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Tesla Update, Ubuntu 20.10, HashiCorp Nomad 1.0, JS Smart Contract, Jakarta EE 9, Uno Platform 3.1, Svelte at the Edge, Chaos in the War Room, Remote Onboarding, Obstacle Boards

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Alois Reitbauer on Cloud Native Application Delivery, Keptn, and Observability

In this podcast, Alois Reitbauer sat down with InfoQ podcast co-host Daniel Bryant. Topics discussed included: the goals of the CNCF app delivery SIG; how cloud native continuous delivery tooling like Keptn can help engineers scale development and release processes; and the role of culture change, tooling, and adopting open standards, such as OpenTelemetry, within observability. (Podcast)

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Dr Pamela Gay from the Planetary Science Institute on Citizen Science

In this podcast recorded at QCon San Francisco 2019, Shane Hastie, lead editor for culture & methods, spoke to Dr Pamela Gay from the Planetary Science Institute about her work using human wetware and machine learning in scientific research, fostering citizen science and ethical behaviours. (Podcast)

TOP AI, ML & Data Engineering NEWS HEADLINES

  1. Tesla Releases Full Self-Driving Mode Beta Update

Sidewalk Labs Launches Machine Learning Tool for Urban Design

Sidewalk Labs recently released Delve, a generative design tool powered by machine learning (ML), which helps developers, architects, and planners design urban neighborhoods. The ML algorithms can generate design options from minimal user input about the space and the goals of the project, while also measuring the impact of each design choice. (News)

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TOP DevOps NEWS HEADLINES

  1. AWS Distro for OpenTelemetry Available for Public Preview

  2. Microsoft Introduces Azure Space to Further Push the Boundaries of Cloud Computing

  3. HashiCorp Announces 1.0 Beta of Distributed Orchestrator Nomad

  4. AWS Publishes Best Practices Guide for Operational Dashboards

  5. Better Managing Cost in AWS with Budgets Actions

  6. HashiCorp Supports AWS Lambda Extensions for Serverless Security

Introducing Chaos Engineering

Abby Bangser shares how Chaos Engineering is closely aligned with her background as a test engineer and how understanding that connection made all the difference. (Presentation)

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TOP Development NEWS HEADLINES

  1. Ubuntu 20.10 Brings Full Desktop and Micro Clouds to Raspberry Pi 4

JavaScript Smart Contract Platform Agoric Integrates with Chainlink Oracle

The integration of Chainlink oracles with Agoric smart contract platform aims to enable the use of decentralized finance (DeFi) data and events in JavaScript smart contract applications. (News)

The Road to Jakarta EE 9

Jakarta EE 9, the second formal release since it’s debut in 2018, is scheduled for a GA release on November 20, 2020. Originally scheduled for September 16, 2020, in conjunction with the second JakartaOne 2020 conference, delays made it necessary to push back the GA release date. Kevin Sutter, Jakarta EE 9 release lead at IBM, spoke to InfoQ about the upcoming release of Jakarta EE 9. (News)

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Uno Platform 3.1 Released

Earlier this month, Uno released version 3.1 of their multi-platform UI framework for .NET developers. The highlight of the new release is the extended support for Linux, built using a Skia-based backend. Other relevant features include new controls (such as WinUI TreeView and TabView), WinUI Color Picker support for mobile applications, and Prism 8.0 templates. (News)

TOP Web Development NEWS HEADLINES

  1. Redwood - Bringing the Ruby on Rails Experience to JavaScript

  2. Svelte at the Edge - Luke Edwards at Svelte Summit

  3. Bytecode Alliance Lays out Plans for WebAssembly on the Server-Side

  4. The Next Svelte May Be Serverless-First -- Rich Harris at Svelte Summit

Deno Introduction with Practical Examples

Deno is a simple, modern, and secure runtime for JavaScript and TypeScript applications built with the Chromium V8 JavaScript engine and Rust, created to avoid several pain points and regrets with Node.js. Deno was originally announced in 2018 and reached 1.0 in 2020, created by the original Node.js founder Ryan Dahl and other mindful contributors. (Article)

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Just AI Launched Open-Source Kotlin-Based Conversational Framework

Just AI Conversational Framework (JAICF) provides a Kotlin-based DSL to enable the creation of conversational user interfaces. JAICF works with popular voice and text conversation platforms as well as different NLU engines. InfoQ has spoken with Just AI’s solution owner, Vitaliy Gorbachev. (News)

TOP Architecture & Design NEWS HEADLINES

  1. Amazon SNS Supports FIFO for Pub/Sub Messaging

SeaMonkeys - Chaos in the War Room

Glen Ford describes his experience applying a very early form of chaos testing to naval combat systems in the Australian military in the late 1990s and draws the parallels to modern SRE. (Article)

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TOP Culture & Methods NEWS HEADLINES

  1. Remote Onboarding Changes the New Hire Experience

  2. How Stopping Estimations Helped a Team to Become More Predictable

Overcoming Software Impediments Using Obstacle Boards

Life is full of obstacles; there’s bound to be a few blockers along the way. In this article, Carly Richmond ponders the successes and challenges of adopting their first Obstacle Board. She will discuss how they integrated the board into their practice, and provide some useful tips on how you can apply the lessons they learned to your own implementation. (Article)

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