Benjamin Lange has narrated 4 audiobooks on Listento.it by 6 authors. The most-rated is Fundamentals of Software Architecture.
Slayer's Heart
Summary
Since childhood, Sufoh has centered his life around Slayer’s Heart, a technique that renders him an emotionless, merciless killer who fears nothing. His reputation is a badge of honor among the race of thieves from which he hails. But when Sufoh releases six legendary demons that threaten to plunge the world into chaos, he must leave his people to undo what he has done. As he ventures into a world that hates and fears him, Sufoh is forced to confront not only the evil he has unleashed, but the evil within himself, and learn what it truly means to be human.
©2019 Marcelle Maurice Cooper (P)2020 Marcelle Maurice Cooper
Data Science for Business
Summary
Newly adapted for audiobook listeners. Created by renowned data science experts Foster Provost and Tom Fawcett, Data Science for Business introduces the fundamental principles of data science, and walks you through the "data-analytic thinking" necessary for extracting useful knowledge and business value from the data you collect. This guide also helps you understand the many data-mining techniques in use today. Based on an MBA course Provost has taught at New York University over the past 10 years, Data Science for Business provides examples of real-world business problems to illustrate these principles. You’ll not only learn how to improve communication between business stakeholders and data scientists but also how participate intelligently in your company’s data science projects. You’ll also discover how to think data-analytically, and fully appreciate how data science methods can support business decision-making. Understand how data science fits in your organization - and how you can use it for competitive advantage. Treat data as a business asset that requires careful investment if you’re to gain real value. Approach business problems data-analytically, using the data-mining process to gather good data in the most appropriate way. Learn general concepts for actually extracting knowledge from data. Apply data science principles when interviewing data science job candidates. PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying PDF will be available in your Audible Library along with the audio.
©2013 Foster Provost and Tom Fawcett (P)2021 Upfront Books
Designing Data-Intensive Applications
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Newly adapted for audiobook listeners. Data is at the center of many challenges in system design today. Difficult issues need to be figured out, such as scalability, consistency, reliability, efficiency, and maintainability. In addition, we have an overwhelming variety of tools, including relational databases, NoSQL datastores, stream or batch processors, and message brokers. What are the right choices for your application? How do you make sense of all these buzzwords? In this practical and comprehensive guide, author Martin Kleppmann helps you navigate this diverse landscape by examining the pros and cons of various technologies for processing and storing data. Software keeps changing, but the fundamental principles remain the same. With this book, software engineers and architects will learn how to apply those ideas in practice, and how to make full use of data in modern applications. Peer under the hood of the systems you already use, and learn how to use and operate them more effectively. Make informed decisions by identifying the strengths and weaknesses of different tools. Navigate the trade-offs around consistency, scalability, fault tolerance, and complexity. Understand the distributed systems research upon which modern databases are built. Peek behind the scenes of major online services, and learn from their architectures.
©2017 Martin Kleppmann (P)2021 Upfront Books
Fundamentals of Software Architecture
Summary
Salary surveys worldwide regularly place software architect in the top 10 best jobs, yet no real guide exists to help developers become architects. Until now. This book provides the first comprehensive overview of software architecture’s many aspects. Aspiring and existing architects alike will examine architectural characteristics, architectural patterns, component determination, diagramming and presenting architecture, evolutionary architecture, and many other topics. Mark Richards and Neal Ford - hands-on practitioners who have taught software architecture classes professionally for years - focus on architecture principles that apply across all technology stacks. You’ll explore software architecture in a modern light, taking into account all the innovations of the past decade. This book examines: Architecture patterns: the technical basis for many architectural decisions Components: identification, coupling, cohesion, partitioning, and granularity Soft skills: effective team management, meetings, negotiation, presentations, and more Modernity: engineering practices and operational approaches that have changed radically in the past few years Architecture as an engineering discipline: repeatable results, metrics, and concrete valuations that add rigor to software architecture
©2020 Mark Richards, Neal Ford (P)2021 Upfront Books