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Binary Size Matters: the Challenges of Fitting Complex Applications in Storage-Constrained Devices

This article explores developing software for microcontrollers in C or C++, where constraints are the limited amount of volatile memory and the embedded hardware platform on which the software runs. It shows how to adopt languages like C++ while optimizing for binary size due to stringent hardware constraints, and trade off between runtime efficiency and binary size in architecture decisions.

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Architecture & Design

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Renovate to Innovate: Fundamentals of Transforming Legacy Architecture

Rashmi Venugopal explains the core principles of renovating legacy software architecture. This talk addresses why legacy systems arise, their symptoms (complexity, degraded experience), and offers actionable strategies for modernization. Discover how to adopt an evolutionary approach, implement incremental changes, prioritize deprecation, and design your organization for successful renovation.

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AI Infrastructure

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Beyond the Gang of Four: Practical Design Patterns for Modern AI Systems

In this article, author Rahul Suresh discusses emerging AI patterns in the areas of prompting, responsible AI, user experience, AI-Ops, and optimization, with code examples for each design pattern.

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Culture & Methods

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Exploring the Unintended Consequences of Automation in Software

Courtney Nash shares insights from thematic analysis of software incident reports, highlighting the multiple roles automation plays in failures. Discover why automation isn't a simple replacement for human effort and how to design systems that augment human capabilities for greater reliability and safety.

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DevOps

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Implement the EU Cyber Resilience Act's Requirements to Strengthen Your Software Project

Eddie Knight, OSPO lead at Sonatype, discusses how the EU Cyber Resilience Act can help with improving your software project’s security and in the same time to slow down the alarming acceleration of software supply chain attacks.

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InfoQ Homepage Interviews Ralph Johnson, Joe Armstrong on the Future of Parallel Programming

Ralph Johnson, Joe Armstrong on the Future of Parallel Programming

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Ralph Johnson, one of the GoF behind the Design Patterns book and behind the creation of the original Refactoring Browser, is now at the CS dept. at the UIUC and the leader of UIUC Patterns/Software Architecture Group. Joe Armstrong is the principle inventor of the Erlang programming Language. He has worked for Ericsson where he developed Erlang and was chief architect of the Erlang/OTP system.

About the conference

QCon is a conference that is organized by the community, for the community.The result is a high quality conference experience where a tremendous amount of attention and investment has gone into having the best content on the most important topics presented by the leaders in our community.QCon is designed with the technical depth and enterprise focus of interest to technical team leads, architects, and project managers.

Jul 21, 2010

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