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Effective Practices for Coding with a Chat-Based AI

In this article, we explore how AI agents are reshaping software development and the impact they have on a developer’s workflow. We introduce a practical approach to staying in control while working with these tools by adopting key best practices from the discipline of software architecture, including defining an implementation plan, splitting tasks, and so on.

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Architecture & Design

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Building the Middle Tier and Doing Software Migrations: a Conversation with Rashmi Venugopal

In this podcast, Michael Stiefel spoke with Rashmi Venugopal about two topics. The first is how the middle-tier creates the application from the raw materials in the back-end, and how the front-end uses the middle-tier to present a meaningful workflow to the user. The second is how to manage the usually inevitable software migration that results from a successful software product.

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AI Infrastructure

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AI Agents & LLMs: Scaling the Next Wave of Automation

The panelists demystify AI agents and LLMs. They define agentic AI, detail architectural components, and share real-world use cases and limitations. The panel explores how AI transforms the SDLC, addresses concerns about accuracy and bias, and discusses the Model Context Protocol (MCP) and future predictions for AI's impact.

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Culture & Methods

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Inflection Points in Engineering Productivity as Amazon Grew 30x

Carlos Arguelles discusses pivotal inflection points throughout Amazon's monumental growth. He explains how significant operational crises, exponential engineer growth, and market shifts drove crucial investments in engineering productivity and foundational infrastructure, offering valuable lessons for senior developers and leaders.

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DevOps

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One Network: Cloud-Agnostic Service and Policy-Oriented Network Architecture

Anna Berenberg talks about One Network, Google's unified service networking overlay, which centralizes policy, simplifies operations across diverse environments, and enhances developer velocity. Learn about its open-source foundation, global traffic management, and vision for future multi-cloud and mobile integration.

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InfoQ Homepage Interviews Ruby Creator Yukihiro "Matz" about Ruby, Functional Programming and Programming Languages Design

Ruby Creator Yukihiro "Matz" about Ruby, Functional Programming and Programming Languages Design

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Yukihiro Matsumoto ("Matz") best known as the chief designer of Ruby, is a software engineer and open source evangelist in Japan. He has worked on several open source products, including cmail, the emacs-based mail user agent, written in emacs lisp.

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.

Jan 25, 2010

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