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Vladimir Vivien's Groups (6)
OrlandoJUG Town
96 members Latest Activity: Feb 23, 2021
Calling all Java lovers! The OrlandoJUG features leading edge presentations with you in mind. We meet every month with talks on interesting…
Android Town
35 members Latest Activity: Jul 20, 2019 Android is an open Java-based platform to use for developing mobile apps. Do you believe mobile computing is the wave of the future? We do!
Sensor Village
5 members Latest Activity: Sep 6, 2011 Sensors open up worlds of possibilities. SunSPOT is Java compatible sensor technology. Small Programmable Object Technology = SPOT. Working with…
iPhone Development
41 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…
Spring Town
47 members Latest Activity: Sep 21, 2019 Dependency injection. It's a smart approach. Believe that? We do! Come on in and share what you know. Ask all your Spring questions here, too!
Groovy and Grails
25 members Latest Activity: Feb 28, 2015 Using Groovy and Grails? Discuss it here.
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Atlassian's 4 Million PostgreSQL Database Migration: When Standard Cloud Strategies Fail
Atlassian recently migrated 4 million Jira databases to Amazon Aurora, intending to reduce costs and improve the reliability of its Jira Cloud platform. Due to the large number of files involved and the constraints of managed services, the team developed a custom tool to orchestrate the process, as traditional cloud migration strategies were not viable.
By Renato LosioLM Studio 0.3.17 Adds Model Context Protocol (MCP) Support for Tool-Integrated LLMs
LM Studio has released version 0.3.17, introducing support for the Model Context Protocol (MCP) — a step forward in enabling language models to access external tools and data sources. Originally developed by Anthropic, MCP defines a standardized interface for connecting LLMs to services such as GitHub, Notion, or Stripe, enabling more powerful, contextual reasoning.
By Robert KrzaczyńskiGrafana Tempo 2.8 Released: Major TraceQL Enhancements and Memory Optimizations
Grafana released Tempo 2.8 on June 12, 2025, introducing substantial memory optimizations and expanded functionality in its trace query language, TraceQL. This update is part of an ongoing effort to make distributed tracing more performant and accessible within observability stacks.
By Craig RisiGemma 3n Introduces Novel Techniques for Enhanced Mobile AI Inference
Launched in early preview last May, Gemma 3n is now officially available. It targets mobile-first, on-device AI applications, using new techniques designed to increase efficiency and improve performance, such as per-layer embeddings and transformer nesting.
By Sergio De SimoneArticle: Effective Practices for Coding with a Chat-Based AI
In this article, we explore how AI agents are reshaping software development and the impact they have on a developer’s workflow. We introduce a practical approach to staying in control while working with these tools by adopting key best practices from the discipline of software architecture, including defining an implementation plan, splitting tasks, and so on.
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