# Domain-Specific Small Language Models (Manning) > Source: > Published: 2026-07-16 19:43:56+00:00 | When you need a language model to respond accurately and quickly about a specific field of knowledge, the sprawling capacity of a LLM may hurt more than it helps. In this book Guglielmo Iozzia teaches how to build generative AI models optimized for specific fields. Perfect for cost- or hardware-constrained environments, Small Language Models (SLMs) train on domain specific data for high-quality results in specific tasks. In this book you’ll develop SLMs that can generate everything from Python code to protein structures and antibody sequences, all on commodity hardware. Author: Guglielmo Iozzia Publisher: Manning Date: May 2026 Pages: 376 ISBN: 978-1633436701 Print: 1633436705 Kindle: B0FSSMWPF8 Audience: Developers interested in machine learning Level: Intermediate Category: [Artificial Intelligence](/bookreviews/59-artificial-intelligence.html) Topics include: - Model sizing best practices - Open source libraries, frameworks, utilities and runtimes - Fine-tuning techniques for custom datasets - Hugging Face’s libraries for SLMs - Running SLMs on commodity hardware - Model optimization or quantization - ONNX and other quantization methods - Integrate SLMs into end-to-end applications - Deploy SLMs on laptops, smartphones, and other devices #### **For more Book Watch just **[click](http://www.i-programmer.info/book-watch-archive.html). *Book Watch is I Programmer's listing of new books and is compiled using publishers' publicity material. It is not to be read as a review where we provide an independent assessment. * **To have new titles included in Book Watch contact **[BookWatch@i-programmer.info](mailto:BookWatch@i-programmer.info) Subscribe to I Programmer's [Books RSS feed ](http://www.i-programmer.info/component/ninjarsssyndicator/?feed_id=2&format=raw)for each day's new addition to Book Watch and for new reviews. ** ** [Bare Metal C](/bookreviews/5-c/16514-bare-metal-c.html) Author: Steve Oualline Publisher: No Starch Press Date: August 2022 Pages: 304 ISBN: 978-1718501621 Print: 1718501625 Kindle: B08YJB9BCF Audience: C programmers Rating: 3 Reviewer: Harry Fairhead Bare metal C sounds exciting and very basic. Time to find out how the machine really works. | [Algorithmic Thinking, 2nd Ed (No Starch Press)](/bookreviews/5-c/17483-algorithmic-thinking-2nd-ed.html) Author: Dr. Daniel Zingaro Publisher: No Starch Date: January 2024 Pages: 480 ISBN: 978-1718503229 Print: 1718503229 Kindle: B0BZGZHK3B Audience: C programmers Rating: 4 Reviewer: Mike James What exactly is algorithmic thinking? | | More Reviews | |