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Introducing The Java Posse! Check out this podcast from 4 guys who know the score when it comes to software development:
Java Posse #337 - Codemash 2011…
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James Ward came to Florida and gave a talk on cloud computing for the GatorJUG in Gainesville and the OrlandoJUG this week.
What a great presenter! James gave us such an informative talk. The very first slide of his presentation impressed me practically more than anything else. It described current (newer) trends in software development like continuous…
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James Ward gave a great presentation on Heroku. The server of choice for Facebook developement. He commented on some attendees not being familiar with all the buzzwords he used. So we thought of a Buzzword Bingo game.
I think having a handout with the most common buzzwords especially any the speaker is likely to use would be useful. I have always thought having a handout about the speaker and topic would be a good idea. I have never had the time to actually create such a useful…
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There's a new tool on Codetown that lets you translate the entire site to different languages. Give it a try! You will see it on the righthand column. Hope this helps all you non-English as a first language people. All the best, Michael
Added by Michael Levin on February 20, 2012 at 6:12am — 2 Comments
Max Bonbhel is an organizer of Africa JUG, Congo JUG and tireless volunteer. He describes his work over the past year in this blog post:
http://bonbhel.blogspot.com/2012/02/2011-what-i-did.html
Bravo,…
ContinueAdded by Michael Levin on February 16, 2012 at 7:37am — 2 Comments
Bonjour à tous,
Africa Android Training sera de la partie pour Global Android Dev Camp !
Mais nous allons proposer quelque chose de plus original qu'un simple Hackathon “classic” !
Africa Android Training propose 2 jours de formation Android en ligne non-stop!
Vous pouvez ainsi participer peut importe où vous êtes !
Sujet :
Jour 1 : Services, Location and Maps
Jour 2 : Web Services, XML and…
Added by Michael Levin on February 15, 2012 at 8:24am — No Comments
The Bangalore Android Group announces:
Please find the schedule for the hangouts as a part of Android Dev fest below.
Watch it live @ www.ustream.tv/channel/blrdroid
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Tailwind CSS version 4.2.0, released on February 18, 2026, includes a webpack plugin for streamlined integration and four new color palettes. It expands logical property utilities and improves recompilation speed by 3.8x. This update is particularly beneficial for teams on existing projects and those developing multilingual applications.
By Daniel Curtis
Cloudflare and ETH Zurich highlight how AI-driven crawler traffic challenges traditional caching in CDNs and databases. They propose AI-aware strategies including separate cache tiers, adaptive algorithms, and pay-per-crawl models to balance performance for human users and AI services while maintaining cache efficiency and system stability.
By Leela Kumili
GitHub has just announced the availability of custom images for its hosted runners. They've finally left the public preview phase that started back in October behind them. This feature will enable teams to use a GitHub-approved base image and then construct a virtual machine image that really meets their workflow requirements.
By Claudio Masolo
Alex Good discusses the fragility of modern cloud-dependent apps and shares a roadmap for "local-first" software. By leveraging a Git-like DAG structure and Automerge, he explains how to move from brittle client-server models to resilient systems where data lives on-device. He explores technical implementation, rich-text merging, and how this infrastructure simplifies engineering workflows.
By Alex Good
Agent workflows make transport a first-order concern. Multi-turn, tool-heavy loops amplify overhead that is negligible in single-turn LLM use. Stateful continuation cuts overhead dramatically. Caching context server-side can reduce client-sent data by 80%+ and improve execution time by 15–29% .
By Anirudh Mendiratta
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