8/22/2026 at 2:15:46 PM
Has anyone read this yet? I'm extremely skeptical of any book published after ~2024 just because of how much AI slop is in physical books these days.Looks interesting, but I'd like to see some reviews on the content first before buying.
by seamossfet
8/22/2026 at 3:06:56 PM
Bill Pollock (who is nonstarch press) is a very serious editor so I would not worry about that with NSP books.Of course it’s a small operation, and so isn’t under the same pressures of a big operation. When you’re a boutique operation your only differentiation is quality. Your rule of thumb is unfortunately probably pretty good in the general case.
by gumby
8/22/2026 at 3:20:50 PM
The editor is not the one producing the text. For this book, the sample chapter seems to make heavy use of LLM output. Pangram agrees. I guess that for books about AI it's fair game? Eat your own dog food so to speak. People who don't like AI are not the target audience.by matherial
8/22/2026 at 4:26:29 PM
> extremely skeptical of any book published after ~2024The problem is with that 'any':
> Drawing on more than 30 years of embedded engineering experience, David Such takes you through the complete engineering process
Would David Such ruin his reputation after 30 years building it?
by mdp2021
8/22/2026 at 4:36:45 PM
Few reputations remain unruined now.by thatjoeoverthr