Codetown ::: a software developer's community
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!
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…
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.
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…
15 members Latest Activity: Jul 14, 2018 Python. Life's better without braces.
25 members Latest Activity: Feb 28, 2015 Using Groovy and Grails? Discuss it here.
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…
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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JP Morgan Chase engineers Luis Albinati and Surabhi Mahajan argued that multi-cloud complexity can't be solved with engineering alone. Speaking at QCon London, they showed how treating multi-cloud as a product with capability mapping, demand governance, and defined users tames the chaos.
By Steef-Jan Wiggers
Artificial intelligence is rapidly reshaping the way software is built, but its impact is more nuanced than many organizations expected. The 2025 DevOps Research and Assessment (DORA) report, titled State of AI-Assisted Software Development, finds that AI does not automatically improve software delivery performance.
By Craig Risi
Joy Ebertz, Principal Engineer at Imprint, presented at QCon London 2026 a groundbreaking framework for prioritizing technical debt amidst rapid AI-driven code production. By challenging perfectionist mindsets, her six-question approach helps teams assess impact and costs, ensuring focus on vital debt. Jot emphasizes translating tech decisions into financial terms, empowering smarter engineering.
By Daniel Curtis
Jabez Eliezer Manuel, Senior Principal Engineer at Booking.com, presented “Behind Booking.com's AI Evolution: The Unpolished Story” at QCon London 2026. Manuel discussed how Booking.com has evolved over the past 20 years and the challenges they faced on their journey to incorporate AI.
By Michael Redlich
Google has open sourced CEL-expr-python, a Python implementation of the Common Expression Language (CEL), a non-Turing complete embedded policy and expression language designed for simplicity, speed, safety, and portability.
By Sergio De Simone
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