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Introduction to Compact Keyboards
Welcome to the world of compact keyboards! These small form factor keyboards are a game-changer when it comes to…
Blog 50% Keyboard Guide: Tiny Typists' Delight 1 LikeSeptember 2019
June 2019
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…
Blog Some thoughts on licensing from Google's Chris DiBona 1 LikeNovember 2017
Hello folks,
Want to hear about new Java APIs and some of the decisions made at the recent…
Blog Let's talk about new Java APIs! 1 LikeJune 2016
Why use Amazon's container service?
We all experience a common set of tasks when working in IT shops. Someone gets delegated…
Blog Why use Amazon EC2 (AWS) Container Services (Docker) 1 LikeMay 2016
March 2016
The Devoxx Poland call for papers closed!
es 3/31/16.…
Blog Devoxx Poland 1 LikeNovember 2015
Matt Raible just published the slide deck to his JHipster talk. What's…
August 2015
Tutorial on Apache Spark, movie recommendations with machine learning
This post discusses building a…
March 2015
Just a reminder: Oracle plans to stop updating Java 7 in April of this year (next month).
Blog Java 7 EOL 1 LikeAs outlined in…
February 2015
Slightly modified from original post: http://adamldavis.com/
There’s a hot new…
Blog Hot New Language (Groovy) 2 LikesNovember 2013
Not familiar with FLEX but this article has some interesting info on it. Another tool in the web developer's toolbox?…
Blog FLEX goes to Apache 1 LikeFebruary 2013
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…
July 2012
Gerrit Grunwald, aka @hansolo_ on twitter, has just ported his Swing based gauges and meters framework known as …
Blog JavaFX and SteelSeries gauges using FXML 1 LikeFebruary 2012
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…
Blog Buzzword Bingo 1 LikeHappy 10th year, JCertif!
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Welcome to Codetown!
Codetown is a social network. It's got blogs, forums, groups, personal pages and more! You might think of Codetown as a funky camper van with lots of compartments for your stuff and a great multimedia system, too! Best of all, Codetown has room for all of your friends.
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NVIDIA Dynamo Addresses Multi-Node LLM Inference Challenges
Serving Large Language Models (LLMs) at scale is complex. Modern LLMs now exceed the memory and compute capacity of a single GPU or even a single multi-GPU node. As a result, inference workloads for 70B+, 120B+ parameter models, or pipelines with large context windows, require multi-node, distributed GPU deployments.
By Claudio MasoloKarrot Improves Conversion Rates by 70% with New Scalable Feature Platform on AWS
Karrot replaced its legacy recommendation system with a scalable architecture that leverages various AWS services. The company sought to address challenges related to tight coupling, limited scalability, and poor reliability in its previous solution, opting instead for a distributed, event-driven architecture built on top of scalable cloud services.
By Rafal GancarzGrowing Yourself as a Software Engineer, Using AI to Develop Software
Sharing your work as a software engineer inspires others, invites feedback, and fosters personal growth, Suhail Patel said at QCon London. Normalizing and owning incidents builds trust, and it supports understanding the complexities. AI enables automation but needs proper guidance, context, and security guardrails.
By Ben LindersArticle: Scaling Cloud and Distributed Applications: Lessons and Strategies
The article shares goals and strategies for scaling cloud and distributed applications, focusing on lessons learned from cloud migration at Chase.com at JP Morgan Chase. The discussion centers on three primary goals and the strategies addressing the goals, concluding how these approaches were achieved in practice. For those managing large-scale systems, these lessons provide valuable guidance!
By Durai ArasanArm Launches AI-Powered Copilot Assistant to Migrate Workflows to Arm Cloud Compute
At the recent GitHub Universe 2025 developer conference, Arm unveiled the Cloud migration assistant custom agent, a tool designed to help developers automate, optimize, and accelerate the migration of their x86 cloud workflows to Arm infrastructure.
By Sergio De Simone
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