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SynapseML, HashiCorp Boundary, Kubernetes 1.23, Mold Linux, Protocol Buffers & Kotlin, Minecraft’s Migration to JDK 16, OS Sandboxing, Engineering Leadership

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The InfoQ eMag: Paths to Production: Deployment Pipelines as a Competitive Advantage

In this eMag, you will be introduced to the paths to production and how several global companies supercharge developers and keep their competitiveness by balancing speed and safety. (eMag)

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The InfoQ Podcast: Software Architecture and Design InfoQ Trends Report 2021

Here is an overview of how the InfoQ editorial team sees the Software Architecture and Design topic evolving in 2021, with a focus on what architects are designing for today. (Podcast)

Microsoft Open-Sources Distributed Machine Learning Library SynapseML

Microsoft announced the release of SynapseML, an open-source library for creating and managing distributed machine learning (ML) pipelines. SynapseML runs on Apache Spark, provides a language-agnostic API abstraction over several datastores, and integrates with several existing ML technologies, including Open Neural Network Exchange (ONNX). (News)

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TOP DevOps NEWS HEADLINES

  1. HashiCorp Boundary 0.7 and Boundary Desktop 1.4 Released with Dynamic Host Catalogs

  2. GitLab 14.6 Improves Geo Replication and Adds Support for .NET 6 Projects

  3. Amazon RDS Introduces Readable Standby Instances in Multi-AZ Deployments

  4. Kubernetes 1.23 Released with Improved Events, gRPC Probes, and Support for Dual-Stack

AWS Announces Further Worldwide Expansion of Local Zones

AWS Local Zones are an infrastructure deployment that places compute, storage, database, and other select AWS services close to a large population and industrial centers. And recently, AWS announced the launch of over 30 new AWS Local Zones in significant cities worldwide. (News)

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Mold is a New Linux Linker Aiming to Outperform Lld

Mold, a modern drop-in replacement for current Unix linkers, has reached version 1.0. Written by the original creator of the LLVM lld linker, mold aims to be several times faster than its predecessor. (News)

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TOP Java NEWS HEADLINES

  1. Google Protocol Buffers Support Idiomatic Kotlin Bindings

  2. End of Year Learnings from Minecraft’s Migration to JDK 16 and Q&A with the Mojang Team

  3. Migrating Neo4j Graph Schemas with Neo4j Migrations

Java News Roundup: More Log4Shell Statements, Spring and Quarkus Updates, New Value Objects JEP

This week's Java roundup for December 20th, 2021, features news from OpenJDK with a new draft on value objects, JDK 18, JDK 19, Project Loom, additional statements from vendors on Log4Shell, numerous Spring and Quarkus updates, Hibernate ORM 6.0.0-M3, point releases from Apache Camel and Camel Quarkus, Apache Tika 2.2.1 and GraalVM Native Build Tools 0.9.9. (News)

Getting the Most out of Sandboxing

Chris Palmer discusses the nature and particulars of the OS limitations we face, what security gap they leave us with, and what we are doing to make Chromium's large codebase less memory-unsafe. (Presentation with transcript included)
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In case you missed it

Safe and Fast Deploys at Planet Scale

At QCon Plus, Mathias Schwarz, a software engineer at Uber, presented safe and fast deploys at planet scale. Uber is a big business and has several different products. (Article)

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TOP Culture & Methods NEWS HEADLINES

  1. Building Quality in for Blockchain Systems

How Space Shapes Collaboration: Using Anthropology to Break Silos

Software companies strive to keep innovating and changing the rules of the market. These companies are made of people who, unlike smartphones, personal computers, or smart-watches, have not evolved as much in recent years. This article proposes an analysis of workspaces from anthropology to solve one of the most common problems: the appearance of silos instead of a culture of collaboration. (Article)

The Continuous Integration Approach to Engineering Leadership

Lena Reinhard discusses how to create a culture of visibility and accountability, practical tips for leading to effectively set goals, and CI-based leadership frameworks that create faster feedback loops. (Presentation with transcript included)

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