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50% Keyboard Guide: Tiny Typists' Delight

Introduction to Compact Keyboards

Welcome to the world of compact keyboards! These small form factor keyboards are a game-changer when it comes to…

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September 2019

IBM is moving OpenPower Foundation to The Linux Foundation

Blog IBM is moving OpenPower Foundation to The Linux Foundation 1 Like

June 2019

OSCON Free Expo Pass! ‪We're proud to partner with #OSCON in Portland, July 15–18. Want to join in but can't be there for the entire event? Grab a free Expo Plus pass using code EXPOPASS- but hurry, only a limited number… Blog OSCON Free Expo Pass! 1 Like Some thoughts on licensing from Google's Chris DiBona

Chris DiBona is the director of open source at Google, and he's been taking a big part in the open source and Free software ecosystem for a very long time--not least in his role with Google's…

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November 2017

Let's talk about new Java APIs!

Hello folks,

Want to hear about new Java APIs and some of the decisions made at the recent…

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June 2016

Why use Amazon EC2 (AWS) Container Services (Docker)

Why use Amazon's container service?

We all experience a common set of tasks when working in IT shops. Someone gets delegated…

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May 2016

Meeting Mycroft: An Open AI Platform You Can Order Around By Voice

Blog Meeting Mycroft: An Open AI Platform You Can Order Around By Voice 1 Like Talking With Mycroft Developer Ryan Sipes at…

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March 2016

Devoxx Poland

The Devoxx Poland call for papers closed!

es 3/31/16.…

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November 2015

Get Hip With JHipster ... and a free book!

Matt Raible just published the slide deck to his JHipster talk. What's…

Blog Get Hip With JHipster ... and a free book! 2 Likes Lamine Ba and Mike Levin head to Google HQ

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August 2015

movie recommendations with Spark machine learning

Tutorial on Apache Spark, movie recommendations with machine learning

This post discusses building a…

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March 2015

Java 7 EOL

Just a reminder: Oracle plans to stop updating Java 7 in April of this year (next month).

As outlined in…

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February 2015

Hot New Language (Groovy)

Slightly modified from original post: http://adamldavis.com/

There’s a hot new…

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November 2013

FLEX goes to Apache

Not familiar with FLEX but this article has some interesting info on it. Another tool in the web developer's toolbox?…

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February 2013

Responsive Web Design? What's that? - Exploring NODE.JS

It may not adhere to the strict Java format of OJUG but was quite useful in learning more of the growing tools available to the web based developer.

Jackie Gleason answered this and…

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July 2012

JavaFX and SteelSeries gauges using FXML

Gerrit Grunwald, aka @hansolo_ on twitter, has just ported his Swing based gauges and meters framework known as …

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February 2012

Buzzword Bingo

James Ward gave a great presentation on Heroku. The server of choice for Facebook developement. He commented on some attendees not being familiar with all the buzzwords he used. So we thought…

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Android Studio Otter Boosts Agent Workflows and Adds LLM Flexibility

The latest Android Studio Otter feature drop introduces several new features that make it easier for developers to integrate AI-powered tools in their workflows, including the ability to set which LLM to use, enhanced agent mode through device interaction, support for natural language testing, and more.

By Sergio De Simone

Cloudflare Automates Salt Configuration Management Debugging, Reducing Release Delays

Cloudflare recently shared how it manages its huge global fleet with SaltStack (Salt). They discussed the engineering tasks needed for the "grain of sand" problem. This concern is about finding one configuration error among millions of state applications. Cloudflare’s Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) team redesigned their configuration observability.

By Claudio Masolo

Pulumi Adds Native Support for Terraform and HCL

Pulumi now natively supports Terraform and HCL, enabling direct HCL execution and state management within Pulumi Cloud. Currently in private beta with a Q1 2026 release, the update aids migration from legacy tools. A new financial "escape hatch" offers credits for existing HashiCorp contracts, targeting teams affected by recent licensing shifts.

By Mark Silvester

Cloudflare Introduces Aggregations in R2 SQL for Data Analytics

Cloudflare recently announced support for aggregations in R2 SQL, a new feature that lets developers run SQL queries on data stored in R2. This enhancement expands R2 SQL beyond basic filtering and makes it more useful for analytical workloads without requiring separate data warehouse tools.

By Renato Losio

ArkType Introduces ArkRegex with Type Safe Regular Expressions

Introducing ArkRegex: a revolutionary drop-in for JavaScript's RegExp that ensures type safety in regular expressions without runtime overhead. Seamlessly integrate with native features like capture groups and receive robust type inference, revolutionizing TypeScript development and eliminating runtime failures. Simplify regex with confidence—experience ArkRegex today!

By Daniel Curtis

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