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 In this podcast Shane Hastie, Lead Editor for Culture & Methods spoke to Jessica Andersson about the role of platform engineering in empowering and enabling other teams. (Podcast) |
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| OpenAI released GPT-4o mini, a smaller version of their flagship GPT-4o model. GPT-4o mini outperforms GPT-3.5 Turbo on several LLM benchmarks and is OpenAI's first model trained with an instruction hierarchy method that improves the model's resistance to jailbreaks and system prompt extraction. (News) |
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| A team of security researchers has discovered a significant vulnerability in the widely used RADIUS (Remote Authentication Dial-In User Service) protocol. This vulnerability could potentially allow attackers to gain unauthorised access to network devices. Cloudflare staff detailed the findings, highlighting the ongoing challenges of maintaining security in long-standing network protocols. (News) |
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| AWS has announced the general availability of Amazon EC2 R8g instances, which use AWS Graviton4 processors. These instances have been available in preview since November 2023 and are designed for memory-intensive workloads such as databases, in-memory caches, and real-time big data analytics. (News) |
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| CrowdStrike, an American cybersecurity technology company, recently released a product update that bricked an estimated 8.5 million computers running Windows globally, affecting businesses, individual users, and software companies. The company provides cloud workload protection, endpoint security, threat intelligence, and cyberattack response services. (News) |
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| This week's Java roundup for July 15th, 2024, features news highlighting: JDK 23 in Rampdown Phase Two: the July 2024 Payara Platform release; Graal Development Kit for Micronaut 4.5.0; GraalVM for JDK 22 Community 22.0.2; JSpecify 1.0.0, MicroProfile 7.0-RC1, Open Liberty 24.0.0.7; and the July 2024 Oracle Critical Patch Update. (News) |
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 Miško Hevery discusses Hydration and Lazy-loading, building a simple counter to show how hydration will thwart the ability to lazy load it or minimize the amount of code executed. (Presentation with transcript included) |
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 The main objective of this article is to delve into the technical complexities and strategic adjustments undertaken by Trainline. By examining challenges such as managing peak transaction volumes and orchestrating microservice architectures, we aim to uncover the valuable lessons learned and insights gained from Trainline's journey through the dynamic landscape of digital transportation platforms. (Article) |
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 Adam Schirmacher discusses the “transparent umbrella” strategy, treating Staff+ engineers like senior engineers, handling mismatched IQ/EQ, and leading without authority vs. lending authority. (Presentation with transcript included) |
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