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Elon Musk is a business magnet, investor and engineer. Tags: Rogan, Joe Michael Levin Jul 31, 2019 104 views
Larry Ellison is America's third richest man. His company, Oracle, makes a widely-used database tha… Tags: Larry, Page Michael Levin Jul 21, 2019 104 views
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Join Michael Levin in this video interview with Jonathan Schwartz, former Sun Microsystems CEO. "Jo… Tags: Sun, carezone Michael Levin Aug 4, 2018 372 views
I left a physics job to do software engineering. Was it worth it? What do software engineers actual… Tags: introductions, programming Michael Levin Dec 2, 2017 104 views
Find out more at: https://re-publica.com/en/17/session/notes-emergency The Trump administration and… Tags: codetown, re:publica Michael Levin Jul 22, 2017 138 views
The first presentation on Node.js from Ryan Dahl at JSConf 2009. This is a great look at issues wit… Tags: Codetown, design Michael Levin Feb 18, 2017 140 views
Ousmane Samba is from Senegal. He is one of Gebeya's trainers and a bonafide senior front-end engin… Tags: codetown, senejug Michael Levin Feb 1, 2017 122 views
Taken at OSCON 2016 in Austin at the Open at Microsoft booth by Julian Cash of http://AuroraLightPo… Tags: Austin, 2016 Michael Levin Jun 12, 2016 110 views
Ryan Sipes of the Mycroft project talks Open AI and what openness means for the fast-arriving futur… Tags: lord, tim Timothy Lord May 31, 2016 118 views
According to Tim O'Reilly, the makers want to see the things they make become reality. Wow, Tim and… Tags: makers, codetown Michael Levin Feb 14, 2016 92 views
He's an inventor, electronics engineer, and a computer programmer. He was awarded with the National… Tags: codetown, inspire Michael Levin Feb 3, 2016 112 views
She's an American businesswoman with a degree in computer science, currently serving as the preside… Tags: codetown, success Michael Levin Dec 25, 2015 146 views
Marissa Mayer talks in depth about her background and tenure as CEO of Yahoo. Tags: codetown, interviews Michael Levin Dec 13, 2015 58 views
Get Hip with JHipster: Spring Boot + AngularJS + Bootstrap by Matt Raible Tags: Bootstrap, by Michael Levin Nov 19, 2015 106 views
These guys! Check out the drone. Pros? You might think so, what with that sweet skinned Porsche but… Tags: codetown, Drones Michael Levin Sep 9, 2015 70 views
JCP Program Manager Heather VanCura and Tori Wieldt discuss the improvements to the Java Community… Tags: java, codetown Michael Levin Sep 8, 2015 60 views
From OSCON 2015 in Portland: The Federal Government’s approach to technology is outdated and madden… Tags: oscon, 2015 Michael Levin Aug 16, 2015 102 views
Steve Jobs at the 1997 WWDC. This is the question that contains an insult based on a question asked… Tags: vision, codetown Michael Levin Aug 10, 2015 102 views
What you need to learn about entering into entrepreneurship, a practical suggestion by Alibaba CEO!… Tags: jobs, Alibaba Michael Levin Jul 3, 2015 98 views
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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Matthew Card discusses the intersection of leadership and inclusivity at the BBC. He explains how "changing the bar" rather than just raising it can transform team dynamics. Covering trust, psychological safety, and his "C.A.P.S." and "D.O.S.E." frameworks for resilience, he shares practical strategies for engineering leaders to eliminate toxic behaviors and empower diverse talent to thrive.
By Matthew Card
Agoda recently described how it consolidated multiple independent data pipelines into a centralized Apache Spark-based platform to eliminate inconsistencies in financial data. The company implemented a multi-layered quality framework that combines automated validations, machine-learning-based anomaly detection, and data contracts, while processing millions of daily booking transactions.
By Eran Stiller
Cursor introduced a new approach to minimize the context size of requests sent to large language models. Called dynamic context discovery, this method moves away from including large amounts of static context upfront, allowing the agent to dynamically retrieve only the information it needs. This reduces token usage and limits the inclusion of potentially confusing or irrelevant details.
By Sergio De Simone
Vercel has open-sourced bash-tool that provides a Bash execution engine for AI agents, enabling them to run filesystem-based commands to retrieve context for model prompts.
By Daniel Dominguez
Declarative infrastructure config hides complexity, enabling developers to focus on application code. Unified YAML per service allows early cost validation, while independent CI with centralized CD balances team autonomy and deployment consistency. This standardized approach scales across organizations, making infrastructure invisible and operations automatic.
By Avinash Sabat
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