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Are you interested in social networks? We're talking about virtual communities here. Community builders use tools and techniques. We'll discuss them here in the Community Corral
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Latest Activity: Aug 23, 2012
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Twitter Limits Access to Friends of Friends via API
What do you think about Twitter's recent moves limiting access to data via their API? Continue
Started by Michael Levin Aug 23, 2012.
The Art of Community 2 Replies
I've just started reading…Continue
Tags: building, oreilly, community, of, jono
Started by Michael Levin. Last reply by Michael Levin Jan 31, 2012.
http://www.managingonlineforums.com/ 3 Replies
I just started reading the book, Managing Online Forums: Everything You Need to Know to Create and Run Successful Community Discussion Boards and the author provided a link to his website, so I…Continue
Tags: networking, discussion, community, websites
Started by John Dargan. Last reply by Patrick O'Keefe Nov 11, 2009.
Friending people on twitter 2 Replies
I have noticed that whereas someone would normally search for their friends on twitter for purpose of following them, it is also possible to use twitter as a marketing tool and a community building…Continue
Started by John Dargan. Last reply by John Dargan Nov 8, 2009.
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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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What Testers Can Do to Ensure Software Security
A secure software development life cycle means baking security into plan, design, build, test, and maintenance, rather than sprinkling it on at the end, Sara Martinez said in her talk Ensuring Software Security. Testers aren’t bug finders but early defenders, building security and quality in from the first sprint. Culture first, automation second, continuous testing and monitoring all the way.
By Ben LindersAWS Previews Route 53 Global Resolver to Decouple DNS from Regional Failures
AWS previews Route 53 Global Resolver, using Anycast to decouple DNS from regional failures. It simplifies hybrid setups with unified public/private resolution, DoH/DoT, and Zero-Trust security.
By Steef-Jan WiggersArticle: Agentic Terminal - How Your Terminal Comes Alive with CLI Agents
In this article author Sachin Joglekar discusses the transformation of CLI terminals becoming agentic where developers can state goals while the AI agents plan, call tools, iterate, ask for approval where needed, and execute the requests. He also explains the planning styles for three different CLI tools: Gemini, Claude, and Auto-GPT.
By Sachin JoglekarFacebook Survey Reveals Growing Adoption of Typed Python for Improved Code Quality and Flexibility
Conducted among over 1,200 respondents, Facebook's 2025 Typed Python Survey highlights how and why Python developers have increasingly adopted the language's type hinting system. The survey also sheds light on what developers value most, as well as their biggest frustrations and wishes.
By Sergio De SimonePresentation: How to Build a Database Without a Server
Alex Seaton discusses the architecture of ArcticDB, a high-performance Python/C++ library that replaces traditional database servers with a thick-client model. He explains how to achieve atomicity on object storage through bottom-up writes and shares deep insights into conflict-free replicated data types (CRDTs). He also explores the pitfalls of clock drift and distributed locking.
By Alex Seaton
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