June 2016 Blog Posts (3)

Why to choose Web Scraping Service not Web Scraping Software?

As i am writing this post, there are many outstanding web scraping software have been released in the market and also one major exit from the market called as Kimono.

Still i will pitch for Web Scraping Service over Web Scraping Software because of the following reasons :

Web Scraping Software :

Pros :

1. One time fee payment and life time…

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Added by Webdata-scraping on June 15, 2016 at 9:12am — No Comments

Did You Know? Cassandra

The developers at Facebook created the first version of Cassandra because they knew the world needed a new database. The name was chosen from the Greek mythological prophet who could predict the future, but due to a curse put on her, no one believed her.

Added by Michael Levin on June 5, 2016 at 9:08am — No Comments

Why use Amazon EC2 (AWS) Container Services (Docker)

Why use Amazon's container service?

We all experience a common set of tasks when working in IT shops. Someone gets delegated (voluntold) to the task of working with the System Admin, JBoss/Middleware, Security, and Hardware support teams in configuring a brand new set of servers.

Other times we develop an install instructions for JBoss EAP or a database product like MongoDB or Postgress. Then every developer…

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Added by Matt C on June 1, 2016 at 1:54pm — 2 Comments

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Meta's Optimization Platform Ax 1.0 Streamlines LLM and System Optimization

Now stable, Ax is an open-source platform from Meta designed to help researchers and engineers apply machine learning to complex, resource-intensive experimentation. Over the past several years, Meta has used Ax to improve AI models, accelerate machine learning research, tune production infrastructure, and more.

By Sergio De Simone

Lyft Rearchitects ML Platform with Hybrid AWS SageMaker-Kubernetes Approach

Lyft has rearchitected its machine learning platform LyftLearn into a hybrid system, moving offline workloads to AWS SageMaker while retaining Kubernetes for online model serving. Its decision to choose managed services where operational complexity was highest, while maintaining custom infrastructure where control mattered most, offers a pragmatic alternative to unified platform strategies.

By Eran Stiller

AWS Transform Custom Tackles Technical Debt

AWS Transform Custom revolutionizes code modernization with AI-driven, out-of-the-box transformations for Java, Node.js, and Python. This enterprise-focused tool accelerates application upgrades by up to 5x while learning from organizational nuances to deliver high-quality, repeatable transformations.

By Steef-Jan Wiggers

Article: Trustworthy Productivity: Securing AI Accelerated Development

Autonomous AI agents amplify productivity but can cause severe damage without safeguards. Defend the ReAct loop—context, reasoning, and tools—through provenance gates, planner-critic separation, scoped credentials, sandboxed code, and STRIDE/MAESTRO threat modeling. With robust logging, bounded autonomy, and red-teaming, agents can deliver trustworthy productivity while minimizing risk.

By Sriram Madapusi Vasudevan

Presentation: Powering Enterprise AI Applications with Data and Open Source Software

Francisco Javier Arceo explored Feast, the open-source feature store designed to address common data challenges in the AI/ML lifecycle, such as feature redundancy, and low-latency serving at scale.

By Francisco Javier Arceo

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