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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.…
Cloud Computing Village
16 members Latest Activity: Aug 21, 2015 Cloud Computing is "the next big thing". The recent JavaOne featured Cloud Computing more than any other technology. Come join us and explore /…
Democratic Republic of Congo (RDC) JUG Town
8 members Latest Activity: Jun 5, 2014
Come join us here at the RDC JUG Town! Stanislas Matayo and the group in Kinshasa welcome you.
Happy 10th year, JCertif!
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Agentic Postgres: Postgres for Agentic Apps with Fast Forking and AI-Ready Features
Tiger Data, the company behind TimescaleDB, has launched Agentic Postgres, a Postgres-based database designed for both AI agents and developers. It extends Postgres with fast forking, an MCP server, native BM25 and vector search, and includes a CLI for terminal access.
By Sergio De SimoneOpenAI's New GPT-5.1 Models Are Faster and More Conversational
OpenAI recently released upgrades to their GPT-5 model. GPT‑5.1 Instant, the default chat model, has improvements to instruction following. GPT‑5.1 Thinking, the reasoning model, is faster and gives more understandable responses. GPT‑5.1-Codex-Max, the coding model, is trained to use compaction to perform long-running tasks.
By Anthony AlfordReplit Introduces New AI Integrations for Multi-Model Development
Replit has introduced Replit AI Integrations, a feature that lets users select third-party models directly inside the IDE and automatically generate the code needed to run inference.
By Daniel DominguezAWS Launches Database Savings Plans, Offering Up to 35% Cost Reduction and Engine Flexibility
AWS has launched Database Savings Plans, allowing customers to cut database costs by up to 35% with a commitment to consistent usage. This feature enhances flexibility during migrations and expansions across AWS Regions. Positive community feedback highlights its potential impact on cost efficiency and future direction for database commitments.
By Steef-Jan WiggersArticle: Overload Protection: The Missing Pillar of Platform Engineering
Overload protection is often overlooked in platform engineering, leaving teams to create inconsistent, fragile fixes. Centralized rate limits, quotas, adaptive controls, and clear visibility give services predictable ways to handle traffic spikes, reduce reliability debt, and prevent cascading failures across systems.
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