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Deepmind Gopher, Incremental Deep Learning, AWS SDKs for Rust & Kotlin, IAM Policy Questions, Differentiable Programming, State of Project Valhalla, Java & JVM Panel, Tech Leader Coaching, Identifying Impediments

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Developing and Deploying Secure Code with AWS Lambda

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Java InfoQ Trends Report—December 2021

This article provides a summary of how the InfoQ Java editorial team and various Java Champions currently see the adoption of technology and emerging trends within the Java and JVM space in 2021. (Trends Report)

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AI, ML and Data Engineering InfoQ Trends Report

How AI, ML, and Data Engineering evolved in 2021 as seen by the InfoQ editorial team. Topics discussed include deep learning, edge deployment of machine learning algorithms, commercial robot platforms, GPU and CUDA programming, natural language processing and GPT-3, MLOps, and AutoML. (Podcast)

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The High Performance Edge – What Makes Some Organisations Stand Out

In this podcast, Shane Hastie spoke to Steve Spear about the characteristics of high-performance organisations and how leadership enables creativity and productivity. (Podcast)

TOP AI, ML & Data Engineering NEWS HEADLINES

  1. Google Trains 280 Billion Parameter AI Language Model Gopher

Developing Deep Learning Systems Using Institutional Incremental Learning

Institutional incremental learning promises to achieve collaborative learning. This form of learning can address data sharing and security issues, without bringing in the complexities of federated learning. This article talks about practical approaches which help in building an object detection system. (Article)

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TOP DevOps NEWS HEADLINES

  1. AWS Offers Two New Outposts SKUs Suitable for Space Constrained Locations

  2. AWS Releases Fully-Managed Data Lake for CloudTrail Logs

  3. AWS Finally Gets Official SDKs for Rust, Kotlin, and Swift

  4. Google Cloud Embraces Security Orchestration through Siemplify Acquisition

  5. AWS Releases Multi-Cloud Kubernetes Autoscaler Karpenter

Incorrect IAM Policy Raised Questions about AWS Access to S3 Data

An unexpected change in the policy used by AWS Support raised concerns about access to customers' S3 data. The cloud provider reverted the change, stating that the permissions were not and could not be used, and published a security bulletin. Security experts suggest steps to detect and prevent similar issues in the future. (News)

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Differentiable Programming in Kotlin

Irene Dea discusses how Facebook is using Kotlin, developing a new differentiable programming framework for it. (Presentation with transcript included)
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TOP Java NEWS HEADLINES

  1. Java News Roundup: State of Project Valhalla by Brian Goetz, GlassFish 7.0-M1 and Project Loom Lab

Java & JVM Panel

Simone Bordet and Cay Horstmann discuss Java’s new release cadence which brings exciting new features at a more consistent pace, Java's strongest points, and what we are missing. (Presentation with transcript included)

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Security Visionaries 2022

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Records in C# 9

In this article, Tugce Özdeger talks about Records, a new reference type introduced in C# 9. The article shows how developers can use records in their applications, with code examples. (Article)

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VMware Tanzu: A Year in Review

Join VMware's Craig McLuckie, Joe Beda, and Cora Iberkleid as they look back at some of our biggest events and announcements, and showcase what it all means to modernize your app portfolio. Register for free.

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Gatsby 4 - More Than a Static Content Generator

Gatsby 4, the latest iteration of the popular static site generator, is now out, offering developers improved build speeds alongside new ways for delivering content. (News)

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Looking Back to the Future: 5 Process Automation Trends in 2022

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Data Mesh in the Real World: Lessons Learnt from the Financial Markets

Tareq Abedrabbo shares how CMC Markets has gone through a transformation to take advantage of the new technologies, the architectural choices made and some of the challenges faced. (Presentation)

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The Buyer’s Guide to Kubernetes Management Solutions

To get you started on the right track, we compare Kubernetes management solutions across the top production-grade capabilities to consider while evaluating an enterprise Kubernetes solution. Download now.

TOP Culture & Methods NEWS HEADLINES

  1. Becoming a Better Tech Leader with Coaching

Getting Rid of Wastes and Impediments in Software Development Using Data Science

This article presents how to use data science to detect wastes and impediments, and concepts, and related information that help teams to figure out the root cause of impediments they struggle to get rid of. The knowledge discovered during research includes an expanded waste classification, and the use of trends to uncover undesired situations like hidden delayed backlog items and defects trends. (Article)

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