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Thursday, December 17, 2009
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Sarasota Java Users Group: Cigar Night at Woody's
December 17, 2009 from 6pm to 10pm – Woody's River Roo Pub & Grill Its the Christmas 2009 edition of Cigar Night at the Sunjug. Come out and enjoy the cool weather and river breezes at Woody's River Roo on the Manatee River in Ellenton. No presentations. No sponso… Organized by David Moskowitz | Type: cigar, night
Happy 10th year, JCertif!
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Created by Michael Levin Dec 18, 2008 at 6:56pm. Last updated by Michael Levin May 4, 2018.
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InfoQ Reading List
Presentation: Timeouts, Retries and Idempotency In Distributed Systems
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 NewmanPresentation: Supporting Engineering Productivity for All
Emerson 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-HillClaude Code Subagents Enable Modular AI Workflows with Isolated Context
Anthropic 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 LuuSupply Chain Security: Provenance Tools Becoming Standard in Developer Platforms
Software 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 FosterOxlint v1.0 Stable Released: A Rust Based JavaScript Linter
Introducing 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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