definitely the latter, it is even referenced in the foreword:
Its goal is not to be exhaustive, but rather minimalist
and easy to read. For this reason, it follows the format
of The Little Book of Deep Learning [Fleuret 2023]. Its
tone, however, is closer to that of a blog post, as the
book is built around a single narrative thread. Its
structure broadly follows that of Sutton and Barto’s
Reinforcement Learning: An Introduction [Sutton et al.
2018], which remains the canonical reference on the
subject.
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Is this riffing on Strunk and Whites: The Elements of Style?
Often referred to as "The Little Book".
Most likely not: “The Little Book of …” has been a publisher’s standby since the nineteenth century (at least).
There are several "Libellus de Miraculis" (Little Book of Miracles) of different saints from the 12th century!
I thought the title was an homage to François Fleuret's Little Book of Deep Learning.
https://fleuret.org/francois/lbdl.html
I'm assuming it's more in line with The Little Schemer series of books (https://felleisen.org/matthias/BTLS-index.html) or maybe the little book of deep learning (https://fleuret.org/francois/lbdl.html)?
Proobably the later.
definitely the latter, it is even referenced in the foreword:
No, it's _obviously_ homage to the Little Liddel[0].
0. https://archive.org/details/lexiconabridgedf00liddrich
The Little Schemer, The Little Typer, The Little Reasoner, The Little Proover The Little MLer ...
It has been going on for a while in Lispy land
My mind immediately went to the "Li'l Bastard General Mischief Kit" from The Simpsons.
https://imgur.com/zMTEE
Love that masterpiece