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Uber Case Study - Using Node.jsI was looking around for case studies about companies using Node and ran across this one. Uber's architecture involves Node. This discussio… Started by Michael Levin |
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Know Node?If you're interested in Node.js, this is a great starting point. Ryan Dahl is the author. This is a video of his intro presentation. http:/… Started by Michael Levin |
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Welcome to JavaScript Village!You're going to love it here! Like minded people and a mind boggling assortment of architectures to choose from and learn to master. Someon… Started by Michael Levin |
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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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At QCon London 2016, engineers from Spotify presented how the company accelerates internal tool development using its internal developer platform and AI-assisted workflows.
By Daniel Dominguez
Jabez Eliezer Manuel, Senior Principal Engineer at Booking.com, presented “Behind Booking.com's AI Evolution: The Unpolished Story” at QCon London 2026. Manuel discussed how Booking.com has evolved over the past 20 years and the challenges they faced on their journey to incorporate AI.
By Michael Redlich
Google has open sourced CEL-expr-python, a Python implementation of the Common Expression Language (CEL), a non-Turing complete embedded policy and expression language designed for simplicity, speed, safety, and portability.
By Sergio De Simone
Form3 runs UK bank payments across three clouds simultaneously. At QCon London, their engineers explained how they built their custom Kubernetes operators, cross-cloud DNS tricks, and distributed databases, and what happened when they tried to sell them in America. Spoiler: US customers wanted East/West failover, not triple-active multi-cloud.
By Steef-Jan Wiggers
At QCon London 2026, Yinka Omole, Lead Software Engineer at Personio, presented a session exploring a recurring dilemma engineers face, whether to spend time mastering the newest technologies and frameworks or to invest in deeper, foundational problems that may appear less exciting but deliver long-term value.
By Daniel Dominguez
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