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Red Hat Open Shift Workshop 8/21 Orlando MarriottHi Michael, Wanted to send you a reminder for next Wednesday's Red Hat OpenShift workshop. We are excited to see you! Date: August 21st,… Started by Michael Levin |
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OJUG ::: Git with Rusty 8/22Join us for a Git presentation featuring RustyRusty Phillips has been a polyglot developer for over 20 years (and Java to some degree durin… Started by Michael Levin |
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DevNexus CFP open until Aug 15THE DEVNEXUS CALL FOR PAPERS IS OPEN UNTIL AUGUST 15!!! The Call for Papers (CFP) for Devnexus 2020 is now open. Devnexus, February 19-21,… Started by Michael Levin |
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January OJUG ::: Reactive or Cloud Native Mobile (you choose!)Howdy Java Enthusiasts! We have a great presentation coming up. Starter Studio, 1/22 6-8PM. Details in the Codetown Events section shortly… Started by Michael Levin |
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OrlandoJUG August - Effective Java with Edson YanagaThis month we welcome Edson Yanaga as our speaker. Edson will give a talk on Revisiting Effective Java. The meeting is Thursday, 8/23 at St… Started by Michael Levin |
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@orlandojug We’re on Twitter and FB!Hey! We’re on Twitter and Facebook. https://www.facebook.com/orlandojug http://www.twitter.com/orlandojug Started by Michael Levin |
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August Ojug Topics - You choose!We luck out sometimes. Next month we have this choice of incredibly interesting topics. Let me know which one you like best by replying to… Started by Michael Levin |
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ORLANDOJUG ::: SECRETS OF THE ROCKSTAR PROGRAMMERSHey, Gang: We have a special presenter this month. Ed Burns, author of Secrets of the Rock Star Programmers will be here to talk about the… Started by Michael Levin |
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A Little More About This Month’s OJUGAre you wondering what the presentation is about? From Ed’s blog: http://ridingthecrest.com/blog/2018/07/10/orlando-jug-rockstar.html Abs… Started by Michael Levin |
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Social ::: Beer and UpdatesHey there! Drop by the Eden Bar tonight and get yourself a Florida brew while we chat about news in the Java & Open Source world under… Started by Michael Levin |
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In a recent paper, Microsoft researchers described BitNet b1.58 2B4T, the first LLM to be natively trained using "1-bit" (technically, 1-trit) weights, rather than being quantized from a model trained with floating point weights. According to Microsoft, the model delivers performance comparable to full-precision LLMs of similar size at a fraction of the computation cost and hardware requirements.
By Sergio De SimoneInnovative cloud solutions expert Somtochi Onyekwere recently presented at QCon London 2025, unveiling Corrosion—Fly.io's advanced open-source distributed system. By leveraging CRDTs and Rust, Corrosion enhances scalability and data synchronization, addressing latency challenges and ensuring rapid, consistent application deployment across a global network of 40+ regions.
By Steef-Jan WiggersRashmi Venugopal explores the inevitability of legacy systems in successful companies and the importance of transforming legacy systems to accelerate innovation. Rashmi discusses various strategies to tackle such technical renovation initiatives, like evolutionary architecture, deprecation-driven development, and intentional organization design.
By Rashmi VenugopalAWS recently announced an enhanced CLI (command-line interface) agent for Amazon Q Developer with advanced agentic capabilities. This upgrade allows developers to work with AI directly in their terminal. Meanwhile, Anthropic has launched Claude Code as a research preview. It is a terminal-based coding assistant that allows developers to work directly with Claude from the command line.
By Matt SaundersThe .NET team has released version 9.2 of .NET Aspire, introducing updates to the dashboard experience, new integration capabilities, and deployment improvements. As stated in the official announcement, this release furthers the platform’s goal of simplifying application development and cloud-native deployment workflows.
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