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Featured Groups (13)
Kotlin Town
6 members Latest Activity: Nov 18, 2019
Interested in Kotlin? Are you a practitioner?
Kotlin is a statically typed…
Computational Linguistics Village
15 members Latest Activity: May 6, 2018 Ever wonder how Google Translate works? It's computational linguistics! Join us here and learn all about it and more. Jim White will be our guide.…
Contest Town
9 members Latest Activity: Apr 13, 2010 Everyone likes a challenge. How about a contest? If you like to flex your muscle, why not join us here at Contest Town. You'll find some challenging…
Community Corral
23 members Latest Activity: Aug 23, 2012 Are you interested in social networks? We're talking about virtual communities here. Community builders use tools and techniques. We'll discuss them…
Scala
5 members Latest Activity: Jul 27, 2011 Scala is a general programming language and it runs on JVM. It's a static typed language with many features that make code concise and flexible.
Freelance Village
11 members Latest Activity: Jul 6, 2018 Freelancing? Whether you're new or an old timer, this is the place for you! Share your tips and explore the possibilities here.
iPhone Development
40 members Latest Activity: Jan 29, 2015 iPhone development is going nuts! All the apps, all the possibilities. Objective-C is the language. The SDK is out. Shops are springing up everywhere…
Ruby Town
14 members Latest Activity: Dec 5, 2012 Ruby has made an impact on patterns of software development with its elegant syntax and Rails, an intelligent framework designed to simplify coding.
Clojure
8 members Latest Activity: Feb 13, 2014 Clojure is a programming language that shares the powerful meta-programming facilities of Lisp, has an agent-based approach to concurrency like…
Groovy and Grails
25 members Latest Activity: Feb 28, 2015 Using Groovy and Grails? Discuss it here.
Other Languages on the JVM Village
9 members Latest Activity: Feb 28, 2015 Love Jython? Can't get enough JRuby? Groovy? Dynamic languages on the JVM can set you free! Scala? Sure! Let us know what you think here in the Other…
Java SE Town
14 members Latest Activity: Jun 26, 2019 This group focuses on the Java SE environment. It's the core Java group. Questions? Answers? Musings? This is the place for you!
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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.
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InfoQ Reading List
AI Tools Accelerates Coding, but Not Overall Software Delivery, GitLab Research Finds
GitLab's 2026 AI Accountability Report highlights an AI Paradox: although 78% of developers say they code faster, overall software delivery has not accelerated due to downstream testing and review bottlenecks and new challenges for enterprise governance and traceability.
By Sergio De SimoneSwift 6.4 Brings New Language Features and Swift Testing/XCTest Interop
Currently available as a beta in Xcode 27, Swift 6.4 introduces a range of enhancements: better C interoperability, simplified OS availability check, fine-grained warning control, async support in defer, efficient iteration for non-noncopyable types, up to 4x faster URL parsing, and improved interoperability between Swift Testing and XCTest.
By Sergio De SimoneAWS Previews FinOps Agent for Cost Analysis and Optimization
Amazon has released AWS FinOps Agent in public preview, a managed service that automates several common FinOps workflows. The agent can investigate cost anomalies, correlate spend changes with AWS activity data, and integrate with tools such as Slack and Jira to route findings to resource owners.
By Renato LosioAWS Introduces Workload Credentials Provider for Automated Certificate and Secret Management
AWS has recently announced the AWS Workload Credentials Provider to automatically deliver and refresh certificates and secrets for applications. The open source tool reduces the need for custom automation, helps prevent outages caused by expired certificates, and works in both AWS and non-AWS environments.
By Renato LosioVercel Introduces Eve, an Open-Source Framework for Building AI Agents
Vercel has released Eve, an open-source framework for building, deploying, and operating AI agents in production. The framework uses a filesystem-based project structure to organize agent instructions, tools, skills, subagents, communication channels, and scheduled tasks, enabling developers to define agent behavior while reducing the amount of supporting infrastructure they need to implement.
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