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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…
ContinueAdded by Michael Levin on February 24, 2012 at 10:00am — 3 Comments
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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Google Cloud recently introduced the preview of Bigtable tiered storage. The new feature allows developers to manage both hot and cold data within a single Bigtable instance, optimizing costs while maintaining access to all data.
By Renato Losio
The recently released Token-Oriented Object Notation (TOON) aims to be a schema-aware alternative to JSON that significantly reduces token consumption at a similar level of accuracy. While the existence and importance of token saved depend on the data shape. some benchmarks show TOON may use in some cases 40% fewer tokens than JSON, possibly resulting in LLM and inference cost savings.
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The Allen Institute for AI has unveiled Olmo 3, an open-source language model family that empowers developers with full access to the model lifecycle, from training datasets to checkpoints. Featuring reasoning-focused variants and robust tools for post-training modifications, Olmo 3 promotes transparency, experimentation, and community collaboration, driving innovations in AI.
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By Steef-Jan Wiggers
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