Codetown ::: a software developer's community
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.
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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…
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…
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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.
Created by Michael Levin Dec 18, 2008 at 6:56pm. Last updated by Michael Levin May 4, 2018.
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Target has deployed GRAM, a GenAI-powered accessory recommendation system for the Home category, using large language models to prioritize product attributes and capture aesthetic cohesion. The system helps shoppers find compatible accessories, integrates human-in-the-loop curation, and achieved measurable improvements in engagement and conversion.
By Leela Kumili
Lesley Cordero discusses platform engineering as a sociotechnical solution for scaling organizations. She explains the CALMS framework, the "pendulum of tension" between reliability and velocity, and how to transition from reactive to proactive leadership. By focusing on communal learning and distributed power, she shares how to build resilient systems without sacrificing human well-being.
By Lesley Cordero
During his sabbatical, Will McGugan, maker of Rich and Textual( frameworks for making Textual User Interfaces (TUI)), put his UI skills to work to build Toad. The newly publicly released tool aims to provide a unified, “beautiful” GUI for multiple coding agents in your terminal, accessible via the same tool via the Agent Communication Protocol (ACP).
By Olimpiu PopIn this episode, Simon Ritter, Deputy CTO at Azul, sat down with podcast host Michael Redlich, Lead Editor of the Java topic at InfoQ, and discussed the latest features in OpenJDK and Simon’s experiences serving on the JCP Expert Group since JDK 9. OpenJDK topics included: the six-month release cycle, Generational Shenandoah, JDK Flight Recorder, Project Leyden and Compact Object Headers.
By Simon Ritter
Now available in beta, Neptune is a conversational AI agent designed to act like an AI platform engineer, handling the provisioning, wiring, and configuration of the cloud services needed to run a containerized app. Neptune is both language and cloud-agnostic, with support for AWS, GCP, and Azure.
By Sergio De Simone
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