How to write a book (without quitting your job)

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The story of Inference Engineering from idea to hardcover.

Everybody wants to be an author, but nobody wants to lift no heavy-ass pen. Writing a book is an endurance sport. No individual step is that hard. If you write enough words, you get a sentence. If you write enough sentences, you get a page. If you write enough pages, you get a book. By that logic it's not that hard to write a marathon. You just take enough steps. On August 13, 2025, I had the idea that I might like to write another book. Six months later, the first print run of Inference Engineering was delivered by pallet to Baseten's San Francisco office. This was a Boston Marathon…

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