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EasyBThis just in from Luis Espinal of MJUG: http://www.easyb.org/ The EasyB syntax for writing stories and specifications is a lot more succ… Started by Michael Levin |
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A file poller implementation in ScalaWant to see how a file poller in Scala looks like? Check out http://www.jroller.com/thebugslayer/entry/a_simple_filepoller_in_scala Started by Zemian Deng |
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Hello worldPerhaps I should have post this as my first message to the group, but I will add it anyway for completeness. Or in case someone wants to tr… Started by Zemian Deng |
0 | Mar 3, 2009 |
Simplifying Java Exception with ScalaOne feature of Scala is it reuse Java's Exception class hierarchies, but much easier to use. For one thing, it treats Exception as "uncheck… Started by Zemian Deng |
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Getting started with Scala GroupHi there, I started the Scala group today. If you are interested in this programming language and like to learn, share or discuss any topi… Started by Zemian Deng |
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Spotify reports that AI-assisted development more than doubled monthly merged changes, prompting a review of quality and reliability controls across its engineering organization. The company describes changes to testing, observability, rollback capacity, workload prioritization, and automated maintenance as it adapts to higher software change volume.
By Leela Kumili
Erik Peterson discusses why AI spend is eclipsing cloud bills, triggering a major software engineering cost crisis. He explains tokenmaxxing, unit economics, forced developer promotions, and why fully autonomous AI will write, deploy, and govern code by 2028.
By Erik Peterson
In this podcast, Michael Stiefel spoke to Joy Ebertz about how the use of artificial intelligence is changing the way architects and developers do their jobs. Focusing on the long term success of the business is one of the most neglected tasks of an architect. This task becomes particularly important as the nature of artificial intelligence changes the landscape of software development.
By Joy Ebertz
Physical data layout is one of the most consequential decisions in lakehouse engineering. The author compares Liquid Clustering, ZOrdering, and partitioning across four workload types on Delta Lake, uncovering two undocumented failure modes that likely affect production systems today and offering a decision framework for choosing the right layout strategy.
By Kushal Kumar Vishwakarma
React 19.3 was released on September 9, introducing several features including the react-dom browser() API. This API allows components to opt out of server-side rendering, addressing issues with components that rely on client-specific data. It provides a cleaner solution for managing hydration mismatches and supports conditional data fetching, enhancing flexibility for developers.
By Daniel Curtis
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