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May 8, 2017 to May 11, 2017 – Austin Convention Center OSCON is... the O'Reilly Open Source Conference. Of course! Open source is everywhere—from the bottom of the programming stack to the top. OSCON brings the software engineering and developer communi… Organized by O'Reilly and Associates | Type: conference
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By Joseph SteinAWS Load Balancer Controller Reaches GA with Kubernetes Gateway API Support
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By Steef-Jan WiggersPresentation: Panel: Security Against Modern Threats
The panelists discuss the dramatic escalation of software supply chain threats, from typosquatting to AI-generated vulnerabilities. They explain how to move beyond basic scanning by adopting a zero trust mindset toward CI/CD pipelines and external dependencies.
By Sonya Moisset, Andra Lezza, Stefania Chaplin, Celine Pypaert, Emma Yuan Fang.NET 11 Preview 2 Updates MAUI with Performance Improvements and Platform Refinements
.NET 11 Preview 2 introduces a set of targeted updates to .NET Multi-platform App UI (MAUI), focusing on the Map control, binding performance, and API consistency. The changes are incremental but concrete, addressing specific usability and performance issues in XAML, data binding, and control behaviour.
By Edin KapićQCon London 2026: Shielding the Core: Architecting Resilience with Multi-Layer Defenses
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