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Upgrading from Java 8 to Java 12
Why upgrade to Java 12? Lots of things have changed since Java 8: licensing, updates and support. On top of that, there are new language features. Now that major libraries, frameworks and build tools have adopted the latest versions of Java, it is a good time to migrate your application to Java 12.
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Linkerd v2: How Lessons from Production Adoption Resulted in a Rewrite of the Service Mesh
Linkerd 2.0 introduced a substantial rewrite of the widely adopted service mesh, using a split between Go and Rust. In this article, we discuss the lessons learned in the "cauldron of production adoption", and how those lessons became the basis of Linkerd 2.x’s philosophy, design, and implementation.
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How Expedia Is Getting Rid of Java Bean Transformers
Expedia created and released BULL, an open-source Java Bean transformer library that can automatically transform all kinds of beans, including immutable and mixed beans, not just the traditional mutable case.
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The Impact and Ethics of Conversational Artificial Intelligence
Improvements in natural language understanding and our changing relationship means we can use chatbots in ways we couldn’t before - both to augment human conversation and support, or indeed, to replace it. Those working in the software industry must understand and take responsibility for how we use Conversational AI and our users' data.
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Scrum@Scale: An Interview with Agile Manifesto Co-Author and Scrum Co-Founder Jeff Sutherland
Jeff Sutherland founded Scrum@Scale to help organizations address critical scaling challenges. Leaders form an Executive Action Team and are responsible for addressing organizational impediments.
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Simplicity, Please - A Manifesto for Software Development
An unrelenting and breathless rush to market is quietly driving your company to the brink of extinction. Maybe it’s time to rethink how you design and write code. Investment in simplicity is investment in speed. Simplicity is also the mother lode of intellectual property — and a competitive advantage almost impossible to regain once lost.
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Culture & Methods – the State of Practice in 2019
The latest Culture and Methods Topic Graph shows the topics that the editorial team feels are gaining traction and should be explored at the beginning of 2019.
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Book Review: Alexa Skills Projects by Madhur Bhargava
In this book, Barghava introduces developers to Alexa and the Amazon platform that can be used to build skills. The book includes many hands-on examples and allows developers to quickly experience conversational application development. At the end of the book, Barghava provides a glimpse into the future and provides readers with some of his insights on the future of digital assistant capabilities.
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A Great Engineer Needs the Liberal Arts
Much of what helps you become a great software engineer, and create outstanding software that people want to use, comes from outside the world of STEM. The ability to effectively analyze a problem, evaluate different options, and engineer a solution requires skills taught in the liberal arts.
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Crafting a Resilient Culture: Or, How to Survive an Accidental Mid-Day Production Incident
While working at Etsy, Ryn Daniels accidentally upgraded Apache on every single server that was running it, which caused a production incident. Explore lessons learned in this article, including that although automation and orchestration can be great, you should make sure you understand what’s happening under the hood and what to do if your automation goes awry.
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Exploring HyperLedger: Experience in Being a Framework Early Adopter
Some time ago OpenGift explored deploying a HyperLedger-based blockchain within a production environment. This article presents a story of our attempts to integrate it and the problems we encountered.
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DevOps and Cloud InfoQ Trends Report - February 2019
An overview of how the “cloud computing” and DevOps space is evolving in 2019 including updates on Kubernetes, Chaos Engineering, Service meshes and more.