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iBeaconsHave you heard of them? They look cool, but EXPENSIVE. I think they're too expensive for the average consumer. Estimote is an iBeacon manuf… Started by Michael Levin |
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Anyone had experience with time-saving toolkits for Mobile Development?I've done both iOS programming for iPad/iPhone and Android programming. All in the native platforms - Objective-C for iOS and Java for Andr… Started by Kevin Neelands |
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May 28, 2012 Reply by Jackie Gleason |
Insanely Great Social Hooks and Innovation on this iPhone/Android AppEveryTrail impresses as a well thought out app with GPS, multimedia and social integration. Not only is it well coded and solid, but th… Started by Michael Levin |
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URL -> IP AddressI'm working on an iPad app, and I need to go from a URL such as www.mysite.com to the IP Address and port, 12.34.56.78 port 123 or so. Ha… Started by Kevin Neelands |
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Oct 14, 2010 Reply by Kevin Neelands |
Orlando Mobile Programming ClubMeets at DeVry U! Started by Michael Levin |
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May 1, 2010 Reply by Walt Sellers |
iPad promo codesFor those of you getting a iPad, I highly recommend these two apps: First, a FREE nifty version of the Periodic Table Of Elements: http://i… Started by Kevin Neelands |
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Backtracking to iPhone OS 3.0Has this happened to anyone else?I got a notification recommending I let apple automatically upgrade the software on my iPhone, so I clicke… Started by Kevin Neelands |
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Feb 17, 2010 Reply by Kevin Neelands |
Backtracking to iPhone OS 3.0Has this happened to anyone else?I got a notification recommending I let apple automatically upgrade the software on my iPhone, so I clicke… Started by Kevin Neelands |
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Feb 17, 2010 Reply by Walt Sellers |
New Linkedin Group: iPhone Developer Connection - Jacksonville, FLHi All,I recently released my first iPhone App, Party Twacker, and would love to connect with other iPhone developers. Please go to :http:… Started by Kevin Collins |
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iPhone & Mac Developers GOTO Conference in Atlanta Feb 21 to 24, 2010The Mac Developer Network (a Europe-based group) is hosting a convention in Atlanta in cooperation with the Big Nerd Ranch (a programmer tr… Started by Walt Sellers |
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Jan 27, 2010 Reply by Walt Sellers |
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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Merrin Kurian shares the architectural blueprints and organizational processes behind Intuit’s AI transformation. She explains the "fixed, flexible, free" framework used to scale GenOS across 8,000 developers, enabling 3,500+ production experiments. She discusses critical agent failure modes, the "LLM-as-a-judge" evaluation strategy, and how to build "tool-ready" APIs for the future.
By Merrin Kurian
TanStack has released a detailed postmortem describing a sophisticated supply-chain attack that compromised 42 npm packages and published 84 malicious package versions in just six minutes, exposing developers and CI/CD systems to credential theft and malware propagation.
By Craig Risi
eBPF is emerging as a preferred method for security observability over traditional user-space agents. By attaching probes directly to the Linux kernel's syscall interface, it provides consistent visibility even during container-level compromises. eBPF reduces security-related CPU consumption and limits data volume by performing filtering at the kernel level, enhancing operational efficiency.
By Niranjan Sharma
Vite 8.0 introduces a significant architectural change, migrating from a dual-bundler setup to a single Rust-based bundler called Rolldown. This update enhances build speeds, reporting reductions from 46 seconds to 6 seconds in some projects. The release includes developer experience improvements and maintains compatibility with the existing plugin ecosystem.
By Daniel Curtis
Swiggy detailed real-time machine-learning ranking system for autocomplete built on OpenSearch. The architecture separates candidate generation and ranking, uses feature stores for real time signals, and applies learning to rank models for improved relevance. It replaces heuristic ranking while maintaining strict latency constraints and enabling continuous model updates from user behavior signals.
By Leela Kumili
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