Codetown

Codetown ::: a software developer's community

April 2016 Blog Posts (5)

Attend OSCON for Free May 16-19 in Austin, TX

The O'Reilly Open Source Convention is just a few weeks away and we have free expo plus passes available. OSCON is the best place to sharpen your skills and discover important new trends, making you better at what you do and rekindling your love of all things digital. The Expo Plus pass includes access to the expo hall, all evening events, sponsored sessions and…

Continue

Added by Michael Levin on April 25, 2016 at 3:29pm — No Comments

Articulating Design Decisions

Added by Michael Levin on April 18, 2016 at 2:03pm — No Comments

What's 18F?

Since 18F’s mission is to transform government, we’re constantly thinking about how to scale up our impact. How can our custom-developed work get more mileage in benefitting the federal government and beyond? One way is through reuse of our open source code.

We encourage you to adapt 18F open source projects for your work and personal purposes, whether you’re a fellow federal employee or outside government. We’ve put together a list of some 18F repositories that might be especially… Continue

Added by Michael Levin on April 12, 2016 at 11:53pm — No Comments

Apply to Speak at Strata + Hadoop World in New York

Apply to Speak at Strata + Hadoop World in New York

September 26-29, 2016

New York, NY

Do you have a story waiting to be heard? A big idea to share? A skill to teach? Strata + Hadoop World has become the gathering place for those who work with and consume data. It’s where the industry charts a course towards better decision-making and navigating our connected, always-on world. Strata + Hadoop World showcases the cutting-edge science that’s making organizations worldwide… Continue

Added by Michael Levin on April 11, 2016 at 9:42am — No Comments

Hay Caramba! CFP for JavaOne Latin America 2016 extended!

Folks, The CFP for JavaOne Latin America 2016 has been extended to April 18th. Please expect the web site to be updated shortly with this information. Would appreciate your help circulating this news with your developer peers.

https://www.oracle.com/br/en/javaone/call-for-proposals.html

Here's some info. The deadline is 4/18.

"Welcome to the Call for Papers for JavaOne Latin America,… Continue

Added by Michael Levin on April 7, 2016 at 1:00pm — No Comments

Featured Blog Posts

View All

Latest Blog Posts

Monthly Archives

2025

June (1)
March (1)

2024

June (1)

2023

December (1)
September (2)
June (2)
April (1)
March (1)

2022

December (3)
November (1)
October (1)
July (1)
April (3)
January (2)

2021

December (3)
October (1)
April (1)
March (1)

2020

July (1)
April (1)
March (1)
January (1)

2019

December (1)
November (1)
October (1)
September (1)
August (2)
July (1)
June (4)
May (1)
March (2)
February (1)
January (2)

2018

November (1)
October (2)
August (2)
July (1)
May (7)
April (1)
February (2)
January (1)

2017

November (1)
September (1)
August (2)
July (2)
June (2)
May (5)
April (3)
February (4)
January (9)

2016

December (18)
November (10)
September (3)
August (1)
July (3)
June (7)
May (6)
April (5)
March (2)
February (2)
January (4)

2015

December (4)
November (2)
October (2)
August (1)
July (2)
June (1)
April (2)
March (6)
February (1)
January (6)

2014

November (1)
June (3)
May (1)
April (1)
March (4)
February (2)

2013

December (6)
October (5)
September (2)
August (1)
July (2)
April (1)
February (3)
January (5)

2012

December (5)
October (3)
September (4)
August (1)
July (4)
June (4)
May (1)
April (3)
March (4)
February (7)
January (3)

2011

December (1)
November (7)
October (6)
September (7)
August (3)
July (9)
June (5)
May (7)
April (2)
March (2)
February (3)
January (4)

2010

December (6)
November (3)
October (2)
August (6)
July (1)
May (4)
April (3)
March (11)
February (5)
January (13)

2009

December (10)
November (4)
October (7)
September (4)
August (5)
July (2)
June (3)
May (9)
April (2)
March (8)
February (3)
January (1)

2008

December (1)
November (7)
October (2)
July (1)

Welcome to
Codetown

Sign Up
or Sign In

Or sign in with:

Happy 10th year, JCertif!

Notes

Welcome to Codetown!

Codetown is a social network. It's got blogs, forums, groups, personal pages and more! You might think of Codetown as a funky camper van with lots of compartments for your stuff and a great multimedia system, too! Best of all, Codetown has room for all of your friends.

When you create a profile for yourself you get a personal page automatically. That's where you can be creative and do your own thing. People who want to get to know you will click on your name or picture and…

Continue

Created by Michael Levin Dec 18, 2008 at 6:56pm. Last updated by Michael Levin May 4, 2018.

View All

Looking for Jobs or Staff?

Check out the Codetown Jobs group.

Enjoy the site? Support Codetown with your donation.

InfoQ Reading List

Researchers Attempt to Uncover the Origins of Creativity in Diffusion Models

In a recent paper, Stanford researchers Mason Kamb and Surya Ganguli proposed a mechanism that could underlie the creativity of diffusion models. The mathematical model they developed suggests that this creativity is a deterministic consequence of how those models use the denoising process to generate images.

By Sergio De Simone

Atlassian's 4 Million PostgreSQL Database Migration: When Standard Cloud Strategies Fail

Atlassian recently migrated 4 million Jira databases to Amazon Aurora, intending to reduce costs and improve the reliability of its Jira Cloud platform. Due to the large number of files involved and the constraints of managed services, the team developed a custom tool to orchestrate the process, as traditional cloud migration strategies were not viable.

By Renato Losio

LM Studio 0.3.17 Adds Model Context Protocol (MCP) Support for Tool-Integrated LLMs

LM Studio has released version 0.3.17, introducing support for the Model Context Protocol (MCP) — a step forward in enabling language models to access external tools and data sources. Originally developed by Anthropic, MCP defines a standardized interface for connecting LLMs to services such as GitHub, Notion, or Stripe, enabling more powerful, contextual reasoning.

By Robert Krzaczyński

Grafana Tempo 2.8 Released: Major TraceQL Enhancements and Memory Optimizations

Grafana released Tempo 2.8 on June 12, 2025, introducing substantial memory optimizations and expanded functionality in its trace query language, TraceQL. This update is part of an ongoing effort to make distributed tracing more performant and accessible within observability stacks.

By Craig Risi

Gemma 3n Introduces Novel Techniques for Enhanced Mobile AI Inference

Launched in early preview last May, Gemma 3n is now officially available. It targets mobile-first, on-device AI applications, using new techniques designed to increase efficiency and improve performance, such as per-layer embeddings and transformer nesting.