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Hi! Is anyone interested in one of these books? If so please follow/retweet and tell me which book. Thanx!…
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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,…
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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 …
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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…
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The ML Kit GenAI Prompt API, now available in alpha, enables Android developers to send natural language and multimodal requests to Gemini Nano running on-device, extending the text summarization and image description capabilities introduced with the initial GenAI release.
By Sergio De Simone
Uber rebuilt its Apache Pinot query architecture, replacing the Presto-based Neutrino system with a lightweight proxy called Cellar and Pinot’s Multi-Stage Engine Lite Mode. The redesign simplifies SQL execution, improves resource management, and ensures predictable performance for large-scale analytics workloads.
By Leela Kumili
In a move to streamline development workflows, Daniel Fritzgerald of GrafanaLabs has published a new open-source solution that links GitLab CI/CD events into Grafana's observability stack via a serverless architecture.
By Craig Risi
AI is becoming a key QA tool, aiding in faster scenario generation, risk detection, and test planning. Arbaz Surti showed how effective prompting using roles, context, and output format helps to get clear, relevant, and actionable test scenarios. AI can boost testers, but human judgment is needed to ensure relevance and quality.
By Ben Linders
Microsoft's new feature in API Management (APIM) enables seamless messaging to Azure Service Bus, simplifying API connections in event-driven architectures. By using the send-service-bus-message policy, developers can easily route HTTP requests to Service Bus for asynchronous processing, enhancing integration, security, and control without additional components.
By Steef-Jan Wiggers
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