Codetown ::: a software developer's community
June 20, 2017 to June 23, 2017 – The Eliot Center Open Source Bridge is a volunteer-run conference that connects people across open source technologies, projects and experiences. Register now to attend the conference during June 20-23, 2017 at The E… Organized by Stumptown Syndicate | Type: conference
June 21, 2017 from 6pm to 8pm – First Magnitude Brewing Come join the Gator Linux Users Group & talk about Linux & Open Source for a June social meeting at the First Magnitude Brewery on S. Main St. Location: 1220 Se Veitch St, Gainesville, FL Ma… Organized by Martin Smith | Type: meetup
Codetown is a social network. It's got blogs, forums, groups, personal pages and more! You might think of Codetown as a funky camper van with lots of compartments for your stuff and a great multimedia system, too! Best of all, Codetown has room for all of your friends.
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This week's Java roundup for February 23rd, 2026, features news highlighting: new JEP 531 Candidate, Lazy Constants; GA releases of TornadoVM 3.0 and NetBeans 29; point releases of Quarkus, JReleaser, Chicory and RefactorFirst; maintenance releases of Micronaut and Jox; and the February 2026 edition of Open Liberty.
By Michael Redlich
The application deployment and lifecycle management tool Argo CD has reached a new milestone with the release of version 3.3, extending the capabilities of the popular GitOps continuous delivery tool while addressing several long-standing pain points for operators.
By Matt Saunders
MySQL is changing the way foreign key constraints and cascades are managed. Starting with MySQL 9.6, foreign key validation and cascade actions are handled by the SQL layer rather than the InnoDB storage engine. This will improve change tracking, replication accuracy, and data consistency, making MySQL more reliable for CDC pipelines, mixed-database environments, and analytics workloads.
By Renato Losio
Vercel has launched "react-best-practices," an open-source repository featuring 40+ performance optimization rules for React and Next.js apps. Tailored for AI coding agents yet valuable for developers, it categorizes rules based on impact, assisting in enhancing performance, bundle size, and architectural decisions.
By Daniel Curtis
The Kubernetes project recently announced a new core controller called the Node Readiness Controller, designed to enhance scheduling reliability and cluster health by making the API server’s view of node readiness more accurate.
By Craig Risi
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