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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!
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.
Flex Loft
13 members Latest Activity: Aug 2, 2010 The Flex Loft is a place Flex coders can come to share ideas, ask questions and share tips about Flex, a powerful user interface programming…
Python
15 members Latest Activity: Jul 14, 2018 Python. Life's better without braces.
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…
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Daggr Introduced as an Open-Source Python Library for Inspectable AI Workflows
The Gradio team has released Daggr, a new open-source Python library designed to simplify the construction and debugging of multi-step AI workflows. Daggr allows developers to define workflows programmatically in Python while automatically generating a visual canvas that exposes intermediate states, inputs, and outputs for each step in the pipeline.
By Robert KrzaczyńskiArticle: Why Most Machine Learning Projects Fail to Reach Production
In this article, the author diagnoses common failures in ML initiatives, including weak problem framing and the persistent prototype-to-production gap. The piece provides practical, experience-based guidance on setting clear business goals, treating data as a product, and aligning cross-functional teams for reliable, production-ready ML delivery.
By Wenjie ZiPodcast: Developers Can Improve the ESG Aspects of Software By Tackling Early Ethical Debt
Erica Pisani, host of the Performance and Sustainability track at QCon London 2025, reflects on lessons from assembling the track and from attending the talks. She touches on the importance of the environmental and social aspects of software and hints at how developers can improve them through small steps in the architecture and practices of software development.
By Erica PisaniOpen Responses Specification Enables Unified Agentic LLM Workflows
OpenAI's Open Responses standardizes agentic AI workflows, tackling API fragmentation and enabling seamless transitions between proprietary and open-source models. Supported by partners like Hugging Face and Vercel, this specification enhances reasoning visibility and tool execution, streamlining complex workflows and boosting productivity for developers. Empower your AI integration today!
By Hien LuuCloudflare's Matrix Homeserver Demo Sparks Debate over AI-Generated Code Claims
A Cloudflare blog post claiming a "production-grade" Matrix homeserver on Workers didn't survive community scrutiny. Missing federation, incomplete encryption, and TODO comments in authentication logic pointed to unreviewed AI output. Matrix's Matthew Hodgson welcomed the effort but noted the implementation "doesn't yet constitute a functional Matrix server."
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