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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 376 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 142 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 95 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 61 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 71 views
JCP Program Manager Heather VanCura and Tori Wieldt discuss the improvements to the Java Community… Tags: java, codetown Michael Levin Sep 8, 2015 61 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 100 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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When LinkedIn engineers encountered short-lived, recurring outages where the database powering their user feed became unavailable and then recover without leaving helpful traces, they had to devise a novel approach to uncover the root cause using off-CPU profiling with eBPF.
By Sergio De Simone
Microsoft added sandboxed code interpreters to Azure Logic Apps, enabling agents within integration workflows to generate and execute Python, JavaScript, C#, and PowerShell in Hyper-V isolated sessions. Architects get full control over model selection per workflow. The capability positions Logic Apps as an agent platform for integration alongside Foundry and Copilot Studio.
By Steef-Jan Wiggers
Aaron Erickson discusses the evolution of AI workflows, shifting from "vibe checking" to building reliable, multi-agent frameworks. He explains how to combine deterministic software guardrails with agentic discovery, optimize agent hierarchies, leverage time-series foundation models, and implement rigorous evaluation pyramids to ensure architecture scales effectively in production.
By Aaron Erickson
Deep Research Agentic Systems are AI Agents designed to conduct multi-step research for complex tasks using dynamic reasoning, multi-hop information retrieval, and generate structured analytical reports. Sarang Kulkarni from Thoughtworks spoke at Arc of AI Conference 2026 on how to deploy multi-agent research systems for deep reasoning, and the lessons learned from developing Deep Research Agents.
By Srini Penchikala
Pullfrog is an open-source AI-powered GitHub bot by Colin McDonnell, designed for automation in GitHub Actions. It supports a model-agnostic approach, allowing integration with various LLM providers. Key features include orchestration for pull request reviews, issue triage, and CI remediation, all managed within GitHub's environment. The tool operates with a bring-your-own-key model for access.
By Daniel Curtis
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