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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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By adopting Rust for one of its core subsystems, Cloudflare succeeded in reducing response time by 10 ms and boosting performance by 25%. Additionally, the company emphasized that Rust made their system more secure and reduced development time.
By Sergio De SimoneNew Infrastructure-as-Code Tool "formae" Takes Aim at Terraform
Platform Engineering Labs has released formae, an open-source infrastructure-as-code platform. It is trying to address what they describe as fundamental limitations in existing infrastructure-as-code tools. In a press release, the New York-based company announced the launch on 22 October 2025, positioning formae as the first major innovation in infrastructure-as-code in nearly a decade.
By Matt SaundersJava News Roundup: Oracle Critical Patch Update, BellSoft, Grails, Hazelcast, Langchain4j
This week's Java roundup for October 20th, 2025, features news highlighting: Oracle's Critical Patch Update (CPU) for October 2025; BellSoft CPU patches for Liberica JDK; the GA release of Grails 7.0; point releases for Micronaut, Hazelcast, LangChain4j and OpenXava; and the November 2025 beta release of Open Liberty.
By Michael RedlichHashiCorp Previews “Agentic Infrastructure” Future with Project Infragraph
At its annual conference, HashiConf 2025, the now-IBM-owned HashiCorp, revealed a new strategic initiative: Project Infragraph, a real-time infrastructure graph designed to underpin an era of agent-driven automation for hybrid clouds.
By Craig RisiMeta Open Sources OpenZL: a Universal Compression Framework for Structured Data
Meta’s OpenZL changes the way data is compressed by maximizing efficiency for structured datasets, outperforming traditional methods like Zstandard. With a universal decompressor and custom compression plans, it simplifies operational deployment while achieving superior compression ratios and speeds, making it an essential tool for modern data infrastructures.
By Steef-Jan Wiggers
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