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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Large language models excel at converting observability telemetry into clear summaries but struggle with accurate root cause analysis in distributed systems. LLMs often hallucinate explanations and confuse symptoms with causes. This article suggests how causal reasoning models with Bayesian inference offer more reliable incident diagnosis.
By Dhairya DalalHugging Face has introduced Trackio, a new open-source Python library for experiment tracking designed to be lightweight, transparent, and easy to integrate. Built as a drop-in replacement for Weights & Biases (wandb), Trackio offers local dashboards by default and seamless syncing with Hugging Face Spaces for sharing and collaboration.
By Robert KrzaczyńskiAgentic AI is beginning to reshape malware detection and broader security operations. These systems are being used not to replace humans, but to take on the lower value jobs that have historically tied up analysts — from triaging alerts to reverse-engineering suspicious files.
By Matt FosterElias Nogueira shares a strategic approach to modern microservice testing, detailing solutions for three core challenges. He discusses parallel execution for multiple databases using Testcontainers, creating reliable, sharable mock environments with WireMock, and handling asynchronous event delays with Awaitility, offering a blueprint for senior engineers.
By Elias NogueiraKMP is emerging as an alternative for cross-platform development, offering a path to share code without sacrificing the performance and feel of a native application. KMP comes with its own set of trade-offs and this article dives deep into those. While it focuses primarily on Android and iOS, KMP can be used to build desktop, web, and server-side applications, all from the same shared logic.
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