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I Write Like is a website that analyzes your writing and suggests a writer your style is similar to.
The result is an answer like this:…
ContinueAdded by Michael Levin on March 16, 2015 at 9:00am — No Comments
Our friends at LinuxJournal ( hi Doc) posted this fascinating article about Ubos I'm sure many of you will enjoy:
http://www.linuxjournal.com/content/youre-boss-ubos
"UBOS focuses on making the administration of home servers much simpler", says Johannes Ernst.
From Doc's article:
"Says Johannes:
ContinueMy goal is to make the administration…
Added by Michael Levin on March 15, 2015 at 8:55am — No Comments
Open Source Bridge is a software conference in Portland that equips you for the whole year with news and information to help you be the best developer you can be...and collaborate. Here's some info, and tomorrow night I'll raffle off a free…
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I ran into Steve from First Magnitude at Ward's yesterday. Sure am looking forward to tomorrow's GatorJUG. Last time, a couple of developers from Opie Software just happened to be there. I'll have a few interesting new books to talk about, one in particular is called "If Hemingway Wrote JavaScript". Adam…
Added by Michael Levin on March 10, 2015 at 9:00am — No Comments
Just a reminder: Oracle plans to stop updating Java 7 in April of this year (next month).
As outlined in the Oracle JDK Support Roadmap, after April 2015, Oracle will not post further updates of Java SE 7 to its public download sites.
This might be a good time to read …
ContinueAdded by Adam Davis on March 4, 2015 at 10:22pm — No Comments
My good bud Matt just published an article about his business and I think it's worth sharing: http://raibledesigns.com/rd/entry/how_to_setup_your_own1
Matt's sees consistent success for a few reasons. One: he is passionate about the technology. You can't go far in a business with…
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The panelists discuss the dramatic escalation of software supply chain threats, from typosquatting to AI-generated vulnerabilities. They explain how to move beyond basic scanning by adopting a zero trust mindset toward CI/CD pipelines and external dependencies.
By Sonya Moisset, Andra Lezza, Stefania Chaplin, Celine Pypaert, Emma Yuan Fang
.NET 11 Preview 2 introduces a set of targeted updates to .NET Multi-platform App UI (MAUI), focusing on the Map control, binding performance, and API consistency. The changes are incremental but concrete, addressing specific usability and performance issues in XAML, data binding, and control behaviour.
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By Michael Redlich
Uber’s uSpec uses AI agents and the Figma Console MCP to automate design specs, cutting documentation time from weeks to minutes. Integrated with the Michelangelo platform, it uses a GenAI Gateway for PII redaction, ensuring data stays local. This reflects a 2026 industry shift between Uber’s "Visual-First" Figma workflow and a "Guide-First" approach favored by developers using agentic IDEs.
By Patrick Farry
Revenium has announced the general availability of its Tool Registry, a new capability designed to give enterprises a complete, end-to-end view of what their AI agents actually cost.
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