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 In this podcast, Johnny Boursiquot, Site Reliability Engineer at Heroku, sat down with InfoQ podcast co-host Daniel Bryant and discussed topics that included: why Go is a useful language for building Function-as-a-Service (FaaS) style applications; how Heroku implements the role of Site Reliability Engineer (SRE); and why the ability to teach is such a valuable skill. (Podcast with transcript included) |
 In this podcast recorded at Agile 2019, Shane Hastie, Lead Editor for Culture & Methods, spoke to Scott Ambler of Disciplined Agile about the DA toolkit and taking agile beyond software development. (Podcast) |
 Netflix’s Director of Engineering Karen Casella, Polychain’s Security Engineer Rob Witoff, and Google’s Senior Engineering Leader Katharina Probst are among the committee members. Find out what Lead Chair Wes Reisz has to say about what to expect from QCon San Francisco 2020. |
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| Uber open-sourced Neuropod, an abstraction layer for machine learning frameworks that allows researchers to build models in the framework of their choice while reducing the effort of integration, allowing the same production system to swap out models implemented in different frameworks. Neuropod currently supports several frameworks, including TensorFlow, PyTorch, Keras, and TorchScript. (News) |
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 Whether self-hosted or managed, this article is going to cover five reasons why a cloud IDE may be precisely what you or your company needs to boost productivity to the next level. (Article) |
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 Johannes Nicolai discusses what coding might look like for the next generation, what kind of programming jobs will continue to exist in five years and which tasks will be automated by robots. (Presentation) |
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 The release of Java SE 15 in Sept 2020 will introduce "sealed classes" (JEP 360) as a preview feature. A sealed class is a class or interface which restricts which other classes or interfaces may extend it. Sealed classes, like enums, capture alternatives in domain models, allowing programmers and compilers to reason about exhaustiveness. (Article) |
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| Simplified parameter null validation has been promoted to a C# 9 feature. This narrowly tailored feature reduces the amount of code needed to validate non-null parameters to a single character in the function signature. (News) |
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 The book *Learning Progressive Web Apps* presents a gentle but thorough introduction to PWAs through the implementation of three PWAs. The book focuses on web manifests and service workers. The reader needs only know HTML, JavaScript and CSS to follow through the examples. (Article) |
 Eoin Shanaghy covers the highs and lows of building Node.js apps with Serverless. The open source, JavaScript-based SLIC Starter project is presented, showing how it is used to quickly adopt best practices and get to a successful production deployment without pain. He also shows how TypeScript-based Infrastructure as Code is the way forward! (Presentation with transcript included)
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 Kate Sills discusses how to minimize the risks of running third-party JavaScript. She goes over POLA, the Principle of Least Authority, and how object capabilities can help grant specific, limited resources to third-party code. She also covers the current efforts to enforce security boundaries in JavaScript: SES (Secure ECMAScript) and Realms. (Presentation with transcript included) |
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 If the goal is to create software applications that emulate the behavior of domain experts, then the challenge is in capturing and implementing the business rules. This is more a factor of good knowledge management than it is raw coding ability. Following techniques from Domain-Driven Design can provide a structure for effectively validating and implementing business rules in a system. (Article) |
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 In these times of turmoil, information technology is a strategic asset to weather the difficult times ahead. Companies launch projects to build digital products and seize new opportunities, but even with strong pressure to release as fast as possible, beware of the pitfalls of an unsustainable MVP. Building an MVP that is scale-ready takes careful consideration and disciplined practices. (Article) |
 The book Leveraging Digital Transformation - Proven Leadership and Innovation Strategies to Engage and Grow Your Organization by M. Nadia Vincent is a guide for implementing digital transformations. It explores how to lead a digital transformation, how to engage people into the transformation, and what can be done to enable digitalization and innovation. (Article) |
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