January 2015 Blog Posts (6)

Phone Software Entrepreneurs? Under 30 Forbes List

Forbes published an under 30 tech list featuring entrepreneurs who've made it big. Read about it …

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Added by Michael Levin on January 27, 2015 at 12:30pm — No Comments

Getting Started With Android

Interested in Android programming? Here's a nice, recent article at Lifehacker outlining good, free resources to get you going. http://lifehacker.com/i-want-to-write-android-apps-where-do-i-start-1643818268 ;

Added by Michael Levin on January 22, 2015 at 11:05am — No Comments

Pay What You Want: Back-End Developer Course Bundle

Pay What You Want: Back-End Developer Course Bundle…

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Added by Michael Levin on January 20, 2015 at 10:23am — No Comments

Speak at OSCON!

Here's a message from O'Relly about OSCON 2015:

We're deep into planning OSCON 2015 and we've got some exciting news: OSCON is changing. We're no longer beating the drum and…

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Added by Michael Levin on January 9, 2015 at 11:47am — No Comments

O'Reilly Solid Conference CFP closes 1/20!

The O'Reilly Solid conference is in San Diego in June and it's all about the merging of HW/SW for the IoT. Want to get involved? The Call for Papers is open and there are loads of benefits in giving a presentation for an O'Reilly conference., Take it from me! It's a great thing to do for the community and you learn a ton…

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Added by Michael Levin on January 9, 2015 at 9:30am — No Comments

How to Use SQL, Hadoop, Drill, REST, JSON, NoSQL, and HBase in a Simple REST Client

Our friend Carol just published this article.

SQL will become one of the most prolific use cases in the Hadoop ecosystem, according to Forrester Research. Apache Drill is an open source SQL query engine for big data exploration. REST services and clients have emerged as popular technologies on the Internet. Apache HBase is a hugely popular Hadoop NoSQL…

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Added by Michael Levin on January 7, 2015 at 1:45pm — No Comments

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InfoQ Reading List

Spring News Roundup: Point Releases of Boot, Security, Integration, Modulith and Spring AI 2.0

There was a flurry of activity in the Spring ecosystem during the week of June 8th, 2026, highlighting point releases of: Spring Boot, Spring Security, Spring Session, Spring Integration, Spring Modulith, Spring AMQP and Spring Vault; and GA releases of Spring AI 2.0 and Spring Data 2026.0.0.

By Michael Redlich

Presentation: Practical Performance Tuning for Serverless Java on AWS

AWS Hero Vadym Kazulkin explains how to overcome Java’s enterprise hurdle on AWS Lambda: cold starts and memory footprints. He shares a technical deep dive into performance tuning, comparing fully managed AWS SnapStart (with pre-snapshot priming hooks) against GraalVM ahead-of-time compilation, while addressing the latest architectural implications of Project Leyden and Java 25.

By Vadym Kazulkin

ArrowJS Reaches 1.0, Recast as the First UI Framework for the Agentic Era

ArrowJS, developed by Justin Schroeder, is a reactive UI library that has reached its 1.0 release after three years in development. It utilizes core web technologies, avoids JSX and compilers. Notable features include an optional WASM sandbox for executing untrusted code. The framework's minimalism is highlighted by its reliance on three main functions: reactive, html, and component.

By Daniel Curtis

Podcast: Increasing Users' Data Agency: From BlueSky's AT Protocol to the Local-First Software Movement

Martin Kleppmann, an associate professor at Cambridge and author of Designing Data-Intensive Applications, discusses the evolution of data systems over the last decade, mainly the shift from monolithic databases to modular building blocks. Kleppmann underlines the importance of moving from cloud-centric data storage systems to decentralised data storage similar to Bluesky’s AT protocol.

By Martin Kleppmann

Article: Governing AI in the Cloud: A Practical Guide for Architects

In this article, the author outlines a practical approach to AI governance in the cloud, covering discovery of shadow AI, data classification at creation, IAM-based enforcement, policy-as-code, and operational controls. The article shows how organizations can embed governance into delivery pipelines, balancing security, compliance, and developer productivity without relying on manual processes.

By Dave Ward

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