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Kotlin Thursdays - Networking in Android and KotlinWe have an existing Android Avocado Facts application created in an older Kotlin Thursdays post, but for any Android application to be s… Started by Amanda Hinchman-Dominguez |
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Kotlin Thursdays - Introduction to Functional Programming Part 2Resources Higher-Order Functions and Lambdas:https://kotlinlang.org/docs/reference/lambdas.html FP in Kotlin Part 1: https://medium.com… Started by Amanda Hinchman-Dominguez |
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Kotlin Thursdays - Introduction to Functional Programming in Kotlin Part 1Resources Higher-Order Functions and Lambdas:https://kotlinlang.org/docs/reference/lambdas.html Introduction Welcome to Kotlin Thursda… Started by Amanda Hinchman-Dominguez |
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Kotlin Thursdays - Introduction to Kotlin Generics, Part 2Hi folks! Welcome to Kotlin Thursdays. Last week, we examined classes, types, generic functions & parameters as well as covariance &… Started by Amanda Hinchman-Dominguez |
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Hannah Foxwell began her QCon London 2026 talk by noting that the long-sought velocity in development has arrived, but the industry is unsure how to use it. She set aside the technical details of agentic coding, focusing instead on its implications for the people working with these systems.
By Matt Saunders
Agoda engineers developed Storefront, a Rust-based S3-compatible reverse proxy that improves load balancing, request routing, and observability across large-scale object storage systems. The proxy addresses DNS-based distribution limitations, implements latency-aware routing, cross-data-center optimizations, IO safeguards, credential-less authentication, and exposes telemetry via OpenTelemetry.
By Leela Kumili
Airbnb has revealed how it significantly improved its observability practices by rethinking how alerts are developed and validated, concluding that what appeared to be a "culture problem" was actually a tooling and workflow gap.
By Craig Risi
OpenAI announced they are extending the Responses API to make it easier for developer to build agentic workflows, adding support for a shell tool, a built-in agent execution loop, a hosted container workspace, context compaction, and reusable agent skills.
By Sergio De SimoneThis eMag explores the shift from AI experimentation to production, where legacy defenses fall short. We dive into the critical trifecta of AI-driven phishing, model poisoning, and cloud governance. By rethinking security as a lifecycle responsibility, this issue provides a roadmap for securing the machine age through layered tactics, robust MLOps, and responsible deployment frameworks.
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