Codetown
Codetown ::: a software developer's community
Past Events (418)
March 21Monday
-
DevNexus 2011 Atlanta
March 21, 2011 to March 22, 2011 – Cobb Galleria Center Two complete days of great sessions and an opportunity to meet some of the best and brightest professional software talent in Atlanta, Ga. DevNexus is organized by the Atlanta Java Users Group (AJUG… Organized by Gunnar Hillert | Type: developer, conference
March 17Thursday
-
Fred Dixon presents BigBlueButton
March 17, 2011 from 7pm to 8pm – DeVry University, Orlando, FL BigBlueButton is an open source web conferencing system for distance education. The goal of the project is to offer a high-quality learning experience to remote students. Fred Dixon is one of the dev… Organized by Vernon Singleton | Type: presentation
March 16Wednesday
-
TheServerSide Java Symposium
March 16, 2011 to March 18, 2011 – Caesars Palace TheServerSide.com's Java Symposium returns to Las Vegas! Over 40 key sessions across 6 tracks: Core Java, Architecture, Agile (NEW!), Cloud, Language and Tools & Techniques. Keynotes by Steve Har… Organized by Kait O'Neal | Type: conference
March 5Saturday
-
Coding Dojo
March 5, 2011 from 10am to 2pm – Voxeo Hey, everybody, it's time for another dojo! We're meeting on Saturday at 10am to get settled, but we'll wait as long as quarter-after. Then we'll pick a language and a problem and discuss an implemen… Organized by Dave Rogers | Type: coding, dojo
March 2Wednesday
-
Java Persistence Meets the Cloud
March 2, 2011 from 6pm to 8:30pm – Community Foundation of Sarasota You've Been Lied To! You've been told for years that using a persistence framework will insulate your application from changes to the database. As with other such claims, this turned out to be false.… Organized by David Moskowitz | Type: meeting
February 24Thursday
-
OrlandoJUG - Developing for Android with Rich Long
February 24, 2011 from 6pm to 9pm – DeVry Room 120 Join us for a special evening with Rich Long and discover how to code for Android as we continue learning about this fascinating platform. Rich has extensive experience using Java to program apps f… Organized by Michael Levin | Type: meeting
February 9Wednesday
-
GatorJUG - Embedded Java SE - JavaSE running on ARM, PowerPC, ATOM
February 9, 2011 from 6pm to 9pm – Civic Media Center This month, Jim Clarke will give a talk on Embedded Java SE - JavaSE running on ARM, PowerPC, ATOM, and provide refreshments! Stay tuned for more details! Organized by Michael Levin | Type: meeting
January 27Thursday
-
OrlandoJUG - Developing for Android with Jackie Gleason
January 27, 2011 from 6pm to 9pm – DeVry room 120 Join us for an evening exploring the Android platform. Jackie Gleason is our guest speaker. Jackie has developed a lab based android class. He will be in Florida during the best month of all - Januar… Organized by Michael Levin | Type: meeting
January 26Wednesday
-
Google Web Toolkit and App Engine
January 26, 2011 from 6pm to 9pm – Community Foundation of Sarasota This month at the Sunjug, David Chandler from Google with discuss two technologies for developing and deploying Rich Internet Applications. What’s New in GWT 2.1 Google Web Toolkit (GWT) lets you bu… Organized by David Moskowitz | Type: meeting
January 12Wednesday
-
GatorJUG
January 12, 2011 from 6pm to 9pm – Civic Media Center Stay tuned for details! Organized by Michael Levin | Type: meeting
Happy 10th year, JCertif!
Notes
Welcome to Codetown!
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.
Looking for Jobs or Staff?
Check out the Codetown Jobs group.
InfoQ Reading List
Uber Adopts Amazon OpenSearch for Semantic Search to Better Capture User Intent
To improve search and recommendation user experiences, Uber migrated from Apache Lucene to Amazon OpenSearch to support large-scale vector search and better capture search intent. This transition introduced several infrastructure challenges, which Uber engineers addressed with targeted solutions.
By Sergio De SimoneBenchmarking Beyond the Application Layer: How Uber Evaluates Infrastructure Changes and Cloud Skus
Uber’s Ceilometer framework automates infrastructure performance benchmarking beyond applications. It standardizes testing across servers, workloads, and cloud SKUs, helping teams validate changes, identify regressions, and optimize resources. Future plans include AI integration, anomaly detection, and continuous validation.
By Leela KumiliPresentation: Changing Power Dynamics: What Senior Engineers Can Learn From Junior Engineers
Beth Anderson discusses the "power distance index" and its critical role in communication. Using the Korean Air Flight 801 tragedy as a case study, she explains the dangers of hierarchy-driven silence. She shares actionable frameworks for building the 4 stages of psychological safety, implementing reverse mentoring, and using PRs as tools for knowledge sharing rather than gatekeeping.
By Beth AndersonPodcast: Effective Mentorship and Remote Team Culture with Gilad Shoham
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 ShohamBeyond Win Rates: How Spotify Quantifies Learning in Product Experiments
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
© 2025 Created by Michael Levin.
Powered by
