March 2012 Blog Posts (4)

JavaOne Hyderabad

If you are interested in attending JavaOne Hyderabad on May 3-4, the early-bird registration ends on April 2nd.



The registration link is:

http://www.oracle.com/javaone/in-en/register/index.html



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Added by Michael Levin on March 28, 2012 at 7:47am — No Comments

ThoughtWorks Radar

There's a new ThoughtWorks Radar out,  http://www.thoughtworks.com/radar It's a market intelligence report that looks at the IT industry and languages, technologies as a whole and shows statistics about them in relation to each other. It's a good way to see a high level view of what's going on. Thanks to Marcelo of the …

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Added by Michael Levin on March 20, 2012 at 9:09am — No Comments

Africa Android Challenge - Submissions are in!

Check out these cool submissions to the Africa Android Challenge:

http://www.androidchallenge.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=49

The Africa Android Challenge is an opportunity to discover the best developers and Android…

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Added by Michael Levin on March 19, 2012 at 2:20pm — No Comments

Congo's deadly arms depot blasts (Donate to Congo)



@Leaders : please share this message within your communities


To all IT communities in Africa,
This is a great initiative from Lamine, the JUG Manager of Senegal



Many of you have probably heard this sad news from Congo, Brazzaville about the accidental arms depot blasts…
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Added by Max Bonbhel on March 6, 2012 at 1:02pm — No Comments

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InfoQ Reading List

Presentation: Building Embedding Models for Large-Scale Real-World Applications

Sahil Dua discusses the critical role of embedding models in powering search and RAG applications at scale. He explains the transformer-based architecture, contrastive learning techniques, and the process of distilling large language models into production-ready student models. He shares insights on optimizing query latency, handling document indexing, and evaluating retrieval quality.

By Sahil Dua

Teleport Launches Agentic Identity Framework to Secure AI Agents Across Enterprise Infrastructure

Teleport recently unveiled the Teleport Agentic Identity Framework, a new AI-centered security model designed to help enterprises safely deploy autonomous and semi-autonomous AI agents across cloud and on-premises environments.

By Craig Risi

Podcast: Beyond Code: How Engineers Need to Evolve in the AI Era

In this podcast, Shane Hastie, Lead Editor for Culture & Methods, spoke to Ben Greene about embracing AI in software engineering, expanding beyond pure technical skills to understand business context, and prioritizing human empathy in increasingly automated systems..

By Ben Greene

Shadcn Releases Visual Project Builder

Introducing Shadcn's innovative visual project builder, accessible via `npx shadcn create`. This tool empowers developers to customize project setups visually before coding, ensuring a seamless design-first approach with real-time previews, extensive theming options, and framework support. Experience effortless project creation with complete design control at ui.shadcn.com/create!

By Daniel Curtis

VillageSQL Launches as an Extension-Focused MySQL Fork

A new open-source project, VillageSQL, has been introduced as a tracking fork of MySQL aimed at expanding extensibility and addressing feature gaps increasingly relevant to AI and agent-based workloads.

By Robert Krzaczyński

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