January 2016 Blog Posts (4)

Open Source Bridge CFP (Portland <3)

Open Source Bridge is a conference in Portland, Oregon. It's in June and that's a great time to be in Portland. This year, OSCON is going to be in Austin. OSB's call for papers is open now. There are lots of reasons to pick Open Source Bridge as a conference destination this year. Check out the …

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Added by Michael Levin on January 26, 2016 at 9:48am — No Comments

.Net Opensourced?

The Microsoft people have open sourced .Net! Read about it here: http://radar.oreilly.com/2015/06/net-open-source.html



Have you tried it? I can't wait! The architecture is simple and hasn't changed enough to mess you up if it's been a while since you used it.



I want to hear all about your Open Source .Net adventures. Yes, there's a .Net group here on Codetown. Just take a look around...



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Added by Michael Levin on January 24, 2016 at 9:48am — No Comments

Comparing JavaScript Frameworks

Here's a great article by Uri comparing Ember, Angular and Backbone:

https://www.airpair.com/js/javascript-framework-comparison

Have you got a case study or experience to add?

Added by Michael Levin on January 11, 2016 at 5:30am — No Comments

2 FREE EBOOKS! JAVA 8 AND FUNCTIONAL PROGRAMMING!

Introducing Java 8

by Raoul-Gabriel Urma

Offers a practical tutorial to some of the core Java 8 features and gets you programming quickly with Java 8.http://www.oreilly.com/programming/free/introducing-java-8.csp



Object Oriented vs Functional Programming

by Richard Warburton

Explains the similarities and differences…

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Added by Michael Levin on January 7, 2016 at 1:53pm — No Comments

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AWS Launches Network Firewall Proxy in Preview to Simplify Managed Egress Security

AWS has unveiled the preview of its Network Firewall proxy, a managed service that optimizes proxy management and enhances outbound security for VPCs. Integrated with NAT Gateway, this tool inspects traffic through a three-phase model and supports both TLS interception and centralized models via Transit Gateway. Currently available in East Ohio.

By Steef-Jan Wiggers

Cloudflare Open Sources tokio‑quiche, Promising Easier QUIC and HTTP/3 in Rust

Cloudflare has open-sourced tokio-quiche, an asynchronous QUIC and HTTP/3 Rust library that wraps its battle-tested quiche implementation with the Tokio runtime to simplify the development of high-performance QUIC applications. The library was used internally to back the edge services, the Oxy HTTP proxies or MASQUE-based tunnels replacing the Wireguard-based tunnels in the WARP client.

By Olimpiu Pop

Uber Adopts Amazon OpenSearch for Semantic Search to Better Capture User Intent

To improve search and recommendation user experiences, Uber migrated from Apache Lucene to Amazon OpenSearch to support large-scale vector search and better capture search intent. This transition introduced several infrastructure challenges, which Uber engineers addressed with targeted solutions.

By Sergio De Simone

Presentation: Changing Power Dynamics: What Senior Engineers Can Learn From Junior Engineers

Beth Anderson discusses the "power distance index" and its critical role in communication. Using the Korean Air Flight 801 tragedy as a case study, she explains the dangers of hierarchy-driven silence. She shares actionable frameworks for building the 4 stages of psychological safety, implementing reverse mentoring, and using PRs as tools for knowledge sharing rather than gatekeeping.

By Beth Anderson

Benchmarking Beyond the Application Layer: How Uber Evaluates Infrastructure Changes and Cloud Skus

Uber’s Ceilometer framework automates infrastructure performance benchmarking beyond applications. It standardizes testing across servers, workloads, and cloud SKUs, helping teams validate changes, identify regressions, and optimize resources. Future plans include AI integration, anomaly detection, and continuous validation.

By Leela Kumili

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