Recommended Free 'Inference Engineering' Book & Upcoming Book Club Kickoff
Al_Grigor · x · 2026-08-06
The author recommends a free book titled Inference Engineering by Philip Kiely, serving as a solid starting point for understanding LLM inference and production deployment.
The book covers core topics including:
- How generative AI models work
- Hardware for inference
- Model serving software
- Optimization techniques
- Running inference systems in production
Additionally, the AI Shipping Labs Book Club will use this as their first book, with a public kickoff session scheduled for August 10 at 5 PM CET.
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