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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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Feb 15, 2016 Reply by Michael Levin |
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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TrendsThis category is about what's hot and what's not. |
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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.
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KubeCon NA 2025 - Salesforce’s Approach to Self-Healing Using AIOps and Agentic AI
AIOps and Agentic AI technologies can help in developing solutions to intelligently analyze Kubernetes cluster health, automatically diagnose problems, and orchestrate issue resolutions with minimal human intervention. Vikram Venkataraman and Srikanth Rajan spoke at KubeCon + CloudNativeCon NA 2025 Conference about Salesforce’s approach to self-healing systems using AIOps and AI Agents.
By Srini PenchikalaPresentation: Productivity Is Messing Around and Having Fun
Holly Cummins & Trisha Gee explain how to achieve the "Double Win" - boosting both developer joy and productivity. They expose the flaws of traditional metrics, identify sources of developer toil (slow builds, flaky tests), and share methods and techniques (like boredom and play) for engineering leaders and architects to unlock creativity and a 31% boost in positive-brain productivity.
By Holly Cummins, Trisha GeeHashiCorp’s New Guide Offers Practical Advice on Writing and Rightsizing Terraform Modules
In a blog post titled "How to write and rightsize Terraform modules", HashiCorp shares a comprehensive framework for creating maintainable, scalable modules in the Terraform ecosystem. Author Mitch Pronschinske draws on insights from consultant Rene Schach's HashiDays 2025 session to focus on four key pillars: module scope, code strategy, security, and testing.
By Craig RisiMicrosoft Patches Critical ASP.NET Core Vulnerability with 9.9 Severity Score
Microsoft recently released a security advisory and patched a critical vulnerability in ASP.NET Core that allows an attacker to bypass a security feature over a network due to an inconsistent interpretation of HTTP requests. With a CVSS score of 9.9 out of 10, CVE-2025-55315 is the highest-rated Microsoft vulnerability.
By Renato LosioArticle: When Reverse Proxies Surprise You: Hard Lessons from Operating at Scale
Operating massive reverse proxy fleets reveals hard lessons: optimizations that work on smaller systems fail at scale; mundane oversights like missing commas cause major outages; and abstractions meant to simplify become hidden fragility points. Success requires profiling on target hardware, relentlessly monitoring boring details, keeping hot paths lean, and trusting instrumentation over theory.
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