Building a real backend used to mean hiring a backend engineer, standing up a database server, wiring authentication, configuring file storage, and writing an API layer nobody would ever see. It was slow, expensive, and easy to get wrong, and most of it was plumbing. Today something has changed. AI coding agents can write code, run commands, and hold a sustained conversation about architecture, and Supabase gives you the open-source backend built on PostgreSQL that makes the partnership wo...

You picked up this book because you are tired of 2 completely contradictory sets of answers. The real estate blogs tell you renting is throwing money away and that you must buy before prices rise further, while the finance forums tell you buying is a trap and that your down payment belongs in the stock market. You are educated, financially literate, and utterly confused, and that confusion is the reason this book exists. You share the conviction this book honors: that the answer depends on...

Most machine learning books teach algorithms in order and abandon you the moment your model leaves the notebook. This one works the other way. You build 3 complete systems, from raw messy data to deployed APIs, learning each concept exactly when you need it. You will build a churn prediction service with Scikit-Learn, a plant disease classifier with Keras, and a support ticket classifier with PyTorch using transformer models from HuggingFace. You finish with 3 working projects and the judg...

Behind every software idea sits a door that used to lock shut at the question: do you know how to code? This book hands you the key. No-Code to Pro-Code Bridge is a field guide for people who have never written code and are tired of waiting for a technical co-founder, a contractor, or permission. It turns you into someone who can direct an AI to build real, deployed software and spot bad output.Tom Johnson takes you from the mental models that separate shippers from dreamers to the...

If you have picked up this book, you already know the central challenge of gluten-free cooking. Dinner, that daily question that every household faces, becomes infinitely more complicated when gluten is off the table. You cannot order pizza on the way home or grab a quick sandwich from the deli counter. You cannot rely on the boxed pasta dinner that your kids have always loved. Every single meal requires thought, planning, and a level of effort that can feel exhausting by the end of a long...

In 1407, the sea rages. Storms, floods and erosion are wrecking towns, harbours and livelihoods all along the Suffolk coast. Yet at this moment of upheaval, the villagers of Walberswick band together to build a monumental flint church, a vessel for a thousand souls that would take a century to complete and stand intact for just a century more.Drawing on exceptionally rich and unexplored sources, Walberswick plunges readers into this strange, vanished world. It takes us alo...

Though best known for its horror films, Hammer produced a wide variety of movies in many genres. The British studio was famous for its exciting stories and expert action--all on very small budgets and short shooting schedules.From The Public Life of Henry the Ninth (1935) to The Lady Vanishes (1978), this is the definitive work on Hammer's 165 films. Complete filmographic data are provided for each film, including release dates in both the United Kingdom and the U...

Three great WordCrafter paranormal anthologies bundled into one great paranormal anthology set: Whispers of the Past, Spirits of the West, and Where Spirits Linger. Thought provoking short fiction for every lover of ghost stories and paranormal tales.Contributing authors Kaye Lynne Booth, Roberta Eaton Cheadle, Stevie Turner, Enid Holden, Laurel McHargue, Jeff Bowles, Julie Goodswen, Tom Johnson, Arthur Rosch, S.L. Kretschmer and Christa Planko n...

Spirits of the west are often found in unexpected places. They can be found on a in a saloon in Colorado territory, on a wagon train in the plains of South Africa, or on a distant planet in another galaxy They can be the bringers of revenge or the protectors of the weak. Indulge yourself in eight unique paranormal stories with western spirit in Spirits of the West.Includes the winning story in the 2020 WordCrafter Paranormal Short Fiction Contest, "Desert Rose*"*, by Enid ...

A young newly married couple suffers a painful tragedy while on their honeymoon high in the Rocky Mountains.Aaron and Kailyn are deeply in love with bright futures stretching out before them. They plan to raise a family in the stunning and historic Oak Valley, a small Midwest town. The village is seemingly created for newly married couples and their children—with refreshingly clear streams, ponds, forests, parks, and quiet homes filling the landscape. Their lives a...

In the world of rugby, the All Blacks have an unsurpassed legacy of success. We are the best of the best. Legends in Black comprises frank, no-holds-barred interviews with New Zealand rugby greats, each sharing their thoughts on every aspect of what it means to be an All Black: first selection, the haka, international and provincial rugby, professionalism, team culture, camaraderie, technical advances, coaching and leadership. A one-of-a-kind account of New Zealan...

Driven brings a seasoned perspective to today’s conversations about government, media, and the future of truth in the form of a deeply personal and long-awaited autobiography by Tom Johnson, an award-winning journalist who helped shape the twenty-four-hour news media as we know it. Johnson’s storied career in public service and journalism that began as a reporter at the Macon Telegraph in Georgia spans the Lyndon B. Johnson administration, where he was an eyewitness to pa...