May 2018 Blog Posts (7)

Great Intro to Reactive Programming

I’m told this is a great intro to reactive programming. So of course, I intend to read it! Here it is: https://gist.github.com/staltz/868e7e9bc2a7b8c1f754

Thoughts?

Added by Michael Levin on May 24, 2018 at 3:12pm — No Comments

Photofeeler is a fun way to learn about logic

you haven’t checked it out already, take a look at www.photofeeler.com. Read about it’s logic. It’s fascinating! Stay tuned for more. I’m blogging form my iPhone!

Added by Michael Levin on May 15, 2018 at 10:00am — No Comments

There's a new Java Ecosystem Survey...

This Java ecosystem survey is both informative and will be useful to many people. Please fill it out if you have the time.

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Added by Michael Levin on May 14, 2018 at 3:30pm — No Comments

Code One CFP Deadline Extended

For those of you interested in going to Java One, now known as Code One, the call for papers has been extended a week. 

This year, Code One will have much more than just Java. You'll find Python and Go, R and much more. 

Take a look at the agenda and think about going. And, for an even more exciting time, think about submitting a proposal…

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Added by Michael Levin on May 13, 2018 at 9:52am — No Comments

Come join KotlinTown!

Hey, I started a Kotlin group - check it out and join if you'd like! I just put up a page dedicated to Kotlin links, books, and more resources. Will add more features like popular frameworks and chat later on.

https://www.codetown.com/group/kotlin

Added by Amanda Hinchman-Dominguez on May 9, 2018 at 10:59am — 3 Comments

Java-Related Conferences

Every Java developer, in fact every software developer should have the opportunity to attend a technical conference every year or so. Increasingly, software conferences like Java One (now Code One) are becoming more broad and including multiple technologies. Ian Darwin is now publishing a great calendar of Java-related conferences. Here's the link: …

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Added by Michael Levin on May 7, 2018 at 1:33pm — No Comments

Submit a proposal for Istio Day at OSCON

If you’re passionate about the state of Istio, know how to leverage it with open source tools such as Prometheus and Zipkin, have an Istio demo, or have a great story or best practice to share, O'Reilly wants to hear from you. Each jam-packed 30-minute session should include your insights on why you have chosen Istio and how you are getting the most out of it. Istio Day sessions will take place on…

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Added by Michael Levin on May 2, 2018 at 9:44am — No Comments

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InfoQ Reading List

Driving and Measuring the Impact of Platform Engineering

Platform engineering has to be approached from a socio-technical perspective, and shaped by all stakeholders, not just developers, Sergiu Petean said in his talk Driving the Future of Insurance through Platform Engineering. Platform success depends on written principles that endure change while embracing change as the main design force, to enable teams to build, run, and release software.

By Ben Linders

Cloudflare Announces Agent Memory, a Managed Persistent Memory Service for AI Agents

Cloudflare announced Agent Memory in private beta, a managed service that extracts structured memories from AI agent conversations and retrieves them on demand using five-channel parallel retrieval with Reciprocal Rank Fusion. Shared memory profiles let teams of agents access common knowledge. Competitors include Mem0, Zep, LangMem, and Letta.

By Steef-Jan Wiggers

Meta's Approach to Migrating their Systems to Post-Quantum Cryptography

Meta has already begun preparing for the threats posed by quantum computing and migrating its systems to post-quantum cryptography, a complex process that will take multiple years to complete. In a recent article, Meta researchers outline their strategy and share key lessons learned along the way.

By Sergio De Simone

Presentation: Stripe’s Docdb: How Zero-Downtime Data Movement Powers Trillion-Dollar Payment Processing

Jimmy Morzaria discusses the evolution of Stripe’s database tier to support 5 million QPS with 5.5 nines of reliability. He explains the architecture of DocDB and shares how Stripe leverages a custom zero-downtime data movement platform to perform horizontal sharding, version upgrades, and multi-tenant migrations - all while maintaining the strict consistency required for global commerce.

By Jimmy Morzaria

Dropbox Redesigns Compaction to Reclaim Space from Underfilled Storage Volumes

Dropbox recently explained how it improved storage efficiency in Magic Pocket, the company's internal immutable blob store for storing user files at scale, by redesigning compaction strategies to reclaim space from severely underfilled storage volumes. The system now periodically reorganizes valid data into new volumes, allowing old, partially used ones to be cleared and reused.

By Renato Losio

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