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Community Corral

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

Members: 23
Latest Activity: Aug 23, 2012

About the Community Corral

The art of building and managing community is a soft science. Patterns are emerging regarding online communities. We'll discuss the social map, features and the process of building and managing social networks. There are several business models in play that dominate the field. Components and frameworks are emerging. Issues like participation, growth, undertones and many more are worth considering in your quest to understand and effectively work with communities. Discuss them here, in the Community Corral.

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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

Tags: api, twitter

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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InfoQ Reading List

Presentation: Humans in the Loop: Engineering Leadership in a Chaotic Industry

Michelle Brush discusses engineering leadership in the age of AI/ML and automation. She explains how the Jevons Paradox will create massive software demand, but the Ironies of Automation will make the remaining engineering job harder. She shares 4 skills for success: Systems Thinking, Non-Abstract System Design, Reliability Engineering, and Complexity Theory, stressing the need for junior talent.

By Michelle Brush

Article: Micro-Frontends: A Sociotechnical Journey Toward a Modern Frontend Architecture

Micro-frontends differ from components by emphasising autonomy and flow over standardisation and reuse—a sociotechnical shift aligned with Conway's law. Migration should be gradual, starting where autonomy is most beneficial and ensuring that the architecture aligns with the team structure. Duplication can benefit the flow and enable iterative delivery, rather than requiring extensive rewrites.

By Luca Mezzalira

Rust at the Core: Accelerating Polyglot SDK Development by Spencer Judge at QCon SF 2025

Innovative SDK Team Lead Spencer Judge at Temporal unveiled a game-changing strategy at QCon SF 2025: leveraging a shared Rust core to streamline multi-language SDKs. By reducing redundancy and improving efficiency, this architecture addresses the challenges developers face, delivering safer, more portable solutions that enhance the user experience and minimize technical debt.

By Steef-Jan Wiggers

Google Brings Colab Integration to Visual Studio Code

Google has announced the availability of a new Visual Studio Code extension that connects local notebooks to a Colab runtime. This allows developers to unify their previously separate local development setup and web-based Colab environment.

By Sergio De Simone

Stripe's Zero-Downtime Data Movement Platform Migrates Petabytes with Millisecond Traffic Switches

At QCon SF, a Stripe engineer presented the company's Zero-Downtime Data Movement Platform, a system enabling petabyte-scale database migrations with traffic switches that typically complete in milliseconds. The platform supports Stripe's infrastructure, handling 5 million database queries per second while maintaining 99.9995% reliability for $1.4 trillion in annual transactions.

By Eran Stiller

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