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October 21, 2009 from 6pm to 9pm – Google Campus Free - if you register online!!! If you're near the Google campus this Wednesday, Oct 21, please stop in for the Ajax Push Panel:The Chronicles of Web Standard Prince Comet: Next Wave of Comet. I'll… Organized by Google | Type: conference
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Sam Newman discusses the three golden rules of distributed computing and how they necessitate robust handling of timeouts, retries, and idempotency. He provides practical, data-driven strategies for implementing these principles, including using request IDs and server-side fingerprinting to create safe, resilient distributed systems.
By Sam NewmanEmerson Murphy-Hill explains how to prioritize investments in engineering productivity using data from Google, National Instruments, and ABB. He discusses a ranked list of productivity drivers, the impact of biases in code reviews and documentation, and the practices of exceptionally diverse and inclusive engineering teams.
By Emerson Murphy-HillAnthropic has recently made Claude Code Subagents generally available, enabling developers to create independent, task-specific AI agents with their own context, tools, and prompts.
By Hien LuuSoftware provenance is gaining new importance as organizations look for ways to secure their supply chains against tampering and comply with emerging standards like SLSA
By Matt FosterIntroducing Oxlint v1.0: a groundbreaking Rust-based linter for JavaScript and TypeScript, boasting 520+ rules and 50-100x faster performance than ESLint. With zero-config setup, multi-file analysis, and seamless migration tools, it’s ideal for both open-source projects and enterprises. Experience rapid linting and minimal setup.
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