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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.
Created by Michael Levin Dec 18, 2008 at 6:56pm. Last updated by Michael Levin May 4, 2018.
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Uno Platform 6.0 and Uno Platform Studio Released with Major Performance and Tooling Enhancements
The Uno Platform team has announced the general availability of Uno Platform 6.0 and Uno Platform Studio, introducing a broad set of enhancements aimed at improving developer productivity and cross-platform performance.
By Almir VukAmazon to Raise AWS Lambda Costs by Charging for Cold Starts
Starting next August, Amazon will begin charging for the AWS Lambda initialization phase for managed runtimes. While the company frames this change as a billing standardization to align with existing behavior, and many in the community view it as a step toward more predictable and unified billing, others see it as a price increase by AWS.
By Renato LosioPresentation: Beyond Code: Building a Personal Brand to Boost Your Career
Roland Meertens and Steef-Jan Wiggers discuss actionable strategies for senior software developers and architects to build a powerful online presence. Learn how to effectively use LinkedIn, personal blogs, and community contributions like InfoQ to enhance career opportunities and establish yourself as a thought leader in the tech industry.
By Roland Meertens, Steef-Jan WiggersArticle: Binary Size Matters: The Challenges of Fitting Complex Applications in Storage-Constrained Devices
This article explores developing software for microcontrollers in C or C++, where constraints are the limited amount of volatile memory and the embedded hardware platform on which the software runs. It shows how to adopt languages like C++ while optimizing for binary size due to stringent hardware constraints, and trade off between runtime efficiency and binary size in architecture decisions.
By Paulo MartinezMistral Unveils Medium 3: Enterprise-Ready Language Model
Mistral AI has unveiled Mistral Medium 3, a mid-sized language model aimed at enterprises seeking a balance between cost-efficiency, strong performance, and flexible deployment options. The model is now available through Mistral’s platform and Amazon SageMaker, with further releases planned for IBM WatsonX, Azure AI Foundry, Google Cloud Vertex AI, and NVIDIA NIM.
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