I bet you've had meetings just like this, except they're taking away your ability to publish a RESTful API instead of your scallions, because we've always just used SOAP. So what if we just bring in a bit of our traditions? Why would you use scallions, after all? What's the harm in including this familiar ingredient for the sake of our end user? Why not just leave out that troublesome grating process that takes time?ĭoes this sound familiar? I bet it does. The have a good new recipe, but they insist that their latkes can never work if things are done according to this weird plan.

Fundamentally, this is a story about the dangers of compromising your data based on your preconceptions, and the stubbornness of your stakeholders. This is one of my favorite books on software engineering, and the practical implementation of machine learning. Another son, Edward, was the inspiration for Adler's Andy Russell series, with the events described in the series loosely based on adventures the Adler family had with Edward's enthusiasm and his pets.Īs of November 2008, Adler has three sons and two grandsons. Adler, is now the co-author of several books with his father, including A Picture Book of Sam Adams, A Picture Book of John Hancock, and A Picture Book of James and Dolly Madison. By that time Adler had taken a break from teaching and, while his wife continued her work, he stayed home, took care of Michael, and began a full-time writing career.Īdler's son, Michael S. In 1977, he created his most famous character, Cam Jansen, originally featured in Cam Jansen and the Mystery of the Stolen Diamonds, which was published that year.Īdler married psychologist Renee Hamada in 1973, and their first child, Michael, was born in 1977. Adler's next project, a series of math books, drew on his experience as a math teacher. In that same year, a question from his then-three-year-old nephew inspired Adler to write his first story, A Little at a Time, subsequently published by Random House in 1976. For the next nine years, he worked as a mathematics teacher for the New York City Board of Education, while taking classes towards a master's degree in marketing, a degree he was awarded by New York University in 1971. He graduated from Queens College in 1968 with a bachelor's degree in economics and education. He was born in New York City, New York in 1947.

David Abraham Adler is an American children's author.

Malke's Secret Recipe by David A. Adler