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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
"Speaker: Jim Baker So how did we get to Jython 2.7 anyway? And what are our future plans? In this… Tags: codetown, Jim Michael Levin Apr 25, 2015 108 views
A step-by-step demonstration of a smartphone dongle to diagnose sexually transmitted infections thr… Tags: dongles, smartphones Michael Levin Feb 17, 2015 94 views
JCertif International project KITA-MATA : Pilote #Drone using #African language Tags: Africa, bonbhel Michael Levin Oct 17, 2014 89 views
Tori Wieldt interviews Max Bonbhel on their IoT project and the African developer communities. Tags: Congo, jug Michael Levin Oct 17, 2014 104 views
You'll see some familiar faces in this video. Java One 2014 begins soon... Tags: codetown, java Michael Levin Sep 29, 2014 85 views
The Original 1984 Macintosh Introduction: the magic moment, when Steve Jobs unveils the Macintosh a… Tags: Codetown, marketing Michael Levin Jun 11, 2014 100 views
Lyndsey Scott is a model for Victoria's Secret and Prada who develops iOS apps in her spare time. S… Tags: matchmaker, ios7 Michael Levin Jun 11, 2014 100 views
"we are organized like a startups" Tags: startups, management Michael Levin Mar 13, 2014 102 views
DOWNLOAD this song: http://jonathanmann.bandcamp.com/track/thats-just-the-woz For the Woz! Tags: codetown, music Michael Levin Mar 7, 2014 102 views
Can design be so amazing that it makes us feel superheroic? Can it be so poor that it angers and fr… Tags: Superheroes & Villains in Design, design Michael Levin Mar 6, 2014 148 views
President Barack Obama asks every American to give it a shot to learn to code, kicking off the Hour… Tags: Code, of Michael Levin Dec 10, 2013 100 views
Roy Singham @ ThoughtWorks and Herman @ Softdrive talk with BBC about incubating the software devel… Tags: africa Michael Levin Jul 24, 2012 85 views
This original rap music video made for JavaOne 2011 celebrates the "Java Life". Dedicated to the de… Tags: video, rap Michael Levin Jan 12, 2012 104 views
Steve Jobs's speech at Standford 2005 - Thai sub Tags: innovation, freelance Michael Levin Oct 6, 2011 114 views
Murray's concern with the problems presented by unwanted but usable old computers being discarded i… Tags: eWaste Michael Levin Aug 15, 2010 96 views
Including a performance by Isaac "Shovelman" Frankle at Maker Faire. It's amazing what you can do w… Tags: faire, maker Michael Levin Jun 7, 2009 158 views
Internal auditing massively reduces technology overhead and costs on several different levels, incl… Tags: overhead, license Sadien Intellectual Property May 30, 2009 168 views
Big-Software companies have the power and legal backing to use federal copyright law to destroy oth… Tags: license, program Sadien Intellectual Property May 22, 2009 172 views
We are talking at the JavaOne event about my project to start a Java User Group in Congo (Africa).… Tags: james, gosling Max Bonbhel Apr 23, 2009 154 views
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Pratik Rasam discusses how Spotify Ads Manager runs production-grade multi-agent systems at scale using Google ADK Java. He shares key architectural patterns, domain ownership models, deterministic guardrails, and tracing-based evaluation strategies, detailing hard-learned lessons on drawing agent boundaries, optimizing tool schemas, and managing costs while avoiding monolithic agent pitfalls.
By Pratik Rasam
European organisations can enhance their technological sovereignty by developing credible alternatives and acquiring necessary skills, rather than completely avoiding global providers. A panel discussion at the OSS EU highlighted the importance of understanding dependencies in cloud and hardware, and emphasized the need for practical choices in software for effective operational sovereignty.
By Olimpiu Pop
During its recent “Birthday Week”, Cloudflare announced Clef, a set of open-weight AI models designed to choose between predefined options rather than generate text. Cloudflare released 9B- and 27B-parameter models, along with a platform for adapting them to specific decision-making tasks.
By Renato Losio
A survey conducted by independent research firm Coleman Parkes on behalf of Undo, a company focused on scaling AI-powered root-cause analysis, found that while AI coding agents have accelerated code generation, they have shifted the primary bottleneck to debugging, code comprehension, and maintenance.
By Sergio De Simone
At Embedded Linux Conference Europe 2026, Wolfram Sang discussed the Linux building blocks for asymmetric multiprocessing (AMP). He highlighted the solid foundation but noted challenges like limited contributor coverage and fragmented testing. Sang's work on a hardware-spinlock driver revealed maintenance complexities and the need for more reviewers and testers to support evolving AMP systems.
By Olimpiu Pop
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