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The Definitive Guide to JythonThis just in: The Definitive Guide to Jython: Python for the Java Platform is finally available! Jython is an open source implementatio… Started by Michael Levin |
0 | Aug 19, 2009 |
Programming in Scala Book is out!You may get an e-copy at a pretty low price. Check it out at http://www.artima.com/shop/programming_in_scala Have fun! -Z Started by Zemian Deng |
0 | Nov 22, 2008 |
Scala 2.7.2.final release is out!In case you missed it, the new release marks a important date for them. Besides few big features and bugs fixes added, this release will ma… Started by Zemian Deng |
0 | Nov 14, 2008 |
Using scala scripts to check Java jar filesHere I attached two scripts that might help you working with jar files. Have you tried to verify that a Class must exists in a lib directo… Started by Zemian Deng |
0 | Sep 11, 2008 |
Scala Example: a simple cat commandHi, Here is a simple Scala script that prints or concatenates text files: //file: cat.scala import java.io._ val files = args for(f <-… Started by Zemian Deng |
0 | Aug 29, 2008 |
A super rich Java String with ScalaFor the longest time I wish Java support HEREDOC kind of string construct like in Perl and other. This seems to be extremely useful when yo… Started by Zemian Deng |
0 | Aug 23, 2008 |
Sweet-0.0.1 is outI am excited to announce the first stable release of sweet. There are great samples including database access out here: http://code.google.… Started by Zemian Deng |
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SweetScala indeedHello everyone, I have started a Scala web framework project at http://code.google.com/p/sweetscala. It's still young, but the distributio… Started by Zemian Deng |
0 | Jul 22, 2008 |
Scala on JVM is pretty sweetI have been studying the Scala language for the last several months, and I found it very attractive. Not only it can run on JVM and use any… Started by Zemian Deng |
0 | Jul 16, 2008 |
Sample Store Catalog using using Groovy and Grails and the Java Persistence API on Glassfish with MySQLI modified this Groovy and Grails Catalog Sample application to use JPA entity java classes instead of Groovy domain classes. I followed th… Started by Carol McDonald |
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Trisha Ballakur discusses her journey from a backend software engineer to CTO and CEO, using her startup Pointz as a case study. She explains how to implement bottom-up customer discovery to find product-market fit, effectively delegate to global contractors to reduce build times, customize open-source repos like Valhalla, and apply engineering test-case models to business development.
By Trisha Ballakur
AI bias mirrors human bias; both stem from our language and lived experiences. Ethics and AI are inseparable, but AI changes affordances, making harmful actions easier to carry out. The EU regulations apply to AI, since digital products are products. The ultimate goal is accountability: companies must ensure transparency, and laws should favor using the simplest AI that gets the job done.
By Ben Linders
Microsoft announced Azure Linux 4.0 and Azure Container Linux at Open Source Summit. Azure Linux 4.0 is a Fedora-based general-purpose server distribution for Azure VMs, the first time Microsoft has offered a supported Linux beyond container hosting. Azure Container Linux is an immutable container-optimized host built on Flatcar.
By Steef-Jan Wiggers
n fan-out microservice architectures, slow-but-completing requests accumulate across services and drive p99 latency far higher than per-service metrics suggest. This article presents an adaptive hedging mechanism that uses DDSketch for real-time quantile estimation, windowed rotation to handle distribution drift, and a token-bucket budget to prevent load amplification.
By Prathamesh Bhope
Cloudflare recently added support for Claude Managed Agents, allowing developers to run and manage Claude agents within Cloudflare. Developers can connect agents to private systems, choose their runtime environment, and monitor agent activity using Cloudflare services.
By Renato Losio
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