Codetown ::: a software developer's community
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The ability to Interpret image data using software is advancing fast! The two images above are captioned with program generated text. Here's an article that describes concepts and an approach to generate a caption for an image. The code is written in Python and uses TensorFlow. …
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This is what I'm reading right now. Here you go! Matt has given us good presentations that are quick and to the point. Super cool! If you decide to pay $19.95 for the printed book, it'll cover about 3 craft pints. The health monitor app Matt made will record one less point. You'll see! Enjoy, and be sure to let Matt know how much you appreciate this free mini…
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First of all, relax, I'm not announcing an exclusive executive swapmeet. The market for used cell phones has ramped up to a whopping $11 billion as of 2016[1]. That's a big number by itself, especially since the market scarcely existed just ten years ago. By comparison, everything sold in every category by everyone worldwide on Ebay, new or used, was $84 billion total in 2016[2].
Unless you are actually a senior exec and can offer your device, refurbished, to other…
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Mobile devices prove to be a setback for cross-platform software development, but I hope it will be a minor one. At present, Android totally dominates the mobile market both in terms of hardware and software volume. As well, mobile devices are overtaking desktops for overall usage as we speak. But Linux, as open-source-friendly as it is appears to be getting the rub from Google, so where are we?
As Google continues to grumble about not controlling the world, they're leaking…
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I had the pleasure of attending Enterprise Connect '17. #EC17 is a conference about communication: telephony, video, chat, and all forms of…
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Looking for something interesting to do this weekend? Well, if you're in South Florida, there's a hackathon Saturday that sounds like a great way to learn some new tools and use some interesting …
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O'Reilly Conference Diversity and Inclusion Scholarship Program:
At O'Reilly, they believe that true innovation depends on hearing from, and listening to, people with a variety of perspectives. They want their conferences, and the technology communities and companies who participate in them, to include, encourage, and recognize people of all races,…
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O'Reilly has another Humble Book Bundle, this time: All about Hacks.
Fill your library with practical and creative hacks with O'Reilly's latest Humble Bundle. Readers can pay any price they choose and support a charity at the same time! Bundle Ends …
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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 :
Pros :
1. One time fee payment and life time…
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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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FerretDB has recently announced the availability of FerretDB Cloud, a managed MongoDB-compatible database service built on open source DocumentDB. Targeting developers seeking the first cross-cloud DocumentDB-based solution and an alternative to MongoDB Atlas, FerretDB Cloud is currently available on AWS only.
By Renato LosioDiana Montalion and Cat Morris discuss why large-scale transformations often fail, pinpointing six systemic friction points. They explain how architects can drive change by understanding organizational systems, designing knowledge flow, and architecting relationships. They argue that focusing on outcomes, managing resistance, and adopting a learning-driven mindset are critical to success.
By Cat Morris, Diana MontalionxAI introduced grok-code-fast-1, a model developed specifically for agentic coding workflows.
By Daniel DominguezGoogle Spanner now features a columnar engine, allowing its distributed database to handle both OLTP and OLAP workloads on a single platform. This hybrid architecture eliminates the need for separate data warehouses and ETL pipelines. The engine's columnar storage and vectorized execution accelerate analytical queries up to 200x on live data, which is especially beneficial for AI applications.
By Steef-Jan WiggersArtificial intelligence is impacting the individual work of software developers, how professionals work together in teams, and how software teams are being managed. In this panel, we'll discuss how artificial intelligence is reshaping software development, and what mindset and skills are required for software developers and engineering leaders to become adaptable and resilient in the age of AI.
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