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Everyone likes a challenge. How about a contest? If you like to flex your muscle, why not join us here at Contest Town. You'll find some challenging contests to write code for. And, you may find some excellent prizes, as well. Come on in and show us
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Instant Runoff Voting (IRV) is a fascinating way to run an election. The basic idea is that voters rank the candidates and the votes for…Continue
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Started by Michael Levin. Last reply by Dan Lackey Apr 5, 2010.
On President Obama’s first full day in office, he called for recommendations to make the Federal Government more transparent, participatory, and collaborative. Through the…Continue
Started by Michael Levin Apr 4, 2010.
Senegal is a land of magic and mystery. People there use their heads for recreation! How? Well, here's an example. The photo you see above is a game called Wari I got in Kaolack, Senegal. I went to…Continue
Started by Michael Levin. Last reply by Lamine Ba Feb 17, 2010.
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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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As QCon San Francisco (Nov 17-21, 2025) approaches, the conference's program committee and track hosts are sharing their top picks from this year's lineup. Their selections span a wide range of topics, from AI-accelerated development and platform engineering to resilience patterns and career growth, all with QCon's signature focus on real-world case studies and lessons learned.
By Artenisa ChatziouTeena Idnani explains how to architect and build resilient event-driven distributed systems in a multi-cloud reality. Using a fictional bank's migration journey, she shares practical, code-level solutions for overcoming major challenges: managing cross-cloud latency, ensuring event ordering and consistency, building resilience by design, and preventing duplicate events.
By Teena IdnaniGitHub is introducing a hybrid post-quantum secure key exchange algorithm for SSH access when interacting with Git over SSH.
By Craig RisiReact 19.2 introduces new APIs and performance improvements focused on better UI control and server rendering. Key additions include the new Activity component for managing UI states without losing component state, and the useEffectEvent hook, which separates event logic from effect dependencies.
By Daniel CurtisSoftware architecture is tough because it blends coding, math, and business systems. Due to surprises, architectures tend to become irrelevant over time, Barry O'Reilly said. He presented residuality theory, where he suggested stressing naive architectures to reveal hidden “attractors” in complex business systems. This allows designs to better survive change and uncertainty.
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