January 2011 Blog Posts (4)

Educational demos

Just got done with some educational demos on electrons flowing in transistors It is fun to watch!

 

 

Added by Mike Zielinski on January 31, 2011 at 12:33pm — 2 Comments

Exclusive Java Programmer Certification Offer: 48 Hours Only

This just in (via Nichole Scott of Oracle - thanks, Nichole!) Oracle University has announced some VERY good discounts on a new Java Programmer Certification Preparation Live Virtual Class and certification exam voucher today.

We want to make sure all JUG members who are interested in pursuing the Java Programmer…
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Added by Michael Levin on January 25, 2011 at 8:50pm — No Comments

OSCON CFP

For thirteen years the O'Reilly Open Source Convention has been bringing together people from across the open source universe to learn, collaborate, and inspire each other. OSCON provides a central place to…

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Added by Michael Levin on January 14, 2011 at 12:44pm — No Comments

Cartographer in a new Avatar! , now supports Google Maps 3 & Rails 3

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Maps 3 & Rails 3



Hello All,

  Cartographer is a Google Maps wrapper that was originally written 

in 2005 when Rails tagged 0.1.  For many years people used it to … Continue

Added by Michael Levin on January 10, 2011 at 8:00am — No Comments

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InfoQ Reading List

Presentation: What I Learned Building Multi-Agent Systems From Scratch

Paulo Arruda discusses Shopify’s evolution in AI adoption, moving from simple chat tools to a sophisticated swarm of specialized agents. He explains the transition from massive "all-in-one" prompts to lean, narrow-focused agent microservices that slash task times from hours to minutes. He also shares a future-looking hypothesis on using filesystem-based adapters to solve context bloat.

By Paulo Arruda

Article: The Mathematics of Backlogs: Capacity Planning for Queue Recovery

Backlogs in distributed systems are arithmetic problems, not mysteries. This article provides practical formulas for calculating backlog drain time, sizing consumer headroom, and setting auto-scaling triggers. It covers key failure modes — retry amplification, metastable states, and cascading pipeline bottlenecks — plus when to shed load instead of draining.

By Rajesh Kumar Pandey

Grafana's Pyroscope 2.0 Makes Continuous Profiling Practical at Scale

Grafana Labs has launched Pyroscope 2.0, a rearchitected open-source continuous profiling database. This version improves storage costs, query performance, and operational complexity. Key changes include single write paths for profiles, stateless query processing, and enhanced capabilities for profiling data. It supports the OpenTelemetry Protocol, aligning with current trends in observability.

By Matt Saunders

AWS WorkSpaces Now Lets AI Agents Operate Legacy Desktop Applications Without APIs

AWS announced that Amazon WorkSpaces can now serve as managed virtual desktops for AI agents in public preview. Agents authenticate through IAM and operate legacy applications via computer vision and input simulation without APIs. Reflex benchmarks show vision agents consume 45x more tokens than API agents.

By Steef-Jan Wiggers

Presentation: Beyond Coding: How Senior ICs Grow Influence and Drive Impact

Netflix’s Kasia Trapszo discusses the transition from writing code to scaling organizations. She shares lessons on building trust through technical clarity, aligning teams to solve the "right" problems, and using intentional documentation to scale your judgment. Learn how to move beyond individual output to create a lasting architectural legacy that empowers others to make better decisions.

By Kasia Trapszo

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