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JUG-AFRICA is an umbrella Group for Java User Groups located on the continent of Africa.The idea behind JUG-AFRICA is to allow JUGs located within Africa to collaborate globally in ways that will ultimately benefit Java developer communities locally.
Website: http://jug-africa.dev.java.net
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Latest Activity: May 7, 2018
Every Java developer, in fact every software developer should have the opportunity to attend a technical conference every year or so. Increasingly, software conferences like Java One (now Code One) are becoming more broad and including multiple technologies. Ian Darwin is now publishing a great calendar of Java-related conferences. Here's the link: …Continue
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Started by Michael Levin May 7, 2018.
Hey, do you know that there's a shiny, new JUG-Africa portal on the Oracle Community site? Check it out here: https://community.oracle.com/groups/jug-africa-social-groupHé, savez-vous qu'il ya un , nouveau portail brillant JUG - Afrique sur le site Oracle Community ? Check it out ici:…Continue
Started by Michael Levin Nov 18, 2015.
If you're a JUG member, the JavaOne event team wants you to know there's a special discount for you:"We are offering our JUG’s a special discount for the month of June to register for JavaOne 2014. The discount will provide an additional $200 savings off the current Early Bird price of $1,650. This gives a total savings of $600 off the on-site price.JUG members should use the code DJU4.Continue
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Started by Michael Levin Jun 5, 2014.
Check out these cool submissions to the Africa Android Challenge:http://www.androidchallenge.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=49The Africa Android Challenge is an opportunity to discover the best developers and Android experts on the African continent. The…Continue
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Started by Michael Levin Mar 19, 2012.
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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.
Created by Michael Levin Dec 18, 2008 at 6:56pm. Last updated by Michael Levin May 4, 2018.
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Aerospike has officially released its Rust client to support high-throughput, low-latency applications interacting with its real-time NoSQL database.
By Sergio De SimoneThe engineering team at Cloudflare recently shared how they transitioned Quicksilver, their internal global key-value store, to a tiered caching architecture. They described their incremental journey from storing everything everywhere to adopting a distributed caching system, improving storage efficiency while preserving consistency guarantees and low-latency reads at the edge.
By Renato LosioIn the wake of a staggering $120K bill due to unchecked autoscaling during a DDoS attack, industry experts stress the necessity of robust FinOps strategies. Key recommendations include capping resource limits and utilizing real-time alerts to prevent financial disasters. Balancing cost control with system availability is crucial to safeguard modern cloud environments.
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By Mark SilvesterGoogle has introduced LangExtract, an open-source Python library designed to help developers extract structured information from unstructured text using large language models such as the Gemini models.
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