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Startup City

Have you got a great idea you'd like to put into action? This is the place for you! We'll talk about ideas and how to turn them into businesses here.

Members: 24
Latest Activity: Jun 10, 2016

About Startup City

Turning an idea into reality is a fine art. Sure, sometimes people start a business and momentum sets in on its own like magic. More often than not, getting traction on a new idea begins with a well thought out business plan and more. What's the secret? Jump in here at Startup City and find out how to get your idea on the road to suuccess!

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Free Webcast: Lessons from Real Life - Tuesday, June 14, 2016

There's theory, fiction, and fantasy. . .and then there's real life. Life's lessons—successes and failures alike—have much to teach us. Since there is only so much that one person can experience in a…Continue

Tags: codetown, o'reilly

Started by Michael Levin Jun 10, 2016.

Kiosk Mall Push - An idea from Bradlee Sargent 2 Replies

Brad wrote: I noticed that in the Florida Mall, there are a lot of kiosks and the sellers there want to sell their stuff.…Continue

Tags: sargent, startup, push

Started by Michael Levin. Last reply by Michael Levin Oct 31, 2011.

Startup Weekend 4 Replies

 Coincidently, I was reading an article about "Startup Weekend" when I received the email from Mike about demo city.    http://startupweekend.org/ I would…Continue

Tags: startup, jobs, ideas, web2.0, web

Started by Tom Duerr. Last reply by Mario Talavera Mar 6, 2011.

Your Startup - Web Presence 2 Replies

Does your startup need an elegant web presence? It's amazing that some very simple websites…Continue

Tags: entrepreneurship, startups, startup

Started by Michael Levin. Last reply by Michael Levin Mar 1, 2011.

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Welcome to Codetown!

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.

When you create a profile for yourself you get a personal page automatically. That's where you can be creative and do your own thing. People who want to get to know you will click on your name or picture and…
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Presentation: Local First – How To Build Software Which Still Works After the Acquihire

Alex Good discusses the fragility of modern cloud-dependent apps and shares a roadmap for "local-first" software. By leveraging a Git-like DAG structure and Automerge, he explains how to move from brittle client-server models to resilient systems where data lives on-device. He explores technical implementation, rich-text merging, and how this infrastructure simplifies engineering workflows.

By Alex Good

Article: Stateful Continuation for AI Agents: Why Transport Layers Now Matter

Agent workflows make transport a first-order concern. Multi-turn, tool-heavy loops amplify overhead that is negligible in single-turn LLM use. Stateful continuation cuts overhead dramatically. Caching context server-side can reduce client-sent data by 80%+ and improve execution time by 15–29% .

By Anirudh Mendiratta

Presentation: State of Play: AI Coding Assistants

Birgitta Böckeler discusses the rapid evolution of AI agents, moving beyond "vibe coding" to sophisticated context engineering. She explains how architectural constraints and "harness engineering" create the safety nets required for autonomous code generation. She shares vital insights for leaders on balancing speed with maintainability, security risks, and the cost of AI autonomy.

By Birgitta Böckeler

Inside Spotify’s 2025 Wrapped Archive: AI Narratives at Scale and the Privacy Trade‑Off

Spotify's engineering team developed the 2025 "Wrapped Archive," generating 1.4 billion personalized reports for 350 million users. This system identifies key listening days and crafts narratives using a language model. As companies increasingly provide narrative recaps, concerns about user privacy and data tracking persist, necessitating a balance between insights and privacy safeguards.

By Matt Foster

Presentation: When Every Bit Counts: How Valkey Rebuilt Its Hashtable for Modern Hardware

Madelyn Olson discusses the evolution of Valkey's data structures, moving away from "textbook" pointer-chasing HashMaps to more cache-aware designs. She explains the implementation of "Swedish" tables to maximize memory density. She shares insights on systems intuition, memory prefetching, and the rigorous testing needed for mission-critical caches.

By Madelyn Olson

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