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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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Google Cloud Introduces Bigtable Tiered Storage
Google Cloud recently introduced the preview of Bigtable tiered storage. The new feature allows developers to manage both hot and cold data within a single Bigtable instance, optimizing costs while maintaining access to all data.
By Renato LosioNew Token-Oriented Object Notation (TOON) Hopes to Cut LLM Costs by Reducing Token Consumption
The recently released Token-Oriented Object Notation (TOON) aims to be a schema-aware alternative to JSON that significantly reduces token consumption at a similar level of accuracy. While the existence and importance of token saved depend on the data shape. some benchmarks show TOON may use in some cases 40% fewer tokens than JSON, possibly resulting in LLM and inference cost savings.
By Bruno CouriolOlmo 3 Release Provides Full Transparency Into Model Development and Training
The Allen Institute for AI has unveiled Olmo 3, an open-source language model family that empowers developers with full access to the model lifecycle, from training datasets to checkpoints. Featuring reasoning-focused variants and robust tools for post-training modifications, Olmo 3 promotes transparency, experimentation, and community collaboration, driving innovations in AI.
By Robert KrzaczyńskiNexla Launches Express: A Conversational Platform for AI Data Engineering
Nexla recently introduced Express, a conversational data engineering platform designed to dramatically lower the barrier for building data pipelines for AI applications.
By Craig RisiCloudflare Global Outage Traced to Internal Database Change
Cloudflare’s recent global outage, linked to a database update, caused widespread disruption and highlighted the risks of single-vendor reliance. While service was restored, the incident sparked discussions on the importance of multi-vendor strategies in tech. Cloudflare's CEO vowed to enhance system resilience, emphasizing that outages can impact even the largest providers.
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