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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.
Created by Michael Levin Dec 18, 2008 at 6:56pm. Last updated by Michael Levin May 4, 2018.
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"Pick and Mix" Custom Regions: Cloudflare Introduces Fine-Grained Data Residency Control
Cloudflare recently introduced Custom Regions, an expansion of its Regional Services that lets customers precisely define where their data is processed. By selecting specific groups of data centers by country or region, customers can ensure that TLS termination and application-layer processing remain within chosen geographic boundaries for compliance and control.
By Renato LosioExperimental Web Install API Seeks to Improve Application Discovery and Distribution
The new, experimental Web Install API is now in Origin Trial in Microsoft Edge and Chrome. The API allows developers to programmatically trigger a PWA installation prompt from in-app user interactions. The API aims to simplify software discovery and distribution, particularly for users who are unaware of the install icon in the browser’s address bar or do not typically use app stores.
By Bruno CouriolQCon London 2026: AI Agents Write Your Code. What’s Left For Humans?
Hannah Foxwell began her QCon London 2026 talk by noting that the long-sought velocity in development has arrived, but the industry is unsure how to use it. She set aside the technical details of agentic coding, focusing instead on its implications for the people working with these systems.
By Matt SaundersInside Agoda’s Storefront: A Latency-Aware Reverse Proxy for Improving DNS Based Load Distribution
Agoda engineers developed Storefront, a Rust-based S3-compatible reverse proxy that improves load balancing, request routing, and observability across large-scale object storage systems. The proxy addresses DNS-based distribution limitations, implements latency-aware routing, cross-data-center optimizations, IO safeguards, credential-less authentication, and exposes telemetry via OpenTelemetry.
By Leela KumiliAirbnb Rebuilt Alert Development After Discovering It Wasn’t a Culture Problem
Airbnb has revealed how it significantly improved its observability practices by rethinking how alerts are developed and validated, concluding that what appeared to be a "culture problem" was actually a tooling and workflow gap.
By Craig Risi
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