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- How did you hear about Codetown?
- Coworker
- What are your main interests in software development?
- Java; JSF; Flex; WebObjects; iPhone SDK, ObjectiveC
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- http://www.meridianweb.com
Happy 10th year, JCertif!
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Drawing from his 8 years of experience in AI, Paul Iusztin breaks down the core components of a scalable architecture, emphasizing the importance of RAG. He shares practical patterns, including the Feature Training Inference architecture, and provides a detailed use case for creating a "Second Brain" AI assistant, covering everything from data pipelines to observability and agentic layers.
By Paul IusztinHoneycomb Hosted MCP Brings Observability Data into the IDE
Honeycomb has launched its hosted Model Context Protocol (MCP), giving developers real-time access to observability data inside IDEs and AI tools like GitHub Copilot. Available as a managed service on AWS Marketplace, it removes the need for self-hosting and streamlines debugging by surfacing traces, metrics, and logs without context-switching.
By Mark SilvesterArticle: Engineering a Time Series Database Using Open Source: Rebuilding InfluxDB 3 in Apache Arrow and Rust
At times, to evolve your product, you need to rebuild it from scratch. The article provides the story behind the rewrite of InfluxDB from scratch using a different programming language - Rust - and stack - Apache Flight, Data Fusion, Apache Arrow and Parquet (FDAP). It emphasises the benefits, as well as the mechanics behind its operation and the different versions of the product.
By Paul DixUber Shares Strategy for Controlling Risk in Monorepo Changes That Affect 3,000+ Microservices
Uber has published details on their approach to controlling rollouts of large-scale changes across monorepos that serve thousands of microservices, addressing one of the key challenges in continuous deployment at massive scale.
By Claudio MasoloPresentation: Achieving Sustainable Mental Peace at Work Using GenAI
John Gesimondo explains a framework for achieving sustainable mental peace at work. He shares practical recipes for using GenAI to improve emotional recovery, overcome task paralysis, and enhance planning and communication. He demonstrates how to leverage AI to outsource routine tasks, freeing up time for more engaging and meaningful work.
By John Gesimondo
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Happy birthday John!