Codetown
Codetown ::: a software developer's community
OSCON
Event Details
Time: May 8, 2017 to May 11, 2017
Location: Austin Convention Center
City/Town: Austin, TX
Website or Map: https://conferences.oreilly.c…
Phone: oscon@oreilly.com
Event Type: conference
Organized By: O'Reilly and Associates
Latest Activity: Mar 31, 2017
Event Description
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 community together to explore what's new and useful in open source languages, tools, and techniques. It's the best place to sharpen your skills and discover important trends, making you better at what you do and igniting your love of code.
Comment Wall
Comment
Happy 10th year, JCertif!
Notes
Welcome to Codetown!
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.
Looking for Jobs or Staff?
Check out the Codetown Jobs group.
InfoQ Reading List
Daggr Introduced as an Open-Source Python Library for Inspectable AI Workflows
The Gradio team has released Daggr, a new open-source Python library designed to simplify the construction and debugging of multi-step AI workflows. Daggr allows developers to define workflows programmatically in Python while automatically generating a visual canvas that exposes intermediate states, inputs, and outputs for each step in the pipeline.
By Robert KrzaczyńskiArticle: Why Most Machine Learning Projects Fail to Reach Production
In this article, the author diagnoses common failures in ML initiatives, including weak problem framing and the persistent prototype-to-production gap. The piece provides practical, experience-based guidance on setting clear business goals, treating data as a product, and aligning cross-functional teams for reliable, production-ready ML delivery.
By Wenjie ZiPodcast: Developers Can Improve the ESG Aspects of Software By Tackling Early Ethical Debt
Erica Pisani, host of the Performance and Sustainability track at QCon London 2025, reflects on lessons from assembling the track and from attending the talks. She touches on the importance of the environmental and social aspects of software and hints at how developers can improve them through small steps in the architecture and practices of software development.
By Erica PisaniOpen Responses Specification Enables Unified Agentic LLM Workflows
OpenAI's Open Responses standardizes agentic AI workflows, tackling API fragmentation and enabling seamless transitions between proprietary and open-source models. Supported by partners like Hugging Face and Vercel, this specification enhances reasoning visibility and tool execution, streamlining complex workflows and boosting productivity for developers. Empower your AI integration today!
By Hien LuuCloudflare's Matrix Homeserver Demo Sparks Debate over AI-Generated Code Claims
A Cloudflare blog post claiming a "production-grade" Matrix homeserver on Workers didn't survive community scrutiny. Missing federation, incomplete encryption, and TODO comments in authentication logic pointed to unreviewed AI output. Matrix's Matthew Hodgson welcomed the effort but noted the implementation "doesn't yet constitute a functional Matrix server."
By Steef-Jan Wiggers
© 2026 Created by Michael Levin.
Powered by
RSVP for OSCON to add comments!
Join Codetown