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InstructGPT, Docker Security, Azure Cosmos DB, Codespaces Templates, Groovy 4, Mobile and IoT Trends, LinkedIn Hodor, Enterprise Service Mesh, Improving Flow

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Clare Liguori on Automating Safe and “Hands-Off” Deployments at AWS

In this podcast, we discuss the implementation of continuous delivery at AWS, the use of automation and deploying to multiple test environments, and the benefits of canary releasing. (Podcast)

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Leading Beyond Change – Leadership for New Ways of Working

In this podcast, Shane Hastie, Lead Editor for Culture & Methods, spoke to Audree and Michael Sahota about leading beyond change in the 21st century. (Podcast)

TOP AI, ML & Data Engineering NEWS HEADLINES

  1. Waymo Releases Block-NeRF 3D View Synthesis Deep-Learning Model

  2. OpenAI Introduces InstructGPT Language Model to Follow Human Instructions

Meta Open-Sources Multi-Modal AI Algorithm Data2vec

Meta AI recently open-sourced data2vec, a unified framework for self-supervised deep learning on images, text, and speech audio data. When evaluated on common benchmarks, models trained using data2vec perform as well as or better than state-of-the-art models trained with modality-specific objectives. (News)

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TOP DevOps NEWS HEADLINES

  1. Grafana Cloud Adds Incident and On-Call Management Solutions

  2. How GitHub Uses Machine Learning to Extend Vulnerability Code Scanning

Is Docker Secure Enough? Advice for Configuring Secure Container Images and Runtimes

Ensure that Docker is secure enough by fine-tuning the security approach to meet your use cases. It is important to have an understanding of the differences between the Docker image and the Docker runtime and the security implications and priorities for each. This article covers a number of techniques for ensuring appropriate security for Docker. (Article)

Depending on Whether I Had Coffee or Not, Your Application May Be High Risk

Shannon Morrison and Scott Behrens discuss how to perform application risk analysis at scale. (Presentation with transcript included)
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TOP Cloud NEWS HEADLINES

  1. AWS Introduces Managed Prefix List for CloudFront

  2. New CodeGuru Reviewer Features Detector Library and Security Detectors for Log-Injection Flaws

  3. AWS Details Its Local Zones’ Expansion Disclosing 32 Cities Worldwide

An Introduction and Tutorial for Azure Cosmos DB

Azure Cosmos DB is a globally distributed, JSON-based database delivered as a ‘Platform as a Service’ (PaaS) in Microsoft Azure. Learn about the benefits and disadvantages of Azure Cosmos DB. Find out more about this database and discover how to interact with it using tools, SDKs, and APIs. (Article)

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GitHub Codespaces Can Now Be Templated to Improve Performance

GitHub has introduced prebuilt Codespaces to reduce the time it takes to spin up a full development environment for large, complex projects. (News)

TOP Java NEWS HEADLINES

  1. Interview with Magnus Madsen about the Flix Programming Language

  2. Groovy 4.0.0 Introduces Switch Expressions and Sealed Types

Java News Roundup: JDK 18-RC1, Project Loom, Spring, Payara, Open Liberty and JReleaser Updates

This week's Java roundup for February 14th, 2022, features news from OpenJDK, JDK 18, JDK 19, Project Loom, point releases on Spring projects, Payara Platform, Open Liberty 22.0.0.2 and 22.0.0.3-beta, Micronaut 3.3.3, GraalVM Native Build Tools 0.9.10, JReleaser 1.0.0-M2, Piranha 22.2.0, JobRunr 4.0.9, Micrometer Metrics 2.0.0-M2, Micrometer Tracing 1.0.0-M2, JDKMon 17.0.22 and Failsafe 3.2.2. (News)

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TOP Mobile and IoT NEWS HEADLINES

  1. Couchbase Mobile 3 Brings New C and Kotlin APIs, Simplified Administration

InfoQ Mobile and IoT Trends Report 2022

This report summarizes the views of the InfoQ editorial team and of several practitioners from the software industry about emerging trends in a number of areas that we collectively label the mobile and IoT space. This is a rather heterogeneous space comprising devices and gadgets from smartphones to smart-watches, from IoT appliances to smart glasses, voice-driven assistants, and so on. (Article)

TOP Architecture & Design NEWS HEADLINES

  1. Service Overload Detection and Remediation at LinkedIn

The Top Five Challenges of Running a Service Mesh in an Enterprise

Christian Posta takes a look at some of the common challenges organizations face when adopting service mesh and how to overcome them. (Presentation with transcript included)

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TOP Culture & Methods NEWS HEADLINES

  1. Fair Individual Compensation for Agile Teams with Team-Set Salaries

Going Digital in the Middle of a Pandemic

IBM achieved an enterprise-wide digital transformation program despite the challenges posed by 100% remote work and the pandemic. The article explores various transformation levers such as team set-up, process, architecture, engineering practices & tooling, metrics & governance, and culture, and shows how they were applied to achieve sustainable outcomes. (Article)

Using Machine Learning for Fast Test Feedback to Developers and Test Suite Optimization

Software testing, especially in large-scale projects, is a time-intensive process. Test suites may be computationally expensive, compete with each other for available hardware, or simply be so large as to cause a considerable delay until their results are available. The article explores optimizing test execution, saving machine resources, and reducing feedback time to developers. (Article)

Leading Organizational Change to Improve Flow Panel

Sarah Wells, Sangeeta Narayanan, and dNick Caldwell discuss how to lead organizational change to improve velocity and quality. (Presentation with transcript included)

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