acknowledgments
Creating this book was definitely a journey through many changes in my life. It has been a wild ride, and I am grateful for the support of my close network. I can’t possibly name everyone here, but I hope I can get a copy of this book to Andrew Huang, Austin Lee, Brandon Pon, Chang Liu, Edward Ding, Elise Yuen, Elizabeth Tran, Fernando Altamirano, James Lee, Jason Xie, Jay Gandhi, Justin Hwang, Kyle Wilcots, Melinda Leung, Melissa Chen, Nikka Mofid, Paulina Lei, Steven Zheng, and Tim Liew.
A huge shoutout to the Manning team for all the work behind the scenes to make this book a reality. Thanks to Suresh Jain for reaching out about this book and thanks to Michael Stephens for encouraging me to take this on. Thanks to Ivan Martinović for prepping the manuscript during the MEAP process. Thank you, Fábio Perez, for serving as a technical editor on the book and providing your invaluable edits, feedback, and suggestions. Your attention to detail and thoroughness have helped beyond words. Fábio holds a B.Sc. in computer engineering and an M.Sc. in artificial intelligence. His research publications have won awards and spawned international patents. There are countless others at Manning who have been tagged in cc chains, and I appreciate all your help.
Elesha Hyde has been a tireless development editor through it all. Thank you so much for your support through the whole process. Your positive emails really helped to keep me on track and motivated to finish the book.