Codetown ::: a software developer's community
Timothy Lord has not received any gifts yet
Posted on June 2, 2019 at 7:10pm 0 Comments 1 Like
Chris DiBona is the director of open source at Google, and he's been taking a big part in the open source and Free software ecosystem for a very long time--not least in his role with Google's Summer of Code. He recently posted on Twitter what he calls "a little rant" about software licensing -- well worth reading the whole (short!) thing.
Upshot: Be cautious and humble in…
ContinuePosted on May 30, 2016 at 11:00pm 0 Comments 1 Like
Codetown is a social network. It's got blogs, forums, groups, personal pages and more! You might think of Codetown as a funky camper van with lots of compartments for your stuff and a great multimedia system, too! Best of all, Codetown has room for all of your friends.
Created by Michael Levin Dec 18, 2008 at 6:56pm. Last updated by Michael Levin May 4, 2018.
Check out the Codetown Jobs group.
The Cloud Native Computing Foundation have published an analysis of modern cybersecurity practices, finding that attacks using Artificial Intelligence are now a significant threat. The report highlights the criticality for organisations to adopt multi-layered defence strategies as artificial intelligence transforms both the threat landscape and the protective measures available to businesses.
By Matt Saunders
The Swift SDK for Android, recently released as a nightly build, is designed to help developers to port their Swift packages to Android, making it easier to share code across platforms. While the SDK is still in preview, over 25% of packages in the Swift Package Index can already be compiled for Android.
By Sergio De Simone
Ian Miell shares the open-source Continuous Compliance Framework (CCF), a tool for modernizing audits and controls. He explains how current manual, periodic compliance fails, especially with new regulations like DORA. He demonstrates how CCF leverages DevOps principles, agent-based architecture, and the OSCAL standard to provide continuous, centralized visibility across hybrid estates.
By Ian Miell
Netflix uses a Write-Ahead Log (WAL) system to improve data platform resilience, addressing data loss, replication entropy, multi-partition failures, and corruption. WAL decouples producers and consumers, leverages SQS/Kafka with dead-letter queues, and supports delay queues, cross-region replication, and multi-table mutations for high-throughput, consistent, and recoverable database operations.
By Leela Kumili
Microsoft has announced a new Sponsorship feature on NuGet.org, designed to help package maintainers receive direct financial support from the community. As stated in the official announcement, the goal is to “make it easier than ever for consumers to recognize and support the authors behind their favorite packages,” while strengthening the overall .NET ecosystem.
By Almir Vuk
© 2025 Created by Michael Levin.
Powered by
Comment Wall (2 comments)
You need to be a member of Codetown to add comments!
Join Codetown
Hi Tim and welcome to Codetown!