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TestingThis category is all about testing. TDD, JUnit, etc... |
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AI, ML & Big DataArtificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Big Data. Let’s chat! |
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Dynamic LanguagesLove Jython. JRuby? It rocks. This category is all about dynamic languages. Especially dynamic languages that run on the JVM. |
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JavaJava in general. |
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Functional ProgrammingClojure, Lambda expressions, all the ins and outs of functional programming from languages to use cases. If you've got functional programming on your mind, this is the place to discuss it! |
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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.
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At QCon London 2026, Ivan Zarea, Director of Platform Engineering at Netlify, discussed the impact of AI on web development, noting a surge in non-traditional developers among the 11 million users on the platform. He presented three pillars for developer tools: developing expertise, honing taste, and practicing clairvoyance, emphasizing the need for thoughtful architecture in a evolving landscape.
By Daniel Curtis
Uber launches IngestionNext, a streaming-first data lake ingestion platform that reduces data latency from hours to minutes and cuts compute usage by 25%. Built on Kafka, Flink, and Apache Hudi, it supports thousands of datasets, enabling faster analytics, experimentation, and machine learning workloads globally.
By Leela KumiliIn this episode, Shweta Vohra and Joseph Stein explore what changes when software systems start planning, acting, and making decisions on their own. The conversation distinguishes truly agentic use cases from traditional automation and looks at how architects and engineers should think about boundaries, orchestration, and system design in this new environment.
By Joseph Stein
AWS shipped GA support for Kubernetes Gateway API in its Load Balancer Controller, dumping annotation-based configuration for type-safe CRDs with proper validation. The release handles both L4 (TCP/UDP via NLB) and L7 (HTTP/gRPC via ALB) routing through the Gateway API spec. Teams get cross-namespace routing, automatic certificate discovery, and role separation without cluster-admin permissions.
By Steef-Jan Wiggers
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
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