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Freelance Village Discussions (7)
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The *other* jobs mailing listFloridians and folks looking for work in the SE: there's a free jobs mailing list with hundreds of members. I've had it going for nearly 15… Started by Michael Levin |
0 | Apr 24, 2015 |
Starting and Running Your Own Company, by Matt RaibleMy good bud Matt just published an article about his business and I think it's worth sharing: http://raibledesigns.com/rd/entry/how_to_set… Started by Michael Levin |
0 | Mar 3, 2015 |
How to Get Business using Social MediaYou can use the social API's to get new customers. One way is with Twitter's API. You can filter tweets for keywords and then friend the tw… Started by Michael Levin |
0 | Dec 9, 2012 |
Cornbread and ContractingCornbread and contracting. They have a lot in common. What do I mean? Well, you never go in empty handed. That's for starters. How… Started by Michael Levin |
0 | Jun 7, 2011 |
People's Guide to ContractingI've started a handbook called "The People's Guide to Contracting". It's a work in progress, so you can check here from time to time if… Started by Michael Levin |
0 | May 24, 2011 |
Freelancing - You Better Believe I'm Multi-Lingual!There's a new book out called Programming F# What's F#? Why should you care? What's it gonna do for you? Well, here's what you get when… Started by Michael Levin |
0 | Oct 15, 2009 |
Freelancing in a tough marketIt's not easy these days to be a freelancer. Many layoffs have resulted in the market being full of well qualified job seekers. You *can* s… Started by Michael Levin |
0 | Jun 20, 2009 |
Happy 10th year, JCertif!
Notes
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.
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KubeCon NA 2025 - Salesforce’s Approach to Self-Healing Using AIOps and Agentic AI
AIOps and Agentic AI technologies can help in developing solutions to intelligently analyze Kubernetes cluster health, automatically diagnose problems, and orchestrate issue resolutions with minimal human intervention. Vikram Venkataraman and Srikanth Rajan spoke at KubeCon + CloudNativeCon NA 2025 Conference about Salesforce’s approach to self-healing systems using AIOps and AI Agents.
By Srini PenchikalaPresentation: Productivity Is Messing Around and Having Fun
Holly Cummins & Trisha Gee explain how to achieve the "Double Win" - boosting both developer joy and productivity. They expose the flaws of traditional metrics, identify sources of developer toil (slow builds, flaky tests), and share methods and techniques (like boredom and play) for engineering leaders and architects to unlock creativity and a 31% boost in positive-brain productivity.
By Holly Cummins, Trisha GeeHashiCorp’s New Guide Offers Practical Advice on Writing and Rightsizing Terraform Modules
In a blog post titled "How to write and rightsize Terraform modules", HashiCorp shares a comprehensive framework for creating maintainable, scalable modules in the Terraform ecosystem. Author Mitch Pronschinske draws on insights from consultant Rene Schach's HashiDays 2025 session to focus on four key pillars: module scope, code strategy, security, and testing.
By Craig RisiMicrosoft Patches Critical ASP.NET Core Vulnerability with 9.9 Severity Score
Microsoft recently released a security advisory and patched a critical vulnerability in ASP.NET Core that allows an attacker to bypass a security feature over a network due to an inconsistent interpretation of HTTP requests. With a CVSS score of 9.9 out of 10, CVE-2025-55315 is the highest-rated Microsoft vulnerability.
By Renato LosioArticle: When Reverse Proxies Surprise You: Hard Lessons from Operating at Scale
Operating massive reverse proxy fleets reveals hard lessons: optimizations that work on smaller systems fail at scale; mundane oversights like missing commas cause major outages; and abstractions meant to simplify become hidden fragility points. Success requires profiling on target hardware, relentlessly monitoring boring details, keeping hot paths lean, and trusting instrumentation over theory.
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