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Bebo returns!

Bebo has such an interesting story. It started about the same time as Facebook, became super popular, got sold to AOL and then to C Capital Partners. Now, the owners have bought it back and are reviving it.Here's an article about Bebo from '06 that…Continue

Tags: social, codetown, bebo

Started by Michael Levin Dec 22, 2013.

Instagram's Business Model 1 Reply

Instagram is growing at a rate similar to Twitter. Pictures don't need translation. That's just one aspect of the new photo sharing paradigm. An article in yesterday's New York Times describes some of the businesses that are doing well on the crest…Continue

Tags: photos, Instagram

Started by Michael Levin. Last reply by Shubham Aggarwal Dec 18, 2012.

Notes from JCertif, in Brazzaville, Republic of Congo

Brazzaville, Republic of CongoI've blogged a lot about this place and why I am here, so I'll summarize (read www.facebook.com/mikelevin…Continue

Tags: Horacio Lassey-Assiakoley, SUN/Oracle, Atlantique Telecom Togo, UNHCR, Stanyslas Bweta

Started by Michael Levin Aug 28, 2010.

JCertif is on! Rockin' in the Congo...

JCertif is one of the first Java related conferences in the Republic of Congo, Brazzaville. Sponsored by AfricaJUG, CongoJUG, Oracle and Fujitsu…Continue

Tags: Max Bonbhel, Michael Levin, swampcast, africajug, congojug

Started by Michael Levin Aug 25, 2010.

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Presentation: Productivity Is Messing Around and Having Fun

Holly Cummins & Trisha Gee explain how to achieve the "Double Win" - boosting both developer joy and productivity. They expose the flaws of traditional metrics, identify sources of developer toil (slow builds, flaky tests), and share methods and techniques (like boredom and play) for engineering leaders and architects to unlock creativity and a 31% boost in positive-brain productivity.

By Holly Cummins, Trisha Gee

HashiCorp’s New Guide Offers Practical Advice on Writing and Rightsizing Terraform Modules

In a blog post titled "How to write and rightsize Terraform modules", HashiCorp shares a comprehensive framework for creating maintainable, scalable modules in the Terraform ecosystem. Author Mitch Pronschinske draws on insights from consultant Rene Schach's HashiDays 2025 session to focus on four key pillars: module scope, code strategy, security, and testing.

By Craig Risi

Microsoft Patches Critical ASP.NET Core Vulnerability with 9.9 Severity Score

Microsoft recently released a security advisory and patched a critical vulnerability in ASP.NET Core that allows an attacker to bypass a security feature over a network due to an inconsistent interpretation of HTTP requests. With a CVSS score of 9.9 out of 10, CVE-2025-55315 is the highest-rated Microsoft vulnerability.

By Renato Losio

Google Cloud Introduces Chaos Engineering Framework and Recipes for Distributed Systems

Google Cloud's Expert Services Team has released a detailed guide on chaos engineering for cloud-based distributed systems. It highlights that the intentional creation of failures is essential for developing resilient architectures. The initiative provides open-source recipes and helpful guidance for applying controlled disruption testing in Google Cloud environments.

By Claudio Masolo

Article: When Reverse Proxies Surprise You: Hard Lessons from Operating at Scale

Operating massive reverse proxy fleets reveals hard lessons: optimizations that work on smaller systems fail at scale; mundane oversights like missing commas cause major outages; and abstractions meant to simplify become hidden fragility points. Success requires profiling on target hardware, relentlessly monitoring boring details, keeping hot paths lean, and trusting instrumentation over theory.

By Mitendra Mahto

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