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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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Cloudflare Builds High-Performance Infrastructure for Running LLMs
Cloudflare has recently announced new infrastructure designed to run large AI language models across its global network. As these models rely on costly hardware and must handle large volumes of incoming and outgoing text, Cloudflare separates the model's input processing and output generation onto different optimized systems.
By Renato LosioDuckLake 1.0: Data Lake Format with SQL Catalog Metadata
DuckDB Labs recently released DuckLake 1.0, a data lake format that stores table metadata in a SQL database rather than across many files in object storage. The first implementation is available as a DuckDB extension and includes catalog-stored small updates, improved sorting and partitioning options, and compatibility with Iceberg-style data features.
By Renato LosioJobRunr Introduces ClawRunr, an Open-Source Java AI Agent
JobRunr has introduced ClawRunr, an open-source Java AI agent for scheduled, recurring, and one-off background tasks. Formerly JavaClaw, it runs on users' hardware and combines conversational interaction with persistent task execution, MCP tools, browser automation, and web, Telegram, and Discord channels, while using JobRunr for scheduling, retries, and monitoring.
By Diogo CarletoConfluent Moves Schema IDs to Kafka Headers to Simplify Schema Governance
Confluent introduces a new approach in Apache Kafka that moves schema IDs from message payloads to record headers, aiming to simplify schema governance and evolution. The update integrates with Schema Registry, improves compatibility across serialization formats, and reduces coupling between data and metadata in event-driven architectures.
By Leela KumiliMeta Deploys Unified AI Agents to Automate Performance Optimization at Hyperscale
Meta has unveiled a new AI-driven capacity efficiency platform that uses unified AI agents to automatically detect and resolve performance issues across its global infrastructure, marking a significant step toward self-optimizing systems at hyperscale.
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