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Learning about artificial intelligence? You may find this interesting.
https://arstechnica.com/ai/2025/03/you-can-now-download-the-source-code-that-sparked-the-ai-boom/
Posted by Hugh Jack on June 19, 2024 at 10:15am 0 Comments 1 Like
Welcome to the world of compact keyboards! These small form factor keyboards are a game-changer when it comes to saving space and typing on the go. Whether you're a student, a professional, or a casual user, compact keyboards offer convenience and portability like never before.
Compact keyboards are smaller versions of traditional keyboards. They come in various…
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We have some exciting news to share with you. Otavio will be joining us to discuss the latest version of Camel in an exclusive presentation.
Presentation Details:
Speaker: Otavio Rodolfo Piske
Topic: Camel 4:What to Expect
Date: 07 September 2023
Time: 19:00 Ist Time
Duration: Approximately 1 hour
Register URL : https://www.eventbrite.com/e/700456483197
Presentation…
ContinueWatch for details on our upcoming meetings. OrlandoJUG meeting's fall on the 4th Thursday of every month, in case you want to mark your calendars. Stay tuned for details! GatorJUG meets the 2nd Wednesday of every month.
The details are posted in the CodeTown Events section. Please RSVP so we'll know how much pizza to order. Stay tuned! ...Mike
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What books should be on the bookshelf of EVERY Java programmer, no matter what specific technologies they are working on?The two that come to my mind areThinking in JavaJava Concurrency in PracticeWhat else am I missing?Continue
Started by David Moskowitz in Java. Last reply by sneha gulati Feb 8, 2019.
I am new to Android. I have been working thru some examples in a book called Head First Android Development. I entered a small program using fragments and get a Casting Error.cannot cast andoid.app.fragment to…Continue
Tags: Fragment
Started by Robert Sobol in Java Oct 10, 2017.
My name is Rob Sobol.I have been working through a book called Head First Android Development.I hit a syntax error in a simple exercise that uses one fragment. I have been trying to figure out the error for days. I am hoping some in the forum can…Continue
Tags: Fragments
Started by Robert Sobol in Java Oct 10, 2017.
An article just came out in InfoWorld about trends, which is always an interesting subject. Funny, they said Hadoop wasn't hot. Spark is. It's a good read. …Continue
Tags: codetown, infoworld, programming, hadoop, trends
Started by Michael Levin in Trends Apr 10, 2017.
Can you believe people are still trying to come up with a good definition or explanation of what functional programming is? Paul Krill is a journalist with InfoWorld. Here's an article he just wrote: …Continue
Tags: functions., codetown, lambdas, clojure, programming
Started by Michael Levin in Functional Programming Feb 21, 2016.
Santafe just added a new BAS bachelor's program of study. 5651 ProgrammingContinue
Started by Dan Lackey in Dynamic Languages. Last reply by Michael Levin Feb 15, 2016.
All the tutorials and books for node.js seem to use Mongo as the database. I am not sold on 'document' databases and would like to know how difficult it is to use any version for plain old tried-and-true SQL with Node.js.Does anybody have any…Continue
Tags: 'document, databases', SQL, node, node.js
Started by Kevin Neelands in Dynamic Languages. Last reply by Lou Caudell Nov 10, 2015.
I need to get a better handle on the advantages of a RESTful web-based API. People tell me they scale better than other methods, but I don't see how they reduce database access or have any other feature that helps handle large amounts of traffic.…Continue
Tags: API', 'web-based, RESTful
Started by Kevin Neelands in Dynamic Languages. Last reply by Kevin Neelands Oct 25, 2015.
Hi, Not sure if this is the appropriate place to post this sort of things (forgive me if its not). My company (really nice company btw) is looking to hire two junior and two senior Java Developers. Please forward me your resume to slaassel@gmail.com…Continue
Started by Saad Laassel in Java. Last reply by Theresa Wizorek-MacIntyre Oct 15, 2014.
We might have to store Social Security Numbers. We REALLY don't want to do this in our own database, we'd like some external 'vault' service that stores them encrypted and getting to them is difficult. Does anyone have any ideas along these lines?Continue
Started by Kevin Neelands in Java. Last reply by Michael Levin May 7, 2014.
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.
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Activision has cut build times for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II (COD) in half by profiling and optimizing their C++ build system with MSVC Build Insights to uncover bottlenecks in their compilation pipeline. The effort unblocked developers, accelerated delivery, and reduced idle time.
By Matt FosterMicrosoft has announced experimental support for .slnx files in the .NET CLI v9.0.200, unifying the developer experience among the .NET tooling. This new feature aims to remove clutter in the solution file and to reduce friction when working with large solutions.
By Edin KapićMicrosoft's Azure MCP Server, now in Public Preview, enhances AI capabilities by enabling seamless interaction with Azure resources. This open-source tool standardizes AI agent access to services like Azure Cosmos DB and Azure Storage, empowering developers to create context-aware applications. Expect rich functionality and support for custom MCP clients to optimize cloud resource management.
By Steef-Jan WiggersJanani Narayanan and Karthik Ramasamy share Uber Eats' scaling challenges for nX merchant growth. They detail optimizing retrieval, fixing latency from naive scaling, and root causes in ingestion/query layers. Learn about benchmarking, geosharding impact, and their Apache Lucene search platform evolution.
By Janani Narayanan, Karthik RamasamyDistributed cloud, PETs, and AI enable secure, private data processing. This integration enhances collaboration, security, and compliance across marketing, finance, and healthcare, addressing the growing need for data protection.
By Rohit Garg, Ankit Awasthi
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