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| Researchers from Princeton University and Yale University published a case study of Chain-of-Thought (CoT) reasoning in LLMs which shows evidence of both memorization and true reasoning. They also found that CoT can work even when examples given in the prompt are incorrect. (News) |
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| In a recent blog post, Meta describes how its engineers use reinforcement learning (RL), to optimize environmental controls in Meta’s data centers, reducing energy consumption and water usage while addressing broader challenges such as climate change. (News) |
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| Microsoft's Azure has launched the NCC H100 v5 virtual machines, now equipped with NVIDIA Tensor Core GPUs, enhancing secure computing for high-performance workloads. These VMs leverage AMD EPYC processors for robust data protection, making them ideal for tasks like AI model training and inferencing, while ensuring a trusted execution environment for sensitive applications. (News) |
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| In a Software Engineering Daily podcast hosted by Kevin Ball, Steve Klabnik and Herb Sutter discuss several topics related to Rust and C++, including what the languages have in common and what is unique to them, where they differ, how they evolve, and more. (News) |
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TOP Java NEWS HEADLINES |
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| Gunnar Morling discusses some of the tricks employed by the fastest solutions for processing a 13 GB input file within less than two seconds through parallelization and efficient memory access. (Presentation with transcript included) |
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| JetBrains announced a significant change to its licensing model for Rider, making it free for non-commercial use. Users can now access Rider at no cost for non-commercial activities, including learning, open-source project development, content creation, or personal projects. This update aims to enhance accessibility for developers while commercial clients will still need to obtain a paid license. (News) |
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| Loiane Groner discusses the best practices for secure coding, input validation techniques, the importance of strategic error handling and logging, how to manage file uploads safely. (Presentation with transcript included) |
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| Ktor, Kotlin's native framework to create asynchronous HTTP server and client applications, has reached version 3. It adopts kotlinx-io, which brings improved performance albeit at the cost of breaking changes, and adds support for Server-Sent events, CSFR, serving static resources from ZIP files, and more. (News) |
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| Cell-based architectures offer a robust approach to building resilient systems. They achieve this through the core principles of isolation, autonomy, and replication. Each cell manages its resources and makes decisions autonomously. Observability for cell-based architecture requires a tailored approach to address the unique challenges and opportunities presented by this distributed system design. (Article) |
| Ranbir Chawla discusses the strategy to simplify a complex spider web of non-cloud native SAAS and homegrown systems into a well factored API driven platform with well-defined domain boundaries. (Presentation with transcript included) |
| Milena Nikolic discusses how Trainline's systems architecture has evolved over the past 5 years to cater changes, as well as what's coming next. (Presentation with transcript included) |
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| As engineers move into more senior positions such as Staff Engineer, Architect, or Sr Tech Lead roles, their knowledge and experience is often applied across the system. This expertise is increasingly needed for handling novel problems or designing innovative solutions to complex problems. This article discusses strategies for approaching your role as a senior member of your organization. (Article) |
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