AI Development? 🔹 1.2 ...

Slow systems are frustrating. They waste time and money. But making consistently great decisions about performance can be easy, if you understand what's going on. This book explains in a clear and thoughtful voice why systems perform the way they do. It's for anybody who's curious about how computer programs and other processes use their time and about what you can do to improve them. Through a mix of personal vignettes and technical use cases, Cary Millsap reviews the process of improving performance and provides best practices for optimizing systems efficiently.

Solve difficult service-to-service communication challenges around security, observability, routing, and resilience with an Istio-based service mesh. Istio allows you to define these traffic policies as configuration and enforce them consistently without needing any service-code changes.

The Python-Based Laboratory: A Hands-On Guide for Scientists and Engineers provides a learn-by-doing approach to acquiring the Python programming skills needed to implement computer-controlled experimental work.

Looking to learn how to build web applications with Express.js? Look no further than this comprehensive guide. Whether you're a beginner or intermediate developer, this book will take you through the fundamentals of Express.js, including routing, middleware, templating engines, and working with databases. With practical examples and exercises, you'll learn how to build a complete web application from scratch, as well as how to test, deploy, and scale your application for real-world use. But this book is more than just a technical guide. It's a practical and accessible resource that makes ...

C# in Depth, Third Edition updates the best-selling second edition to cover the features of C# 5, including the challenges of writing maintainable asynchronous code. It preserves the uniquely insightful look into the tricky areas and dusty corners of C# that only expert Jon Skeet can provide.

Onshape 2025: A Power Guide for Beginners and Intermediate Users is a comprehensive textbook for instructor-led training and self-paced learning. It is an essential resource for students, professionals, hobbyists, engineers, and designers seeking to master Onshape for 3D mechanical design. Tailored for new users and ideal for classroom instruction, this guide spans 10 chapters and 602 pages, thoroughly covering core Onshape environments, including Sketching, Part Studio, Assembly, and Drawing. With step-by-step instructions, it walks users through creating parametric 3D solid components, ...

Are you frustrated or disenchanted by the results of your Agile approach? Does Agile sound like a good idea, but you're not sure how to explain it beyond roles, practices, and meetings? Is your team going through the motions, but it's still business as usual? The missing piece is the Agile mindset - the thinking that makes Agile processes work.

He was described as one of the only persons smarter than Einstein, by no less than Eugene Wigner, a Nobel-Prize winning physicist, who knew both of them well. He was a polymath who spoke multiple languages and possessed an extraordinary intellect. He could perform complex mathematical calculations in his head, recite entire books verbatim after a single reading, and engage in advanced scientific discussions even as a child. He made groundbreaking contributions to mathematics, physics, economics, and computer science, notably developing the Monte Carlo method for nuclear reactor simulations ...

Kanban (or signboard in Japanese) is a scheduling system used in lean and just-in-time (JIT) manufacturing. The Kanban system focuses on eliminating waste, improving efficiency, and maximizing resources while reducing costs, all at the same time. Recognizing the benefits of this system, project managers around the world have started looking at Kanban as an effective project management tool. With Kanban, you’ll be able to equip yourself with the skills to become a master of project management.

Are you in IT? Are you interested to make some extra cash in your leisure time? Read on. Everyone is interested in making some extra cash apart from their full-time job salary. The extra cash can be used to buy a computer or laptop, accessories, productivity tools or software, eBooks and eLearning courses, or baby diapers/wipes. I have created this eBook to help those who know performance testing or performance engineering and those who are interested in making a little cash during their leisure time.

In the fast-paced world of software development, technical debt is unavoidable—but it doesn’t have to be a disaster. Whether you’re a developer struggling with messy code, a tech lead balancing business demands with maintainability, or an engineering manager looking for sustainable practices, this book offers practical, actionable strategies to handle technical debt effectively. Inside, you’ll discover: How to identify and measure technical debt before it slows development. Best practices for managing debt within teams and balancing short-term delivery with long-term stability. ...

The Definitive Guide to Groovy Programming

A guide to navigating the messiness of software development process change, dealing with all the legacy organizational elements, and focusing on increasing business agility.

When Private Malcolm Dow went to clean up a crashed weather balloon, he came face-to-face with an alien instead. Being an alien of sorts in his own otherwise all-white regiment, Malcolm instantly took on the Alien’s plight - military help for his besieged planet, Zalma. And it’s not just Zalma; Earth will be next. But to do so, he must first overcome the obstacles he’s faced since childhood and find a voice for himself. The trouble is, he’s not the only one who knows they’re here.

Author Subrata Dasgupta named the two decades from 1970 to 1990 as the second age of computer science to distinguish it from the preceding genesis of the science and the age of the Internet/World Wide Web that followed. This book describes the evolution of computer science in this second age in the form of seven overlapping, intermingling, parallel histories that unfold concurrently in the course of the two decades.

Discover the world of data science like never before with the new eBook, "The Data Science Toolset". This complete guide opens up a wealth of knowledge, equipping you with the fundamental tools and strategies used by professionals in the field of data analysis and data science. Dive into the introductory chapter that paves the way for greater understanding of the importance and overview of the data science toolset. Subsequent chapters delve deeper into the fundamentals of data analysis, giving you comprehensive knowledge of descriptive, prescriptive, and predictive analysis along with core ...