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Reinforcement-Learning, GitHub Projects, Zero Trust, Recursive Serverless Risk, Cloud Native Languages, VS Code Server, EF Core 7 Speed, Slate 0.82 and Plate 15, SaaS Infra, Sizing in Scrum

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Randy Shoup, VP Engineering & Chief Architect @eBay hosting the track “Architectures You've Always Wondered About” will share architectural patterns and anti-patterns, challenges and hard-earned lessons on how to operate at a massive scale. Attend in-person at QCon San Francisco (Oct 24-28) or online at QCon Plus (Nov 29-Dec 9).
 

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InfoQ AI, ML and Data Engineering Trends Report 2022

There have been a lot of innovations and developments in the AI and ML space since last year. In this podcast, InfoQ’s AI, ML, and Data Engineering editorial team discusses the latest trends that our readers should find interesting to learn about and apply in their own organizations when these trends become mainstream technologies. (Podcast)

TOP AI, ML & Data Engineering NEWS HEADLINES

  1. PrefixRL: Nvidia's Deep-Reinforcement-Learning Approach to Design Better Circuits

  2. Meta Open-Sources 200 Language Translation AI NLLB-200

AI, ML, and Data Engineering InfoQ Trends Report—August 2022

In this annual report, the InfoQ editors discuss the current state of AI, ML, and data engineering and what emerging trends you as a software engineer, architect, or data scientist should watch. We curate our discussions into a technology adoption curve with supporting commentary to help you understand how things are evolving. (Article)

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TOP DevOps NEWS HEADLINES

  1. GitHub Projects Now Generally Available

What Developers Must Know about Zero Trust

Zero trust solves the problem of open network access by allowing access only to the resources a user should be allowed to access. This article covers how to start working with zero trust principles and ideas. (Article)

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  1. Are Recursive Serverless Functions the Biggest Billing Risk on the Cloud?

Managing Kubernetes Secrets with the External Secrets Operator

Kubernetes doesn’t yet have the capabilities to manage the lifecycle of secrets, so sometimes we need external systems to manage this sensitive information. Once the amount of secret information we need to manage increases, we may need additional tools to simplify and better manage the process. In this article, we’ll take a detailed look at one of these tools, the External Secrets Operator. (Article)

Languages of Cloud Native

Justin Cormack looks back at the early history, talking to Solomon Hykes about the development of Docker in Go, and looks at more recent trends in Cloud Native projects. (Presentation)

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Visual Studio Code Server Now Available in Private Preview

Microsoft has announced a private preview of the backend service that powers its Visual Studio Code editor, along with a specific CLI to manage it. Visual Studio Code Server can be installed everywhere and easily used through VS Code for the Web running in a browser. (News)

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Java News Roundup: Helidon 3.0, GraalVM 22.2, IntelliJ IDEA 2022.2, Vert.x Virtual Threads

This week's Java roundup for July 25th, 2022, features news from OpenJDK, JDK 19, JDK 20, Spring project updates, Helidon 3.0, GraalVM 22.2, Quarkus 2.11.1 and 2.10.4, Micronaut 3.5.4, Eclipse Vert.x virtual threads incubator, Jakarta EE 10 updates, IntelliJ IDEA 2022.2, JUnit 5.9.0, Apache Software Foundation project updates and Multik 0.2.0. (News)

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Microsoft Claims Entity Framework Core 7 Faster When Saving Changes

Entity Framework (EF) Core, Microsoft's object-to-database mapper library for .NET Framework, brings performance improvements for data updates in version 7, Microsoft claims. The performance of SaveChanges method in EF7 is up to 74% faster than in EF6, in some scenarios. (News)

Slate 0.82 and Plate 15 Releases Improve Rich-Text Editing Experience

Slate 0.82.0 made significant updates for its support of editing on Android devices and introduces `useSlateSelection` and additionally adds a React hook that triggers whenever the selection changes. Plate 15 improves its Link toolbar, improves paste handling of hyperlinks into an editor page, and provides greater control over rendering within plugins. (News)

TOP Culture & Methods NEWS HEADLINES

  1. QCon Plus (Nov 29): Level-Up on the Engineering Trends You Might Need To Embrace

  2. Developing and Evolving SaaS Infrastructures for Enterprises

How Open Source is Contributing to Your Team’s Development: What Leaders Should Know

Today’s open source landscape plays a critical role in the developer journey and in business as well. This piece examines common barriers to contribution, how businesses benefit from open source, and what it may look like for businesses to help prioritize open source contribution among their employees. (Article)

Talking about Sizing and Forecasting in Scrum

Scrum Teams can use different approaches to size the effort to deliver a Sprint/Product Goal. The forecast will be wrong. We're moving one Sprint at a time, and refreshing forecasts frequently. Some would say, "Discover and deliver capabilities—review outcomes with the customers and end-users. Learn what can be learned. Act on what we have discovered. Don't manage expectations." (Article)

Panel: the True Bottleneck in Software Engineering - Cognitive Load

The panelists discuss making decisions in software development, postulating that the core limitation is how much we can know: how much we can hold in our heads, and how quickly we can learn. (Presentation with transcript included)
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