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Interview with James Gosling, father of Java and Java Champion, on the history of Java, his work at Liquid Robotics, Netbeans, the future of Java and what he sees as the next revolutionary trend in the computer industry.
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Here's more on the www.healthcare.gov website issues:
From the NYTimes:
"Kathleen Sebelius, the health and human services secretary, gave an opening statement at a House hearing on the troubled rollout of HealthCare.gov."
Here's a link to a video about what to watch for in the proceedings: …
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60 or so sessions are now available with more to come:
http://www.oracle.com/javaone/sessions/index.html
Thanks to Joe for the link (Jaxjug)…
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Healthcare.gov - What's up with it? Yes, the politics are interesting, but from a software development perspective, the SDLC and issues with www.healthcare.gov are fascinating! Check out the interview with John…
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Introducing TanStack DB: a groundbreaking embedded client-side database that revolutionizes frontend development. With features like reactive queries, typed collections, and optimistic mutations, TanStack DB simplifies state management, ensuring blazing-fast updates. Easily integrate with existing TanStack Query applications in an open-source, beta format.
By Daniel CurtisUber Eats introduced INCA (Inventory and Catalog), a scalable system to handle vast product catalogs from supermarkets, pharmacies, and retail partners. Unlike the earlier restaurant-focused setup built for low SKUs and simple pass-through data, INCA supports large-scale inventories, rich metadata, and compliance needs essential for retail operations.
By Leela KumiliAirbnb engineering has published a detailed account of how it maintains high availability during Istio upgrades across tens of thousands of pods and thousands of VMs, all without downtime.
By Craig RisiSérgio Amorim shares how Revolut’s small DevOps team leverages a centralized systems catalog and automation to enable 1,300 engineers to build and deploy applications with speed and consistency. He explains how this approach reduces manual effort and improves observability, alerting, and database management at scale.
By Sérgio AmorimAWS has launched its eighth-generation Amazon EC2 R8i and R8i-flex instances, powered by custom Intel Xeon 6 processors. Designed for memory-intensive workloads, these instances offer up to 15% better price performance and enhanced memory throughput, making them ideal for real-time data processing and AI applications.
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