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GPT3 Architecture, HashiCorp Vault, Kubernetes Telemetry, Dapr on AKS, PHP 8, Resilience with eBPF, Quarkus Security, Securing Java Apps, OpenSilver 1.1, Qwik Resumability, Motivating Employees

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TOP AI, ML & Data Engineering NEWS HEADLINES

  1. Snap Way to Design Ads Ranking Service Using Deep Learning

  2. How GPT3 Architecture Enhanced AI Capabilities: Lifearchitect.ai Keynote At Devoxx

  3. Netflix's Fraud Detection Framework for Streaming Services

PyTorch Becomes Linux Foundation Top-Level Project

PyTorch, the popular deep-learning framework developed by Meta AI Research, has now become an independent top-level project of the Linux Foundation. The project will be managed by the newly-chartered PyTorch Foundation, with support from several large companies including Meta, AWS, NVIDIA, AMD, Google, and Microsoft. (News)

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TOP DevOps NEWS HEADLINES

  1. CDK for Terraform Improves Performance by Adding Namespaces

  2. Orca Security Report Finds Critical Assets Vulnerable within Three Steps

  3. Google Cloud Announces Curated Detection in Chronicle SecOps Suite

  4. HashiCorp Vault Enhances Plugin Framework, Adds New Secrets Engines

  5. State of Value Stream Management Report Shows Platform Adoption Increased 4X in a Year

Successfully Integrating Dynamic Security Testing into Your CI/CD Pipeline

Dynamic security testing tools don’t require advanced cybersecurity knowledge to operate. Integrating DAST into your CI/CD pipeline should be done in stages by focusing on the riskiest areas first. (Article)

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TOP Cloud NEWS HEADLINES

  1. AWS Lambda Supports Event Filtering for Amazon MSK, Kafka and Amazon MQ

  2. Azure Adds Sustainability Guidance to Well-Architected Framework

  3. Microsoft Announces the General Availability of Azure Automanage Machine Best Practices

  4. DataDog Publishes AWS Security Report

Comprehensive Kubernetes Telemetry with AWS Observability Accelerator

AWS recently created a new template within the AWS Observability Accelerator project that provides an integrated telemetry solution for Elastic Kubernetes Service (EKS) workloads. (News)

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  1. Two New Git Vulnerabilities Affecting Local Clones and Git Shell Patched

PHP 8 — Attributes, Match Expression and Other Improvements

PHP 8 is a major update to PHP that introduces several new features and performance optimizations. In this first article of the PHP 8.x Article Series, we are going to introduce a number of new features including attributes, match expression, instanceof operator, new operator, a new JIT compiler, and more. (Article)

Resiliency Superpowers with eBPF

Liz Rice considers several facets where eBPF can help, from dynamic vulnerability patching through super-fast load balancing to multi-cluster networking. (Presentation with transcript included)
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TOP Java NEWS HEADLINES

  1. BellSoft Introduces Alpaquita Linux for Containerized Java Applications

  2. Quarkus Defends REST APIs against Attack

  3. Error Prone Support Introduces New Bug Checks and Refaster Templates

  4. Java News Roundup: Sequenced Collections, Spring 6.0-RC1, Apache Tomcat, Reactor 2022.0-RC1

  5. ArchUnit Verifies Architecture Rules for Java Applications

Securing Java Applications in the Age of Log4Shell

Simon Maple looks at how one can be more proactive and defensive in decisions for future Log4Shell like scenarios, considering, identifying and reducing the risk introduced into applications. (Presentation with transcript included)

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OpenSilver 1.1 Promises 99% of Code Compatibility with Silverlight Applications

OpenSilver, a "plugin-free" replacement for retired Silverlight browser technology, has released an update that claims to be able to reuse 99% of existing Silverlight application code and run it in a modern browser with WebAssembly and HTML5. (News)

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TOP Web Development NEWS HEADLINES

  1. New Qwik JavaScript Framework Seeks Faster Web Apps with Unique Approach: Resumability

Separation of Concerns in Node.js

In Node.js is that you can structure your code however you want. There is no "correct way". You have the option of writing all of your code in a single app.js file or creating multiple files and placing them in different folders. Most developers, however, would recommend structuring your projects by grouping related data together rather than having it all together. (Article)

Polyglot Microservices Communication Using Dapr on AKS

Dapr is a useful tool for solving several challenges engineers might face. It allows engineering organizations to gain productivity by training developers on a common set of tools and techniques. It also helps adopt standardization in development, deployment, and debugging. (Article)

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TOP Culture & Methods NEWS HEADLINES

  1. Jonathan Smart on Organizing for Outcomes - DOES 2022

  2. Motivating Employees and Making Work More Fun

  3. Tapabrata Pal on DevOps at Fidelity: Investing in Inner Source and Engineering Excellence -DOES 2022

How We Built Testability with Psychological Safety

Testability can enable teams to make changes to their code bases without requiring extensive regression testing. To build testability, team members must collaborate and leverage each other's unique skills. Unfortunately, effective collaboration does not come naturally to people and therefore needs leadership to nurture people's ability to speak up and share their knowledge. (Article)

Code Red: the Business Impact of Code Quality

Everyone in the software industry “knows” that code quality is important, yet we never had any data or numbers to prove it. In this article, we explore the impact by diving into recent research on code quality. With twice the development speed, 15 times fewer bugs, and a significant reduction of uncertainty in completion times, the business advantage of code quality is unmistakably clear. (Article)

Panel: Engineering Leadership Lessons for Improving Flow

The panelists discuss how to lead organizational change to improve velocity and quality. (Presentation with transcript included)

Perspectives on Trust in Security & Privacy

The panelists discuss balancing the adjustment of the security posture and the user experience. (Presentation with transcript included)

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