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Past Events (418)
January 25Thursday
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Orlando Java User Group - Learn about Software Development Management and Staffing
January 25, 2018 from 6pm to 8pm – Canvs Winter Park Join us at the OrlandoJUG for a presentation about software development management and hiring. Aron Moskewicz is our guest speaker. This session is about how the software development life cycle is m… Organized by Michael Levin | Type: jug_meeting
January 12Friday
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JSpirit - Java Unconference — Spirits, Ski & Java
January 12, 2018 to January 16, 2018 – Lantenhammer Erlebnisdestillerie Spirits, Ski & Java from Jan 12th to 16th, 2018 jSpirit is a new Java unconference in the Bavarian alps. Starting in Winter 2018, we’re down for Spirits, Ski & JAVA. How does… Organized by https://jspirit.org/organizers-supporters/ | Type: unconference
November 30Thursday
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OrlandoJUG Tonight! - Let's talk about JavaOne!
November 30, 2017 from 6pm to 8pm – Canvs Winter Park Join us for this last minute look at the JavaOne that was. Ed Burns and Vernon Singleton, JavaOne veterans both, will share their experiences and some of their sessions in this informal last-minute… Organized by Michael Levin | Type: orlandojug, meeting
November 14Tuesday
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DevOxx Morocco
November 14, 2017 to November 16, 2017 – Technopark Last Year Best Of DevOxx Morocco Organized by Badr | Type: conference
October 25Wednesday
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Pentaho World
October 25, 2017 to October 27, 2017 – Rosen Shingle Creek, Orlando At the Rosen Shingle Creek, right here in Orlando. All about big data. "Join the biggest gathering of Pentaho experts, users, advocates, and thought-leaders to learn the best practices, use cases… Organized by Hitachi | Type: conference
October 7Saturday
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Florida PyCon
October 7, 2017 all day – Church Street Station Exchange Florida PyCon is Florida’s first and only regional Python language conference. We will have talks and workshops covering all things Python including three primary tracks: Web, Data Science, and Speak… Organized by Florida PyCon | Type: conference
October 1Sunday
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JavaOne
October 1, 2017 to October 5, 2017 – Moscone Convention Center Interested in going to Java One this year? Oracle has extended a special offer of $999 for new registrations of JavaOne. Here are the terms and conditions Offer expires Saturda… Organized by Oracle | Type: conference
September 7Thursday
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Girls Who Code (Winter Park, FL)
September 7, 2017 from 6pm to 8pm – Winter Park Public Library Girls in grades 6 - 12 are invited to this free and fun course introducing topics like artificial intelligence, graphics, game design, cryptography and mobile development. You’ll learn basic programm… Organized by Lisa Blue | Type: training
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Re:publica
September 7, 2017 to September 8, 2017 – Dublin and Thessaloniki re:publica is one of the largest and most exciting conferences about digital culture in the world. Since its foundation in 2007, it has grown from a cozy blogger meeting with 700 partic… Organized by https://re-publica.com | Type: conference
August 24Thursday
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OJUG - Groovy Programming with Adam Davis
August 24, 2017 from 6pm to 9pm – Canvs Winter Park Hello Orlando Juggies! Adam Davis will give a presentation on Groovy at the groovy new Canvs Co-working space in Winter Park Thursday 8/24. If you'd like to be a pizza sponsor an… Organized by Michael Levin | Type: orlando, jug, meeting
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Notes
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InfoQ Reading List
Cactus v1: Cross-Platform LLM Inference on Mobile with Zero Latency and Full Privacy
Cactus, a Y Combinator-backed startup, enables local AI inference to mobile phones, wearables, and other low-power devices through cross-platform, energy-efficient kernels and a native runtime. It delivers sub-50ms time-to-first-token for on-device inference, eliminates network latency, and defaults to complete privacy.
By Sergio De SimonePresentation: Ecologies and Economics of Language AI in Practice
Jade Abbott discusses the shift from massive, resource-heavy models to "Little LMs" that prioritize efficiency and cultural sustainability. She explains how techniques like LoRA, quantization, and GRPO allow for high performance with less compute. By sharing the "Ubuntu Punk" philosophy, she shares how to move beyond extractive data practices toward human-centric, sustainable AI systems.
By Jade AbbottPython Workers Redux: Wasm Snapshots and Native uv Tooling
Cloudflare's latest advancements in Python Workers revolutionize serverless performance with near-instant cold starts, expanded package compatibility, and streamlined workflows via the uv package manager. By leveraging memory snapshots and WebAssembly, Cloudflare drastically reduces startup times, making Python a prime choice for AI and data science applications.
By Steef-Jan WiggersNuxt Introduces Native Request Cancellation and Async Handler Extraction for Performance Gains
Nuxt 4.2 elevates the developer experience with native abort control for data fetching, improved error handling, and experimental TypeScript support. With a 39% reduction in bundle sizes and a streamlined app directory, this release enhances performance and project organization, positioning Nuxt as a leading choice for full-stack web applications built on Vue.js.
By Daniel CurtisOpenAI and Anthropic Donate AGENTS.md and Model Context Protocol to New Agentic AI Foundation
OpenAI and Anthropic have donated their AGENTS.md and Model Context Protocol projects to the Agentic AI Foundation (AAIF), a new directed fund under the Linux Foundation. Block contributed their agent framework, goose, as another founding project, and several other tech companies have joined as Platinum members.
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