Founder, No Starch Press and Hacker Initiative. Views expressed are *entirely* my own. He/him/his Contact our editors at: [email protected]

San Francisco, CA
Joined February 2008
A model trained on the internet was always going to need some supervision. The Craft of Post-Training explains how to fine-tune models and tell whether your changes actually helped. Now shipping from nostarch.com/craft-of-post-t… 🐶
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The Spacecraft Hacker’s Handbook authors Andrzej Olchawa (@0x4ndy) and Milenko Starcik showed @davidbombal how patched web vulnerabilities in mission control software could expose files and send commands to a spacecraft simulator. Watch the interview: youtube.com/watch?v=v0wB8Zal… and preorder the book! nostarch.com/spacecraft-hack…
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Sorry in advance to your brick budget 🧱 Building LEGO Worlds is now available everywhere!
Looks like I will be building LEGO worlds thanks to @nostarch! This book serves as a fantastic starting point for so many designs.
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Bill Pollock -- [email protected] retweeted
"The Secret Life of Circuits" is here and looks really, really nice. Props to @nostarch and @billpollock for making it happen. Check out this write-up for a sample chapter, a short sales pitch, ordering info, and other goodies: lcamtuf.coredump.cx/blog/slc…
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Our new Think Like a Programmer @humble bundle is live, with 18 No Starch Press ebooks on programming, debugging, Linux, AI, and more. Your purchase also supports the @EFF! humblebundle.com/books/think…
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here's a peek at jeff friesen's japanese hot springs village, including a torii gate and an onsen palace building lego worlds by jeff friesen is out tuesday!
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Your long weekend could use more books. 📚 Take 35% off everything at nostarch.com with code TOOMANYTABS
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We look forward to giving some money away. Send us your grant proposal!
Hacker Initiative's 2026 grant cycle is open. This year's theme is Signal/Noise: projects that help people cut through information overload and AI-generated junk. Grants from $5,000 to $25,000. Apply by November 9 at hackerinitiative.org. Please share!
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Replying to @davidbombal
@davidbombal talked shop with some of our authors at DEF CON this year! First up, hardware hacker @travisgoodspeed, who shows David how he recovered the original Game Boy’s 256-byte boot ROM from a microscopic image of its CPU. watch the full video! youtube.com/watch?v=z1nRvJi9…
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Bill Pollock -- [email protected] retweeted
Did you know that before LLMs, people sometimes actively sought "knowledge" and turned to so-called "books"? If you want a sense of how our ancestors lived, "The Secret Life of Circuits" is shipping in just a few weeks: lcamtuf.coredump.cx/electron… ToC & sample chapter included.
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Heading to DEF CON? One non-cybersecurity reminder: I've had both basal cell and squamous cell skin cancer. Both were caught early. Wear sunscreen, a hat, and sunglasses. Las Vegas sun is no joke.
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Proud dad moment today. My son Josh defends his PhD thesis at MIT after years of hard work and perseverance. No matter the outcome, I'm incredibly proud of what he's accomplished. @joshmpollock
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Lost an argument with PG&E's AI over what year it is. It's sure we're in 2024. AGI is coming. Two years ago, apparently.
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