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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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Things Software Developers Think They Don’t Need to Care about, But Can Impact Their Job
Holly Cummins gave a keynote at Goto Copenhagen where she urged developers to care about overlooked issues that shape their work. She warned of unintended consequences of design decisions, promoted systems thinking and statistical literacy, stressed mastering concurrency as hardware evolves beyond Moore’s Law, and mentioned the impact of AI on the job market.
By Ben LindersBun Introduces Built-in Database Clients and Zero-Config Frontend Development
Bun 1.3 revolutionizes full-stack JavaScript development with unified database APIs and zero-config frontend setup. Experience enhanced performance with built-in Redis support and optimized bundling. With a focus on community feedback, Bun is poised to outpace Node.js and Deno, delivering faster, efficient, all-in-one capabilities for modern developers.
By Daniel CurtisAPI Platform Unkey Ditches Serverless After Performance Struggles
Developer Platform Unkey has written about rebuilding its entire API authentication service from the ground up, moving from serverless Cloudflare Workers to stateful Go servers after re-evaluating the constraints of their serverless architecture. The move resulted in a sixfold performance improvement and eliminated the workarounds that had become a dominant part of its engineering efforts.
By Matt SaundersPresentation: Lessons Learned From Building LinkedIn’s First Agent: Hiring Assistant
Karthik Ramgopal and Daniel Hewlett discuss the evolution of AI at LinkedIn, from simple prompt chains to a sophisticated distributed agent platform. They explain the transition to a supervisor-sub-agent model that enables parallel development and modular quality evaluation. and share a blueprint for building resilient, high-scale agentic systems.
By Karthik Ramgopal, Daniel HewlettKubernetes 1.35 Released with In-Place Pod Resize and AI-Optimized Scheduling
The Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) announced the release of Kubernetes 1.35, named "Timbernetes", emphasizing its focus on mutability and the optimization of high-performance AI/ML workloads.
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