December 2015 Blog Posts (4)

Hadoop and big data - believe the hype?

Ok, don't shoot the messenger: http://www.infoworld.com/article/3013151/hadoop/report-dont-believe-the-hype-about-hadoop-usage.html

What do you think? True or hype, in your experience?

Added by Michael Levin on December 22, 2015 at 1:38pm — No Comments

Learning JavaScript?

If you're learning JavaScript or just interested in how it's moving along, this survey has some nuggets to glean like what the most popular tools are these days. Have a look: https://ponyfoo.com/articles/javascript-developer-survey-results

Added by Michael Levin on December 16, 2015 at 9:30pm — No Comments

new JUG Africa social group

The new JUG Africa social group is live! Check it out here: https://community.oracle.com/groups/jug-africa-social-group



http://medianetwork.oracle.com/video/player/4640558532001

And more…

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Added by Michael Levin on December 7, 2015 at 10:30am — No Comments

Early-access build b95 of JDK 9 is available for download

Hi All,



Early-access builds of JDK 9 with Project Verona in b95 are

available for download here https://jdk9.java.net/download



The goal of this Project is to implement the new JDK version string as

described in JEP-223. http://openjdk.java.net/jeps/223



The new version-string scheme is designed to easily distinguish major,

minor, and security-update… Continue

Added by Michael Levin on December 7, 2015 at 10:30am — No Comments

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InfoQ Reading List

Presentation: Hidden Decisions You Don’t Know You’re Making

Dan Fike and Shawna Martell explain how "hidden decisions" silently shape software architecture and engineering culture. By examining the invisible defaults behind CI/CD bottlenecks, platform complexity, and misaligned metrics, they share frameworks for leading with intentionality. Learn to identify the "decision behind the decision" to better incentivize high-performing teams and careers.

By Shawna Martell, Dan Fike

Kubernetes Autoscaling Demands New Observability Focus Beyond Vendor Tooling

As adoption of Kubernetes autoscalers like Karpenter accelerates, a new set of platform-agnostic observability practices is emerging, shifting focus from traditional infrastructure metrics to deeper insights into provisioning behavior, scheduling latency, and cost efficiency.

By Craig Risi

TanStack Start Introduces Import Protection to Enforce Server and Client Boundaries

TanStack Start has introduced a import protection, which aims to prevent server and client code from being mixed in full-stack React applications. This Vite plugin automatically checks imports during development and build processes. It blocks harmful imports by file naming conventions or explicit markers, enhancing security and reducing bugs without requiring additional developer input.

By Daniel Curtis

Podcast: Failure As a Means to Build Resilient Software Systems: A Conversation with Lorin Hochstein

In this podcast Michael Stiefel spoke to Lorin Hochstein about how real-world failures provide insight into how software systems actually work. Our first topic was understanding that while automated fault injection tools can introduce basic robustness into a system, they cannot replicate the understanding that comes from mitigating complicated software failures in the real world.

By Lorin Hochstein

Cloudflare Adds Active API Vulnerability Scanning to Its Edge

Cloudflare has announced the open beta of its Web and API Vulnerability Scanner. This Dynamic Application Security Testing (DAST) tool is part of the API Shield platform.

By Claudio Masolo

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