Codetown ::: a software developer's community
January 23, 2014 from 6pm to 7pm – DeVry We are skipping the OJUG meeting this month - catch up next month with a great presentation on Clojure! Organized by Michael Levin | Type: meeting
December 15, 2013 from 5pm to 8pm – Sneakers Hey all, So it looks like the time has changed to Monday from 5-8pm at Sneakers sports grille and bar. This was the only time they had available so we went ahead and locked it down. As previously men… Organized by Lee | Type: party
December 14, 2013 all day – Many Cities Find out more about the Coderetreat Community Network. Coderetreat is a day-long, intensive practice event, focusing on the fundamentals of software development and design. By providing developers t… Organized by Code Retreat | Type: conference
December 11, 2013 from 6:30pm to 10pm – World of Beer Sarasota December's topic will be beer and general tech talk! Come join us for a couple beers on Wednesday, December 11th, 2013 at World of Beer Sarasota (map) starting at 6:30PM. To get an idea of head cou… Organized by Chris Schaefer | Type: social
December 11, 2013 from 6pm to 9pm – Sarasota The SUNJug is having a brew night 12/11/. Consider driving out to Sarasota and meeting some like minded people. I hear Chris is a brew master. http://www.sunjug.org/2013/december Rideshare. Here a… Organized by Michael Levin | Type: meeting
December 11, 2013 from 6pm to 9pm – TBA Check the most recent discussion in GatorJUG Town for details. Organized by Michael Levin | Type: meeting
December 2, 2013 at 6pm to December 5, 2013 at 7pm – Orlando The Interservice/Industry Training, Simulation and Education Conference (I/ITSEC)promotes cooperation among the Armed Services, Industry, Academia and various Government agencies in pursuit of impro… Organized by | Type: conference
November 19, 2013 from 6pm to 8:30pm – UF Hilton Your local chapter of AITP, the Association of Information Technology Professionals, will host its next dinner and presentation on Tuesday, November 19, at the UF Hilton. We would love to have you j… Organized by Michael Lucas | Type: dinner, presentation
November 16, 2013 from 9am to 5pm – Downtown Deland What is BarCamp Deland? BarCamp Deland is an ad-hoc unconference event centered around technology. It aims to bring people together from different backgrounds like web-design, photography, graphic… Organized by | Type: meeting
November 15, 2013 to November 17, 2013 – Disney’s Coronado Springs Resort Organized by | Type: conference
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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.
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In this podcast, Shane Hastie, Lead Editor for Culture & Methods, spoke to Gilad Shoham about building effective mentorship relationships, leading fully distributed teams and the evolving role of developers in an AI-augmented future.
By Gilad Shoham
Spotify has introduced the Experiments with Learning (EwL) metric on top of its Confidence experimentation platform to measure how many tests deliver decision-ready insights, not just how many “win.” EwL captures both the quantity and quality of learning across product teams, helping them make faster, smarter product decisions at scale. The outcome must support one action: ship, abort, or iterate.
By Olimpiu Pop
Tracy Bannon's QCon AI NY 2025 talk revealed how the rise of AI agents risks amplifying common architectural failures. She emphasized the distinctions between bots, assistants, and agents, highlighting the need for governance, clear identity controls, and disciplined decision-making to address “agentic debt.” Bannon called for architects to apply foundational principles amid rapid AI adoption.
By Andrew Hoblitzell
In software development, success means going beyond meeting requirements. We must create products that surprise and delight users and are innovative, create impactful solutions, Ken Hughes said in the keynote “Connection is Everything”. AI can help us connect with customers and create better user experiences.
By Ben Linders
In a surprising move, AWS and Google Cloud have recently partnered to simplify multicloud networking, introducing a common standard and leveraging "AWS Interconnect - Multicloud" and "Google Cloud's Cross-Cloud Interconnect". The new option makes it easier for organizations to manage and secure workloads across both clouds, with Azure expected to join in 2026.
By Renato Losio
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