March 2011 Blog Posts (2)

JAX Innovation Awards to Reward Excellence in the Entire Java Ecosystem!!

Software and Support Ltd have launched a new worldwide award that aims to recognise the spirit on innovation in the Java ecosystem. Winners will be nominated and voted on, from the community, by the community.





Software & Support Media Group, organizers of the worldwide JAX conference series, has launched the JAX Innovation Awards 2011, a new 3-month programme designed to recognise and reward innovation within the Java Ecosystem.



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Added by Jennifer Blease on March 23, 2011 at 1:01pm — No Comments

Your Startup - Web Presence

Does your startup need an elegant web presence? Some very simple websites are hugely effective. Take Hearts Brew Beer Supply for example. Hearts has a very simple website: http://www.heartshomebrew.com/ Check it out.

 

I dropped by Hearts one day and saw order fulfillment as the primary activity going…

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Added by Michael Levin on March 1, 2011 at 9:00am — No Comments

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InfoQ Reading List

Presentation: Java Concurrency from the Trenches: Lessons Learned in the Wild

Hugo Marques explains how to navigate Java concurrency at scale, moving beyond simple frameworks to solve high-throughput IO challenges. Drawing from real-world Netflix projects, he discusses the pitfalls of nested parallel streams, managing backpressure with semaphores, and the shift from bounded executors to Virtual Threads. Learn to protect downstream services while maximizing JVM performance.

By Hugo Marques

Article: Spec Driven Development: When Architecture Becomes Executable

Spec-Driven Development inverts traditional architecture by making specifications executable and authoritative. It transforms declared intent into validated code through AI generation and provides architectural determinism. It eliminates drift through continuous enforcement, but demands new engineering discipline in schema design and contract-first reasoning.

By Leigh Griffin, Ray Carroll

Podcast: Somtochi Onyekwere on Distributed Data Systems, Eventual Consistency and Conflict-free Replicated Data Types

In this podcast, InfoQ spoke with Somtochi Onyekwere on recent developments in distributed data systems, how to achieve fast, eventually consistent replication across distributed nodes, and how Conflict-free Replicated Data Type (CRDTs) can help with conflict resolution when managing data.

By Somtochi Onyekwere

AWS CloudWatch Evolves into Unified Observability Platform with Apache Iceberg Support

AWS has expanded Amazon CloudWatch to unify log management across operational and security use cases. By integrating native OCSF normalization and Apache Iceberg-compatible storage via S3 Tables, the update aims to eliminate data silos and enable Zero-ETL analytics across multiple AWS accounts and regions.

By Steef-Jan Wiggers

Google Releases Gemma Scope 2 to Deepen Understanding of LLM Behavior

Gemma Scope 2 is a suite of tools designed to interpret the behavior of Gemini 3 models, enabling researchers to analyze emergent model behaviors, audit and debug AI agents, and devise mitigation strategies against security issues like jailbreaks, hallucinations and sycophancy.

By Sergio De Simone

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