Airbnb Chronon, Google Gemini 1.5, Fix Your SDLC, Trainline Microservices, Protecting APIs, Sustainable Software

In this issue, April 23, 2024 [View it in your browser.]( [Airbnb Chronon](#Airbnb), [Google Gemini 1.5](#Google), [OpenTelemetry SDK](#Open), [Building SaaS](#SaaS), [Durable Execution](#Durable), [Fix Your SDLC](#Fix), [Java News](#Java), [Swift Async](#Swift), [Android 15](#Android), [Trainline Microservices](#Trainline), [Protecting APIs](#API), [Sustainable Software](#Software) [Early bird extension for InfoQ Dev Summit Boston and Munich until May 6.]( Limited time offer for email subscribers. Save $100 for [InfoQ Dev Summit Boston]( & €75 for [InfoQ Dev Summit Munich](. Use code LIMITEDOFFERDEVSUMMIT24. Valid until May 6. Resgister now and save!  Sponsored by DoiT [Generative AI on AWS - Sponsored by DoiT]( [A must-have resource for building generative AI on AWS]( Learn practical ways to apply generative AI to your business use cases with Generative AI on AWS. [Download your copy today](, compliments of DoiT. [] [Article Contest: Write an Article for InfoQ and Win a Qcon or Dev Summit Ticket]( InfoQ encourages software practitioners and domain experts to submit full-length technical educational articles. (Article Contest) [( [] [Empathy as a Key Success Factor for High Performing Development Teams]( In this podcast Shane Hastie, Lead Editor for Culture & Methods spoke to Cassie Shum, VP of Field Engineering at Relational AI, about the importance of empathy in engineering culture and the key elements of building a strong team. (Podcast) [AI, ML & Data Engineering Latest Content]( TOP AI, ML & Data Engineering NEWS HEADLINES - [] [Airbnb Open-Sources its ML Feature Platform Chronon]( - [] [Google Announces Agent Builder, Expanded Gemini 1.5, Open-Source Additions]( - [] [Thoughtworks’ VP of Data and AI Shares Insights for Building a Robust Data Product at QCon London]( - [] [Google Trains User Interface and Infographics Understanding AI Model ScreenAI]( [] [Generative AI: Shaping a New Future for Fraud Prevention]( Neha Narkhede discusses a vision for fraud and risk management that leverages the advancements in generative AI. (Presentation with transcript included) Sponsored by ScyllaDB [ScyllaDB in Action (By Manning) - Sponsored by ScyllaDB]( [ScyllaDB in Action (By Manning)]( This eBook, based on the real-world experience of a Discord engineer, provides everything you need to know about ScyllaDB - a distributed, scalable, fault-tolerant database - from your very first queries to running it in a production environment. Discover ScyllaDB’s capabilities the best way—through hands-on examples. [Download now](. [DevOps Latest Content]( TOP DevOps NEWS HEADLINES - [] [Expedia Opensources its Container-Startup-Autoscaler (CSA) for Kubernetes Workloads]( - [] [KubeCon EU: Mercedes-Benz’s Migration from Pod Security Policies to Validation Admission Policies]( [] [Open Source Elastic's OpenTelemetry SDK for .NET]( Elastic announced the alpha release of the Elastic distribution of the OpenTelemetry SDK for .NET. This distribution preconfigures the collection of tracing, metrics and logs. Additionally, the distribution ensures that the OTLP exporter is enabled by default. The project is open-sourced. (News) [Cloud Latest Content]( TOP Cloud NEWS HEADLINES - [] [Cloudflare R2 Storage Introduces Event Notifications and Infrequent Access Storage Tier]( - [] [New Cloud Governance Guidance in the Microsoft Cloud Adoption Framework for Azure]( - [] [Building SaaS from Scratch Using Cloud-Native Patterns: a Deep Dive into a Cloud Startup]( - [] [Stateful Cloud Services at Neon Navigating Design Decisions and Trade-Offs: Q&A with John Spray]( - [] [Shadow API Detection for Google Cloud Environments in Preview]( [] [Durable Execution for Control Planes: Building Temporal Cloud on Temporal]( Sergey Bykov discusses the concept of Durable Execution, with a real world example of how they used it to build the Control Plane for Temporal Cloud. (Presentation with transcript included) [Development Latest Content]( TOP Development NEWS HEADLINES - [] [Fix Your SDLC before Adopting Gen AI in Your Organisation: Bannon’s Call to Action at QCon London]( [] [Production Comes First - an Outside-In Approach to Building Microservices by Martin Thwaites]( Martin Thwaites, an observability evangelist, developer, and developer advocate at honeycomb.io, presented on Production Comes First - an Outside-In Approach to Building Microservices. The session was part of the "Connecting Systems: APIs, Protocols, Observability" track. (News) Sponsored by Hazelcast [Evaluating Stream Processing Technologies: A Comprehensive Guide for Enterprise Architects - Sponsored by Hazelcast]( [Evaluating Stream Processing Technologies: A Comprehensive Guide for Enterprise Architects]( Use this ebook as your guide for evaluating stream processing technologies, especially for operational workloads that deliver instant action. Learn about the important topics that help you plan for applications that automate certain decisions (e.g., fraud detection) and thus respond immediately to time-sensitive events. [Download Now](. [Java Latest Content]( [] [Java News Roundup: JobRunr 7.0, Introducing the Commonhaus Foundation, Payara Platform, Devnexus]( This week's Java roundup for April 8th, 2024, features news highlighting: JobRunr 7.0; introducing the Commonhaus Foundation; the April 2024 edition of Payara Platform; JEP 473, Stream Gatherers (Second Preview), and JEP 469, Vector API (Eighth Incubator), Proposed to Target for JDK 23; and Devnexus 2024. (News) Sponsored by Curity [Addressing Top API Security Risks - Sponsored by Curity]( [Addressing Top API Security Risks]( How to mitigate top OWASP API security risks with one simple measure - OAuth. [Watch the video](. [Mobile and IoT Latest Content]( TOP Mobile and IoT NEWS HEADLINES - [] [Swift Asynchronous Programming Recipes on GitHub]( [] [Android 15 Beta Brings Loudness Control, Improvements for Satellite Connectivity, and More]( Google has released Android 15 Beta. This version brings loudness control, screen recording detection, edge-to-edge apps by default, improvements for satellite connectivity and OpenJDK core libraries, new SQLite Apis, and more. (News) [Architecture & Design Latest Content]( TOP Architecture & Design NEWS HEADLINES - [] [QCon London: Scaling Microservices Architecture and Technology Organization at Trainline]( - [] [Cloud Native Computing Foundation Graduation of CloudEvents: Q&A with Clemens Vasters]( - [] [QCon London: Lessons Learned from Building LinkedIn’s AI/ML Data Platform]( [] [Protecting APIs in Financial Services with Zero Trust Overlay Mesh Networks]( Clint Dovholuk reviews the three components of OpenZiti's architecture: controller, edge routers, and SDKs, in addition to diving into the internal physical and logical architecture of OpenZiti. (Presentation with transcript included) [Culture & Methods Latest Content]( TOP Culture & Methods NEWS HEADLINES - [] [How to Do Sustainable Software Development]( - [] [Application Security Optimised for Engineering Productivity]( [] [Embrace Complexity; Tighten Your Feedback Loops]( Fred Hebert discusses various small approaches and patterns that influence how teams deal with reliability, and highlights some of the key interactions and behaviors. (Presentation with transcript included) Sponsored by Scrum.org [Ready to excel as a Product Owner? - Sponsored by Scrum.org]( [Professional Scrum Competency | Understanding & Applying the Scrum Framework]( Explore Scrum theory and the Scrum framework. Learn how to use Scrum to increase the effectiveness of individuals, teams and organizations. [Read now](. 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