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Past Events (417)
October 27Thursday
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OrlandoJUG - Jython
October 27, 2016 from 6pm to 8pm – TBA Stay tuned as plans firm up...Jim Baker, Jython guy is hoping to join us in the Fall. What's Jython? It's Python on the Java Virtual Machine (JVM). Jim's the Jython guru. He's given great talks in th… Organized by Michael Levin | Type: meeting
October 12Wednesday
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GatorJug - Jython
October 12, 2016 from 6pm to 8pm – TBA Stay tuned as plans firm up...Jim Baker, Jython guy is hoping to join us in the Fall. What's Jython? It's Python on the Java Virtual Machine (JVM). Jim's the Jython guru. He's given great talks in th… Organized by Michael Levin | Type: meeting
June 23Thursday
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Open Source Bridge
June 23, 2016 to June 26, 2016 – The Eliot Center Open Source Bridge is an annual conference in Portland, OR focused on building open source community and citizenship through four days of technical talks, hacking sessions, and collaboration opportun… Organized by Stumptown Syndicate PO Box 28398 Portland, OR 97228 | Type: conference
June 15Wednesday
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June 15, 2006: 3-D Printing Open House; Houston, TX (Free!)
June 15, 2016 from 5pm to 7pm – 3D Manufacturing HQ Houston-based Re:3D is making 3-D printers that are big -- really big: their Gigabot printers (the largest has a build area of 269,040 cubic cm) aren't meant for desktop hobbyists, but they're priced… Organized by Re:3D | Type: open house
June 4Saturday
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Jun 4, 2016: Nat'l Day of Civic Hacking, Orlando (& Elsewhere!)
June 4, 2016 from 8:30am to 6pm – The Exchange Building (1st floor) Late notice being better than none at all, note that tomorrow is the National Day of Civic Hacking for 2016, and Orlando's taking part. So if you're in or near Orlando, you can show up to work on… Organized by Code For Orlando | Type: hackathon
May 24Tuesday
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AITP-NCFL May Presentation: Blain Barton on "Microsoft and DevOps"
May 24, 2016 from 5:30pm to 8pm – Gainesville Health and Fitness Center Conference Room Cost is $10 (cash or check only please) and includes light refreshments. Please see the meeting flyer for full details. RSVP today by sending an email to reserve@aitp-ncfl.org. Hope to see you ther… Organized by AITP North Central Florida Chapter | Type: presentaiton
May 16Monday
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OSCON
May 16, 2016 to May 19, 2016 – Austin Once considered a radical upstart, open source has moved from disruption to default. Its methods and culture commoditized the technologies that drove the Internet revolution and transformed the pra… Organized by Oreilly Media | Type: conference
April 13Wednesday
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GatorJUG ::: April
April 13, 2016 from 6pm to 8pm – First Magnitude Brewing Company Good news! Ben King (Keep It Simple Tech) keeps an eye on his app....on his watch. His company, Keep It Simple Tech launched app ABC, Always Be in Contact recently. It's cool! Try it out. How d… Organized by Michael Levin | Type: jug
March 24Thursday
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OrlandoJUG - Predicting the Stock Market with Genetic Programming:
March 24, 2016 from 6pm to 8pm – PowerDMS @ Church St Station Hello OrlandoJUG! This month we have Dave Moskowitz in from Sarasota for a fascinating talk. Here's the abstract for the presentation. There is a possibility of massive amounts of pizza! Genet… Organized by Michael Levin | Type: meeting
March 5Saturday
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Florida Drupal Camp
March 5, 2016 to March 6, 2016 – Florida Technical College WHAT IS DRUPAL? Drupal is a popular free content management system (CMS). It is used to build everything from personal blogs to enterprise applications. Millions of websites are powered by Drupal,… Organized by DrupalCamp Organizers | Type: conference
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InfoQ Reading List
Open Practices for Architecture and AI Adoption
Andrea Magnorsky presented on Byte-Sized Architecture at Cloud Native Summit 2025, as a format for building shared understanding through small, recurrent workshops. Ahilan Ponnusamy and Andreas Grabner discussed the Technology Operating Model for AI adoption. Both approaches drew on the Open Practice Library for human-centred collaboration and driving architectural evolution.
By Rafiq GemmailImproved Application Insights Code Optimizations Identify .NET Performance Bottlenecks Automatically
Microsoft is expanding .NET developers’ toolset with enhancements to Code Optimizations. This feature is part of Azure Monitor offering and now works with the .NET Profiler in Application Insights to automatically detect CPU, memory, and threading issues in production apps and give code‑level recommendations to fix them.
By Edin KapićPresentation: Questioning Convention: C# as a Shortcut to Startup Velocity
Sam Cox shares a case study on building a startup platform with C#. He explains how C#’s modern, open-source ecosystem, integrated tooling, and robust libraries enabled him to achieve high developer productivity, rapid iteration, and overcome significant performance challenges, ultimately helping the company secure its first paying customer.
By Sam CoxHugging Face Brings Open-Source LLMs to GitHub Copilot Chat in VS Code
Hugging Face has introduced a new integration that allows developers to connect Inference Providers directly with GitHub Copilot Chat in Visual Studio Code. The update means that open-source large language models — including Kimi K2, DeepSeek V3.1, GLM 4.5, and others — can now be accessed and tested from inside the VS Code editor, without the need to switch platforms or juggle multiple tools.
By Robert KrzaczyńskiJava 25, the Next LTS Release, Delivers Finalized Features and Focus on Performance and Runtime
Oracle has released version 25 of the Java programming language and virtual machine. As the first LTS release since JDK 21, the final feature set includes 18 JEPs, seven of which are finalized having evolved through the incubation and preview processes. Nine of these features are focused on performance and runtime.
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