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I recently read an article describing how to pair an Apple Watch with an iPhone. Looks great. You can leave your iPhone someplace and then use your Apple Watch as a phone. I don’t know anything about Apple watches, but they have them at Costco and of course at the Apple Store. What’s the latest, best one to get And Ann what do you know about this…
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August 28 2025, Newsletter no. 297 (this newsletter is available in html format at http://www.javaperformancetuning.com/news/news297.shtml )
As usual before a Java release, I'm listing all the new…
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ContinueHi Everyone,My publisher is running a free Amazon Kindle book promotion through Monday, August 25th, 2025. The book, “Eclipse Collections Categorically: Level up your programming game” can be obtained for $0 on Kindle on Amazon through the August 25th.…
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Vibe coding isn’t a formal technical term, but it’s become a slang or colloquial expression among programmers and tech communities—especially on social media and in creative coding circles.
What “vibe coding” usually means:
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Learning about artificial intelligence? You may find this interesting.
https://arstechnica.com/ai/2025/03/you-can-now-download-the-source-code-that-sparked-the-ai-boom/
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We have some exciting news to share with you. Otavio will be joining us to discuss the latest version of Camel in an exclusive presentation.
Presentation Details:
Speaker: Otavio Rodolfo Piske
Topic: Camel 4:What to Expect
Date: 07 September 2023
Time: 19:00 Ist Time
Duration: Approximately 1 hour
Register URL : https://www.eventbrite.com/e/700456483197
Presentation…
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Hello lab volunteers and friends...
RealityLabs, the community computer lab sponsored by the Gainesville Counseling Center and located at the Highlands Community Center is making progress towards our grand opening in later this year.
We need some board members to help steer the progress and efforts of the lab, please let me know if you are interested.
We will meet from 10a - 4p this Saturday the 22nd with the hope to start or accomplish some or all of the items…
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J4K was a superb conference last year. This year, it’s virtual and free! Some of the world’s best speakers will present. Register here: http://j4k.io/ They say tickets will go fast. #j4k
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NVIDIA Personal AI Router (PAIR), now available in beta, lets you combine the inference capacity of multiple computers on your local network and automatically distribute AI requests among them. It is primarily designed for local multi-agent AI workloads, where multiple independent model calls can otherwise overwhelm one GPU.
By Sergio De Simone
Netflix has reworked its Conductor workflow orchestration engine to handle larger workloads, increasing supported workflow size from about 2,500 to 30,000 tasks and reducing p99 workflow evaluation latency by about 40%. Conductor 4.0 separates workflow metadata from task data, moves evaluation to asynchronous processing, and introduces dynamic worker allocation and concurrency controls.
By Leela Kumili
tsgolint has released a stable v7, enhancing TypeScript linting with native Go speed. It offers type-aware linting, leveraging TypeScript's semantic analysis through the typescript-go compiler. Oxlint manages configurations and file discovery. The release, compatible with TypeScript 7.0.2, handles 59 of 61 type-aware rules and shows significant performance improvements over ESLint.
By Daniel Curtis
The Terraform AWS Provider continues its rapid evolution, with v6.62.0 adding support for new AWS capabilities while improving how Terraform understands and manages existing infrastructure.
By Craig Risi
Ross McFarlane and Kevin Holditch discuss Form3's evolution from a single-cloud setup to a triple active multi-cloud architecture. They share key engineering strategies for cross-cloud networking, distributed databases with CockroachDB and NATS, custom Kubernetes operators, and navigating distinct regional disaster recovery expectations across the UK, Europe, and US financial markets.
By Ross McFarlane, Kevin Holditch
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