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ML on Azure Course, Q&A with Envoy Creator, Chaos Engineering on K8s, API Shield, Serverless Has Stalled, Mobx 6, State of RxJS, Real Time APIs, Zero-Bug Policy, Remote Working

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Kubernetes and L7: Friends or Foes, And How To Take Control

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Asim Aslam on Microservices, go-micro, and PaaS 3.0

In this podcast, Asim Aslam, founder and CEO of Micro, sat down with InfoQ podcast co-host Daniel Bryant. Topics discussed included: microservices vs functions; the go-micro and micro frameworks; and the evolution of PaaS and how the new M3O platform fits into the landscape.

TOP AI, ML & Data Engineering NEWS HEADLINES

  1. Udacity and Microsoft Launch ML Engineer on Azure Course

  2. Facebook Open-Sources Machine-Learning Privacy Library Opacus

Challenges of Human Pose Estimation in AI-Powered Fitness Apps

In this article, the author discusses the human pose estimation solution powered by AI technologies and the challenges faced in online fitness apps which use the pose estimation to predict the position of the human body based on an image or a video containing a person. (Article)

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Multi-cluster, or multi-tenancy? When, Why and How to choose a Kubernetes strategy

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TOP DevOps NEWS HEADLINES

  1. Q&A with Creator of Envoy and Lyft Engineer Matt Klein

  2. Google Announces New Capabilities for Cloud Functions: Languages, Security and More

  3. Chaos Engineering on Kubernetes : Chaos Mesh Generally Available with v1.0

  4. Docker Announces Open Source Compose for AWS ECS & Microsoft ACI

  5. DigitalOcean Enters PaaS with App Platform

Sooner, Safer, Happier: a Q&A with Jon Smart from DevOps Enterprise Summit Las Vegas 2020

At DevOps Enterprise Summit Las Vegas, Jonathan Smart gave a keynote talk titled ‘Leading for Better Value Sooner Safer Happier’. Smart is the only person who has spoken at every DevOps Enterprise Summit London conference and each time in Las Vegas since 2017, previously from his role as head of ways of working at Barclays. (Article)

A Kubernetes Operator for etcd

James Laverack overviews etcd and why running it in Kubernetes is difficult. After outlining what an Operator is, he discusses ways of writing Operators, why they wrote their Operator the way they did, and talks though how it works for etcd. (Presentation with transcript included)
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Why the Serverless Revolution Has Stalled

Are traditional servers dead? Far from it. This article looks at why, despite serverless models finding great utility in specific circumstances, there's a barrier to more widespread adoption. (Article)

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NVIDIA Releases a $59 Jetson Nano 2GB Kit to Make AI More Accessible to Developers

With the Jetson series of devices and software SDKs, NVIDIA creates a coherent development environment to learn and develop GPU-based AI applications. (News)

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Java InfoQ Trends Report 2020

This article provides a summary of how the InfoQ editorial team currently sees the adoption of technology and emerging trends within the Java and JVM space in 2020. (Trends Report)

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TOP Web Development NEWS HEADLINES

  1. Mobx Reactive State Management Library Released Version 6

  2. Neon Enables Embedding Rust Code in Node.js Apps

  3. Ionic Vue Enables Developers to Write Cross-Platform Mobile Applications with Vue 3

  4. The State of RxJS - Ben Lesh at Ngconf

Brahmos, a New, Small, React-Like UI Framework with Concurrent Rendering -- Q&A with Sudhanshu Yadav

Brahmos implements the known React APIs (hooks, context, concurrent mode, and more) with a different and potentially faster method that also leverages a standard feature of JavaScript: template literals. Brahmos is among the very few UI frameworks that implements the experimental concurrent mode API sponsored by React. Other frameworks may be waiting out, or discarding the feature entirely. (Article)

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Web of Things over IoT and Its Applications

What is WoT and how does IoT relate to it? What are the possible applications of WoT? Are there any applications enabling WoT? In this article, we will try to explore the answers to these questions.(Article)

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TOP Architecture & Design NEWS HEADLINES

  1. Cloudflare Introduces API Shield

Real Time APIs in the Context of Apache Kafka

Events offer a Goldilocks-style approach in which real-time APIs can be used as the foundation for applications which is flexible yet performant; loosely-coupled yet efficient. Apache Kafka offers a scalable event streaming platform with which you can build applications around the powerful concept of events. (Article)

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TOP Culture & Methods NEWS HEADLINES

  1. Applying a Zero-Bug Policy at Redgate

  2. Remote Working for Tech Workers is Here to Stay

Only the Agile Survive in Today’s Ever-Changing Business Environment

Today's business environments are changing more rapidly than ever before, with major shifts impacting all departments. Ongoing success requires the agility to quickly capitalize on opportunities, using technology to evolve and stay ahead of the game in employee retention, customer satisfaction, governance and compliance. Indeed, your ability to act swiftly can truly make or break your company. (Article)

Q&A on the Book Leading with Uncommon Sense

The book Leading with Uncommon Sense by Wiley Davi and Duncan Spelman questions typical- and for many leaders familiar- approaches to leadership. It challenges "common sense” mainstream thinking about leadership and provides alternatives that require slowing down, engaging with our emotions, paying close attention to social identities, and embracing complexity. (Article)

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