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Web2.0 Town Discussions (10)
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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… Started by Michael Levin |
0 | Dec 22, 2013 |
Instagram's Business ModelInstagram is growing at a rate similar to Twitter. Pictures don't need translation. That's just one aspect of the new photo sharing paradig… Started by Michael Levin |
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Dec 18, 2012 Reply by Shubham Aggarwal |
Notes from JCertif, in Brazzaville, Republic of CongoBrazzaville, Republic of Congo I've blogged a lot about this place and why I am here, so I'll summarize (read www.facebook.com/mikelevin… Started by Michael Levin |
0 | 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… Started by Michael Levin |
0 | Aug 25, 2010 |
How To Track Google Analytics on a Forwarded DomainHow do you track Google Analytics on a forwarded domain? Started by Michael Levin |
0 | Jan 2, 2010 |
What tools you used to created your graphic design?Hi, Any Graphic Designer out here? I am curious to what's your primary program/tool to create your images and graphics. I like to know some… Started by Zemian Deng |
0 | Sep 13, 2008 |
RESTful Web Services and CometRick Palkovic and I have written an article about a Comet application which allows users to watch and chat about a slide show. The Applicat… Started by Carol McDonald |
0 | Aug 29, 2008 |
Java for Web DevelopmentDo you use Java for web development? If so, why? There are multiple choices when it comes to web development languages and frameworks inclu… Started by David T. Harris |
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Aug 23, 2008 Reply by Zemian Deng |
a Dynamic Ajax table example using jMaki and RESTful Web ServicesThis Sample Catalog app demonstrates a RESTful Web Service, coded using JAX-RS: Java API for RESTful Web Services (JSR-311) and Java Persis… Started by Carol McDonald |
0 | Jul 19, 2008 |
A Comet Slideshow example using dojo, Comet, Bayeux, on GrizzlyThis Sample Slideshow app demonstrates the usage of the dojo Ajax framework, Comet, Bayeux, with Grizzly and Glassfish. http://weblogs.jav… Started by Carol McDonald |
0 | Jul 15, 2008 |
Happy 10th year, JCertif!
Notes
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.
Created by Michael Levin Dec 18, 2008 at 6:56pm. Last updated by Michael Levin May 4, 2018.
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Uforwarder: Uber’s Scalable Kafka Consumer Proxy for Efficient Event-Driven Microservices
Uber has open-sourced uForwarder, a push-based Kafka consumer proxy built to handle trillions of messages and multiple petabytes of data daily. The system introduces context-aware routing, head-of-line blocking mitigation, adaptive auto-rebalancing, and partition-level delay processing to improve scalability, workload isolation, and hardware efficiency in large-scale event-driven microservices.
By Leela KumiliTSSLint 3.0: Final Major Release with Reduced Dependencies
TSSLint 3, the lightweight TypeScript linting tool by Johnson Chu, enhances performance with a reduced dependencies and improved migration paths from legacy linters. As a spiritual successor to TSLint, it offers near-instant diagnostics and fixes, leveraging native Node support for .ts imports. Enhanced developer tooling and a new TSL compatibility layer simplify linting in large-scale projects.
By Daniel CurtisArticle: Building a Least-Privilege AI Agent Gateway for Infrastructure Automation with MCP, OPA, and Ephemeral Runners
This article presents a least-privilege AI Agent Gateway that places clear controls between AI agents and infrastructure. Agents do not access infrastructure APIs directly. Instead, every request is validated, authorized using policy as code with Open Policy Agent (OPA), and executed in short-lived, isolated environments, with built-in observability using OpenTelemetry.
By Nabin DebnathPodcast: Software Evolution with Microservices and LLMs: A Conversation with Chris Richardson
In this podcast, Michael Stiefel spoke with Chris Richardson about using microservices to modernize software applications and the use of artificial intelligence in software architecture. We first discussed the problems of monolithic enterprise software and how to use microservices to evolve them to enable fast flow - the ability to achieve rapid software delivery.
By Chris RichardsonAnthropic Study: AI Coding Assistance Reduces Developer Skill Mastery by 17%
Anthropic research shows developers using AI assistance scored 17% lower on comprehension tests when learning new coding libraries, though productivity gains were not statistically significant. Those who used AI for conceptual inquiry scored 65% or higher, while those delegating code generation to AI scored below 40%.
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