Codetown ::: a software developer's community
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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Pico-Banana-400K is a curated dataset of 400,000 images developed by Apple researchers to make it easier to create text-guided image editing models. The images were generated using Google's Nano-Banana to modify real photographs from the Open Images collecion and were then filtered using Gemini-2.5-Pro based on their overall quality and prompt compliance.
By Sergio De Simone
In today’s rapidly evolving tech landscape, centralized architectural decision-making can become a bottleneck to delivery performance and innovation. Through stories from our own journey, we’ll share how decentralizing decisions improved alignment across teams, empowered faster decision-making, and fostered a culture of ownership.
By Peter Hunter, Elena Stojmilova
The QCon London 2026 tracks are live: 15 practitioner-curated deep dives on AI adoption, resilient architectures, distributed systems, performance, modern languages, data, security, and Staff+ leadership, rooted in real production lessons.
By Artenisa ChatziouMagdalena Picariello reframes how we think about AI, moving the conversation from algorithms and metrics to business impact and outcomes. She champions evaluation systems that don't just measure accuracy but also demonstrate real-world business value, and advocates for iterative development with continuous feedback to build optimal applications.
By Magdalena Picariello
The EU's new Cloud Sovereignty Framework establishes a standardized assessment for cloud services, enhancing digital autonomy and reducing dependence on non-EU giants. It introduces a scorecard system based on eight Sovereignty Objectives that influences public sector procurement decisions.
By Steef-Jan Wiggers
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