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Mobile Neural Networks, Chaos Engineering, LLVM, LinkedIn, Java EE, .NET Core, Facebook's React License, Event Sourcing at Netflix, Measuring CD

Is your company ready for Serverless?

Learn from Cloud Robotics Research Scientist at iRobot Ben Kehoe at QCon SF this year. Ben covers using serverless architecture to bypass the undifferentiated heavy lifting and allow teams to focus on feature delivery. Step outside of your comfort zone and learn how to build an elastic, scalable cloud infrastructure for the Internet of Things.

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Solving Business Problems with Data Science

The panelists discuss how companies can use data science to solve various business problems. (Presentation)

Are you a software developer that wants to learn more about machine learning?

We have a bunch of introductory guides, case studies from real companies using it. (Article)

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Containers to Overtake VMs in Application Platform Space, Says SDxCentral Survey

One of the key findings of the 2017 Container and Cloud Orchestration Report from SDXCentral is that container adoption has steadily increased in the last two years and is set to overtake virtual machines (VMs) in the application platform space. In 2016, only 8% of respondents had deployed containers while this year, 45% are already using it. (News)

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Becoming Fully Buzzword Compliant

Trisha Gee overviews the current technical landscape and presents a survival guide for those who want to stay ahead in this changing industry. (Presentation)

More signal, less noise

Read only the content that matters to you on InfoQ using notifications. (Article)

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Oracle Looking to Move Java EE to Open Source Foundation

Oracle is planning to move leadership and ongoing development of the Java EE platform to an open source foundation. The move will follow the next release, JEE 8, which is due out this summer. (News)

What's new in the Java landscape?

Learn more about where its different components are in terms of adoption: Java SE Innovation, Java EE Early Majority and Reactive. (Article)

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C# 8.0 Previewed

In a Channel 9 video, Mads Torgersen has demonstrated the first four features for C# 8. The features include nullable reference types, async streams, and more. (News)

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Elm and Phoenix: Two FP Flavors That Taste Great Together

Josh Adams discusses the basics of creating apps in Elm with a Phoenix back-end, using real-world examples of how the two work together in Firestorm, an open-source forum engine. (Presentation)

Get up to speed with Microservices!

Learn about pitfalls in adoption and discover best practices from companies that actually implemented them. (Article)

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Android 8.0 Oreo Is Here. Developers Are Recommended to Test Their Apps

Google has released the final version of Android 8.0 Oreo. The source code was published to AOSP and system images were made available for supported Nexus and Pixel devices. Android 8.0 comes with several changes that can affect how existing applications function. (News)

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Perspective on Architectural Fitness of Microservices

In this article we peel the onion of potential architectural fitness of microservices in the context of Master Data Management, and the challenges a microservices-based architecture may face when solving problem domains that require compute-intensive tasks, such as the calculation of expected losses on a portfolio of unsecured consumer credit. (Article)

Serverless Platform: Scientific Computation @Scale

Diptanu Choudhury talks about the platform they are developing at NASA for running computations as functions which would make it easier for researchers to program their applications & algorithms without any boilerplate details about the underlying infrastructure. He goes into the problems they are trying to solve and provides a high level overview of the platform. (Presentation)
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From Customer Self Service Portals to Web APIs

Florian Marquardt presents how Regiocom has created and uses web APIs to serve the energy market in several countries. (Presentation)

Reinventing Credit Insurance with APIs

Christophe Spoerry discusses embedding insurance in B2B innovations. (Presentation)

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Transcend the "Feature Factory" Mindset Using Modern Agile and OKR

Using Agile with waterfall goals turns teams into "feature factories" with no focus on delivering value. To transcend this mindset, companies can apply Modern Agile’s four principles by using OKR (Objectives and Key Results). Combining Modern Agile with the proper use of OKR can be a lightweight way for organizations to give teams the autonomy to experiment and achieve awesome results. (Article)

Six Pointers for Creating Strong Operational Business Values

A system that is flexible and open to inputs works for organizations of all sizes. This article is a rulebook for leaders on how to create a values-driven culture that not only lifts a new business off the ground, but also keeps it going in the long run, by encouraging creativity, an ownership mentality, honesty in feedback, and open communication across the board. (Article)

Development Metrics You Should Use But Don't

Cat Swetel discusses new ways and tools to visualize a team’s reliability and variability of delivery using the data already collected. (Presentation)
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The Danger of Team Safety

Katherine Kirk suggests that sometimes team safety can actually be detrimental. In this talk, she explores what else could be done. (Presentation)

What Does Speed Mean in Software Product Delivery?

Jason Yip explores the way of thinking about "high velocity" and gives specific examples of concepts and practices to try from his experience at ThoughtWorks and Spotify. He intends to change both how attendees think about how they work, and specific practices at both the detailed day-to-day and broader coordination level. (Presentation)
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What Is the Purpose of the LLKD Community?

Chris Matts discusses how Agile was confiscated by salesmen who just want to sell solutions that just “work” instead of solving actual problems. (Presentation)

More Reliable Delivery with Monte Carlo & Mapping

Conal Scanlon talks about how to use Monte Carlo simulations to remove the guesswork from planning, story mapping to discover the whole story up front, and reviews an example of how to automate a useful forecast. (Presentation)
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