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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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InfoQ Reading List
Presentation: Platform Engineering as a Practice of Sociotechnical Excellence
Lesley Cordero discusses platform engineering as a practice for driving sociotechnical change and organizational sustainability. She explains the "pendulum of tension" between developer experience and reliability, emphasizing that architectural patterns must solve for organizational complexity. She shares a leadership framework for moving from reactive heroism to proactive stewardship.
By Lesley CorderoStripe Engineers Deploy Minions, Autonomous Agents Producing Thousands of Pull Requests Weekly
Stripe engineers describe Minions, autonomous coding agents generating over 1,300 pull requests per week. Tasks can originate from Slack, bug reports, or feature requests. Using LLMs, blueprints, and CI/CD pipelines, Minions produce production-ready changes while maintaining reliability and human review.
By Leela KumiliHarness Reimagines Artifact Management for DevSecOps with New Artifact Registry
Harness has announced the general availability of Harness Artifact Registry, a platform capability designed to simplify how engineering teams store, secure, and govern software artifacts within modern DevSecOps pipelines.
By Craig RisiQCon London 2026: Kleppmann on Mitigating Europe's Cloud Dependency with Local-First Software
Europe is completely dependent on US cloud services, Martin Kleppmann told QCon London. His fix: commoditise everything. He walked through three technologies he's helped build: multi-cloud via de facto standards, Bluesky's AT Protocol for social media, and local-first software for collaboration, all designed to make switching providers trivial and shift power back to users.
By Steef-Jan WiggersArticle: Configuration as a Control Plane: Designing for Safety and Reliability at Scale
Configuration has evolved from static deployment files into a live control plane that directly shapes system behavior. The evolution of configuration management highlights why misconfigurations can trigger large outages and how hyperscalers deploy changes safely using staged rollouts, validation, blast radius limits, and automated rollback at scale.
By Karthiek Maralla
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