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Book Giveaway
Hi! Is anyone interested in one of these books? If so please follow/retweet and tell me which book. Thanx!…
Added by Adam Davis on November 5, 2018 at 9:30pm — No Comments
Learning Groovy and Self-publishing
What is Groovy and why should I care?
Hello again, it's me, Adam. Earlier this year, I finished my self-published book, Learning Groovy,…
ContinueAdded by Adam Davis on May 25, 2016 at 3:00pm — No Comments
Java 7 EOL
Just a reminder: Oracle plans to stop updating Java 7 in April of this year (next month).
As outlined in the Oracle JDK Support Roadmap, after April 2015, Oracle will not post further updates of Java SE 7 to its public download sites.
This might be a good time to read …
ContinueAdded by Adam Davis on March 4, 2015 at 10:22pm — No Comments
Hot New Language (Groovy)
Slightly modified from original post: http://adamldavis.com/
There’s a hot new programming language that I’m excited about. It can be used dynamically or statically-typed, your choice. It supports functional programming constructs, including first-class functions, currying, and more. It has multiple-inheritance, type inference, and meta-programming. It also integrates really well…
ContinueAdded by Adam Davis on February 28, 2015 at 3:00pm — 3 Comments
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Target Improves Add to Cart Interactions by 11 Percent with Generative AI Recommendations
Target has deployed GRAM, a GenAI-powered accessory recommendation system for the Home category, using large language models to prioritize product attributes and capture aesthetic cohesion. The system helps shoppers find compatible accessories, integrates human-in-the-loop curation, and achieved measurable improvements in engagement and conversion.
By Leela KumiliPresentation: DevOps Is for Product Engineers, Too
Lesley Cordero discusses platform engineering as a sociotechnical solution for scaling organizations. She explains the CALMS framework, the "pendulum of tension" between reliability and velocity, and how to transition from reactive to proactive leadership. By focusing on communal learning and distributed power, she shares how to build resilient systems without sacrificing human well-being.
By Lesley CorderoToad: A Unified CLI Tool for All Your LLMs That Promises Improved UX From Existing Ones
During his sabbatical, Will McGugan, maker of Rich and Textual( frameworks for making Textual User Interfaces (TUI)), put his UI skills to work to build Toad. The newly publicly released tool aims to provide a unified, “beautiful” GUI for multiple coding agents in your terminal, accessible via the same tool via the Agent Communication Protocol (ACP).
By Olimpiu PopPodcast: The Latest in OpenJDK and JCP Expert Group: Insights with Simon Ritter
In this episode, Simon Ritter, Deputy CTO at Azul, sat down with podcast host Michael Redlich, Lead Editor of the Java topic at InfoQ, and discussed the latest features in OpenJDK and Simon’s experiences serving on the JCP Expert Group since JDK 9. OpenJDK topics included: the six-month release cycle, Generational Shenandoah, JDK Flight Recorder, Project Leyden and Compact Object Headers.
By Simon RitterNeptune Combines AI‑Assisted Infrastructure as Code and Cloud Deployments
Now available in beta, Neptune is a conversational AI agent designed to act like an AI platform engineer, handling the provisioning, wiring, and configuration of the cloud services needed to run a containerized app. Neptune is both language and cloud-agnostic, with support for AWS, GCP, and Azure.
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