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Chaos Engineering, Bias in AI/ML, Graph Databases, Kubernetes 1.9, Postgres 10, Performance Mythbusting, State of JavaScript 2017

Modular Java Development in Action @QConLondon 2018

Since Java 9, a brand new module system is part of the Java platform. This isn’t your average language feature: making the most out of it may involve rewiring your brain. Join Senior Software Engineer at Luminis Technologies, Sander Mak, as he explores the benefits of a modular codebase using Java 9 modules at QCon London in March. You can save £300 if you register before Jan 27th!
 

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Kolton Andrus on Gremlin’s Newly Announced SaaS Chaos Engineering Product and Running Game Days

Gremlin is a Software as a Service that lets you plan, control and undo Chaos engineering experiments built by engineers with experience from Netflix, AWS, Dropbox and others. In this podcast Wes talks to Kolton Andrus about the Gremlin product and architecture and related topics such as running Game Days. (Podcast)

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Conal Scanlon on Monte Carlo Mapping

In this podcast Shane Hastie, Lead Editor for Culture & Methods, spoke to Conal Scanlon about his talk at QCon New York on Monte Carlo Simulation for forecasting feature development. (Podcast)

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Bias in BigData/AI and ML

Leslie Miley discusses how inherent bias in data sets has affected things from the 2016 Presidential race to criminal sentencing in the United States. He shares lessons on the past heritage and how forward-looking companies are developing mitigation strategies to prevent bias in their systems. (Presentation)
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Handling Billions of Edges in a Graph Database

Michael Hackstein discusses graph databases, the current scalability problems and their solutions. (Presentation)

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Let your peers know about your successes and failures. Submit an article and you can win a QCon ticket. (Announcement)

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Your Top Five Challenges Moving in to the IoT Space

Those who have been involved in IoT projects have come to realize that there is a big gap between what customers need and what these vendors provide. Contributor Mikael Hakansson looks at five critical areas that require focus to ensure IoT success. These include business ownership, team skillsets, device onboarding, ability to handle change, and comprehensive testing. (Article)

Is Docker Dead?

Nic Jackson compares and contrasts the development and deployment flow for both a Docker and a Serverless project, attempting to see if Docker has already been made obsolete by serverless. (Presentation)

See What's New in DevOps:

  • Logging within Cloud Native Applications
  • Functional Service Design and Observability
  • Avoiding Alert Overload from Microservices
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Performance Mythbusting Panel

The panelists answer audience questions on real-world applied performance proofs across stacks including Java, .NET and Python. (Presentation)
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See What’s New in Functional Programming, Including:

  • Adventures in ClojureScript
  • Scala Typeclasses
  • Reactive JavaScript
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IntelliJ IDEA 2017.3: Enhanced Support for Java EE 8, Spring Boot, and JUnit

Just three months after their last release, JetBrains recently released version 2017.3 of their flagship product, IntelliJ IDEA, with a host of new features including enhanced support for Java, Java EE 8, Spring Boot, Kotlin, and Docker. (News)

Explore Innovation in the Java Landscape, Including:

  • Debugging Serverless JVM Functions
  • Java 9 Migration Tips
  • What’s New in Spring Security 5
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Devirtualization in .NET Core

Devirtualization, a technique for improving performance when working with abstract classes and interfaces, is slowly making its way into .NET Core. (News)

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Brief Analysis of the State of JavaScript 2017 Results

In the 2017 edition of the "State of JavaScript", over 28,000 developers responded, supplying the community with a diverse dataset to analyze, and enabling a myriad of discoveries about how JavaScript is being used. JavaScript continues to change at a fever pace with some industry stalwarts stalling while upstarts advance. (News)

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Google Introduces LoWPAN Support on Android Things

Android Things 6.1 will include support for configuring and managing LoWPAN networks, thus effectively enabling Android Things devices to act as edge nodes, says Google. (News)

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Events, Flows and Long-Running Services: A Modern Approach to Workflow Automation

Recent discussions around the microservice architectural style has promoted the idea that "to effectively decouple your services you have to create an event-driven-architecture". Although events can decrease coupling, we must avoid the mistakes of traditional SOA: centralised control should to be avoided, and workflow engines must be less painful to use and operate. (Article)

The Evolution of Reddit.com's Architecture

Neil Williams discusses the history of the systems that power reddit.com, looking at things that worked, things that didn't, and where they're going next. (Presentation)
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Agile for Marketing and Communication

Agile Marketing and Communication (MarCom) bridge the IT and communication disciplines. Communication professionals started to apply agile in their projects, which has led to better collaboration and increased productivity and creativity. Professionals take on tasks outside their usual responsibilities and duties, and it's the team that decides how the work is prioritized and done. (Article)

Frugal Innovation: Doing More with Less

Frugal innovation provides ways to do more and better with less. It helps us to solve problems with limited resources in a sustainable way and to address inequality and empower billions of people at the bottom of the pyramid. Agile and frugal support each other; both aim to solve the problem at hand and nothing more, getting products into the hands of the users early and learning from that use. (Article)

Grokking Leadership via Mentoring

Ivana Mcconnell talks about what good mentorship is and why it's important. (Presentation)
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