Codetown ::: a software developer's community
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 /…
24 members Latest Activity: Jun 10, 2016 Have you got a great idea you'd like to put into action? This is the place for you! We'll talk about ideas and how to turn them into businesses here.
9 members Latest Activity: Oct 27, 2011 We've had a unique opportunity to speak with Brion Vibber recently at the October Orlandojug meeting. Let's discuss what we learned for those who…
25 members Latest Activity: Feb 28, 2015 Using Groovy and Grails? Discuss it here.
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…
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!
5 members Latest Activity: Jul 27, 2011 Scala is a general programming language and it runs on JVM. It's a static typed language with many features that make code concise and flexible.
8 members Latest Activity: Feb 13, 2014 Clojure is a programming language that shares the powerful meta-programming facilities of Lisp, has an agent-based approach to concurrency like…
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.
6 members Latest Activity: Jun 26, 2019 A Coding Dojo is a meeting where a bunch of coders get together to work on a programming challenge. They are there to have fun and to engage in…
15 members Latest Activity: Jul 14, 2018 Python. Life's better without braces.
27 members Latest Activity: Sep 26, 2012 SunJUG Town is the place for Sarasota Java User Group people to get together. Come on in, sit a spell. Take your shoes off. We're all about Java…
23 members Latest Activity: Aug 23, 2012 Are you interested in social networks? We're talking about virtual communities here. Community builders use tools and techniques. We'll discuss them…
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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Louis Ryan shares a compelling vision for modern cloud native hybrid networking. He critiques primitive network abstractions (the "Big IP" problem) and rigid security policies that rot and cause SPOFs. Discover how architects can elevate network functionality, bake in identity (mTLS/PKI), and leverage composability to achieve repeatable policy enforcement everywhere their applications run.
By Louis Ryan
Grab updated its internal platform to monitor Apache Kafka data quality in real time. The system uses FlinkSQL and an LLM to detect syntactic and semantic errors. It currently tracks 100+ topics, preventing invalid data from reaching downstream users. This proactive strategy aligns with industry trends to treat data streams as reliable products.
By Patrick Farry
Serving Large Language Models (LLMs) at scale is complex. Modern LLMs now exceed the memory and compute capacity of a single GPU or even a single multi-GPU node. As a result, inference workloads for 70B+, 120B+ parameter models, or pipelines with large context windows, require multi-node, distributed GPU deployments.
By Claudio Masolo
Karrot replaced its legacy recommendation system with a scalable architecture that leverages various AWS services. The company sought to address challenges related to tight coupling, limited scalability, and poor reliability in its previous solution, opting instead for a distributed, event-driven architecture built on top of scalable cloud services.
By Rafal Gancarz
Sharing your work as a software engineer inspires others, invites feedback, and fosters personal growth, Suhail Patel said at QCon London. Normalizing and owning incidents builds trust, and it supports understanding the complexities. AI enables automation but needs proper guidance, context, and security guardrails.
By Ben Linders
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