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Hadoop getting old?
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JavaOne 2011 highlights
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Hello Juggies! The time has come for someone else to take the reins with this group. It’s been incredibly rewarding for over 20 years and I thank all of you for your contributions. Hopefully I will see many of you at the next meet up.Best regards,MikeSee More
"Hello Juggies!
The time has come for someone else to take the reins with this group. It’s been incredibly rewarding for over 20 years and I thank all of you for your contributions. Hopefully I will see many of you at the next meet up.
Best…"
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What We Get Wrong About AI (feat. former Google CEO)
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What is vibe coding?
Vibe coding isn’t a formal technical term, but it’s become a slang or colloquial expression among programmers and tech communities—especially on social media and in creative coding circles.What “vibe coding” usually means:Coding based on intuition or feel Instead of rigidly planning everything out, you’re:Freestyling as you codeTrusting your gutLetting ideas evolve naturallyFollowing the “vibe” of what feels right in the momentFlow state or artistic mindset It’s often associated with being in a…See More
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The Bike Preserve, www.tinyurl.com/okpeoro the most fun in a long time. I founded www.codetown.com, www.zoobird.com & www.swampcast.com - l <3 JUGs: OrlandoJUG, GatorJUG & SeneJUG...super fond of CongoJUG & JCertif
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What is vibe coding?
Posted on June 9, 2025 at 9:37am 0 Comments 0 Likes
Vibe coding isn’t a formal technical term, but it’s become a slang or colloquial expression among programmers and tech communities—especially on social media and in creative coding circles.
What “vibe coding” usually means:
- Coding based on intuition or feel
Instead of rigidly planning everything out, you’re:- Freestyling as you…
You can now download the source code that sparked the AI boom
Posted on March 25, 2025 at 4:30am 0 Comments 0 Likes
Learning about artificial intelligence? You may find this interesting.
https://arstechnica.com/ai/2025/03/you-can-now-download-the-source-code-that-sparked-the-ai-boom/
Software language criteria
Posted on December 1, 2023 at 3:48am 0 Comments 0 Likes
We have some exciting news to share with you. Otavio will be joining us to discuss the latest version of Camel in an exclusive presentation. Presentation Details: Speaker: Otavio Rodolfo Piske Topic:…
Posted on September 2, 2023 at 9:21am 0 Comments 0 Likes
We have some exciting news to share with you. Otavio will be joining us to discuss the latest version of Camel in an exclusive presentation.
Presentation Details:
Speaker: Otavio Rodolfo Piske
Topic: Camel 4:What to Expect
Date: 07 September 2023
Time: 19:00 Ist Time
Duration: Approximately 1 hour
Register URL : https://www.eventbrite.com/e/700456483197
Presentation…
ContinueSoftware defined radio…cool!
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Comment Wall (143 comments)
- At 1:54pm on September 5, 2019,
Ian Darwin said…
Thanks for the invite!
- At 9:50am on July 27, 2019,
Zeeshan Murad said…
- Thanks
- At 7:20pm on January 17, 2019,
Bradlee Sargent said…
I didn't mean to make you feel bad, I know how busy you must be. It's just we could do more to promote this site. Does the twitter thingie work for you?
- At 3:30pm on December 28, 2018,
Thanks so much for the birthday wishes. I know it's so late getting back to you but I don't check this website very often.
- At 12:11pm on November 1, 2018,
Michael Redlich said…
Thanks for the invitation and the birthday wishes, Mike!
- At 8:44am on October 23, 2018,
Joe McCall said…
- Hi Michael. I hope CodeOne is going well. Any idea when the next JUG event will be?
- At 7:50pm on October 9, 2018,
Thanks. I'm interested either way (either 10/25 or the rescheduled day).
- At 1:38pm on October 4, 2018,
Ramya Beesam said…
Sure Mike. I can do that
- At 9:46am on October 4, 2018,
Amanda Hinchman-Dominguez said…
- Hey Mike! Conference is awesome. Hoping to post talks as soon as they're up. My talk os tomorrow! Also that's great I would love to hear his talk!!! We're doing a lot with AOP and metaprogramming
- At 4:29pm on October 3, 2018,
- Hi Michael, nice to meet you. When is the next meeting? I may need some time to prepare and practice. The talk I'm writing outlines how we use Docker with the Gradle build tool to empower local development of cloud applications. Examples will include Grails and Spring Boot.
Happy 10th year, JCertif!
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Welcome to Codetown!
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.
When you create a profile for yourself you get a personal page automatically. That's where you can be creative and do your own thing. People who want to get to know you will click on your name or picture and…
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