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Kotlin Thursdays Presents: Tea Time - Bad Bosses with Brittney BraxtonThis week, Ben Rodriguez and Brittney Baxton discusses ways leaders and organizations help shape (or hinder) engineer development. Started by Amanda Hinchman-Dominguez |
0 | Dec 6, 2018 |
Kotlin Thursdays - Image Processing in Kotlin Part 3 with Amanda Hinchman-DominguezKotlin Thursdays: Image Processing in Kotlin Part 3 Part 1: https://codetown.com/group/kotlin/forum/topics/kotlin-thursdays-image-processin… Started by Amanda Hinchman-Dominguez |
0 | Nov 16, 2018 |
Kotlin Thursdays - Kotlin Koans with Ben Rodriguez Part 2Kotlin Thursdays: Kotlin Koans with Ben Rodriguez @apichamion Part 1 here: https://codetown.com/group/kotlin/forum/topics/kotlin-thursda… Started by Amanda Hinchman-Dominguez |
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Nov 15, 2018 Reply by Michael Levin |
Kotlin Thursdays Presents: Tea Time - The Toxic Engineering Environment with JP FairfieldThis Kotlin Thursday, Amanda and JP Fairfield talk about working overtime in tech. Started by Amanda Hinchman-Dominguez |
0 | Nov 8, 2018 |
Kotlin Thursdays - Image Processing in Kotlin Part 2 with Amanda Hinchman-DominguezKotlin Thursdays: Image Processing in Kotlin Part 2 Welcome to Kotlin Thursdays! Last week, we were able to render an image with TornadoFX… Started by Amanda Hinchman-Dominguez |
0 | Nov 8, 2018 |
Kotlin Thursdays - Kotlin Koans with Ben Rodriguez Part 1Kotlin Thursdays: Kotlin Koans with Ben Rodriguez @apichamion Hey everyone! Welcome to Kotlin Thursdays. With some many languages out t… Started by Amanda Hinchman-Dominguez |
0 | Nov 8, 2018 |
Kotlin Thursdays - Image Processing in Kotlin Part 1 with Amanda Hinchman-DominguezKotlin Thursdays: Image Processing in Kotlin Part 1 Welcome to Kotlin Thursdays and Happy Halloween! This week, we will be exploring image… Started by Amanda Hinchman-Dominguez |
0 | Nov 1, 2018 |
Kotlin Thursdays - Collection Mechanics with Matt MooreKotlin Thursdays: Collection Mechanics Welcome to the first Kotlin Thursday of the season! We're glad to have you here. This week, we're go… Started by Amanda Hinchman-Dominguez |
0 | Oct 25, 2018 |
KT 2.0 TeaserStarted by Amanda Hinchman-Dominguez |
0 | Oct 23, 2018 |
Kotlin Thursdays - Coming Back October 25thKotlin Thursdays is coming back with a new season - new friends, new content, and episodes!! Stay tuned :) Started by Amanda Hinchman-Dominguez |
0 | Oct 10, 2018 |
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By Michael RedlichEliya 25 Brings a JVM-Level Diagnostic Profile to OpenJDK 25 LTS
Asymm Systems has released Eliya 25.0.3, an OpenJDK 25 LTS distribution aimed at improving production diagnostics in Java environments. It consolidates several HotSpot features into an opt-in Production profile. Eliya is designed for teams needing reliable diagnostic data, especially in regulated settings. Future enhancements are planned for Phase 2.
By A N M Bazlur RahmanInside Target’s LLM-Based System for Semantic Matching in Marketing Forecast Pipelines
Target built a generative AI system to improve marketing campaign forecasting by retrieving and ranking similar historical campaigns. Using embeddings, vector search, and LLM ranking, it replaces rule-based workflows. Evaluation shows 75% top-1 and 100% top-3 coverage. The system reduces manual effort, improves consistency, and uses feedback loops to refine retrieval using campaign outcomes.
By Leela KumiliPresentation: Million PDFs: Building a Modern Document Infrastructure with Rust and Typst
Erik Steiger discusses the operational pain of legacy PDF generation in regulated banking and manufacturing. He explains how transitioning from resource-heavy engines like Puppeteer and LaTeX to a serverless Rust architecture powered by Typst can drop render latencies below 2ms. He shares how applying Git and Docker concepts to template registries ensures ironclad compliance and rapid debugging.
By Erik SteigerPodcast: Architectural Patterns: Moving Beyond Cloud-Native to Local-First - Insights from Adam Wiggins
In this episode, Heroku co-founder and Ink & Switch founder Adam Wiggins argues for a 'local-first' architecture that reconciles cloud-based collaboration with the performance and data ownership of local software. He explores the role of CRDTs and version control primitives in non-code domains, and examines how a hybrid AI future might leverage local models for core productivity tasks.
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