OpenTelemetry 1.0, Testing Quarkus Apps, Netflix GraphQL, Paving the Road to Prod

In this issue, March 9, 2021 [View it in your browser.]( [NumPy 1.20](#NumPy), [OpenTelemetry 1.0](#OpenTelemetry), [Svelte NodeGui](#Svelte), [Testing Quarkus Apps](#Testing), [Project Valhalla](#Project), [.NET News](#Net), [Deno 1.8](#Deno), [Flutter 2](#Flutter), [Netflix GraphQL](#Netflix), [Paving the Road to Prod](#Road), [Exceptional Managers](#Managers) [Learn how to focus on the things that matter by using incident analysis as your secret weapon. Join Nora Jones at InfoQ Live (March 16).]( Successful organizations don’t just react to incidents—they use them to learn how to be proactive. Incident analysis could change the game, and keep you on top of yours. Are you ready to turn your “failures” into success? 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(Podcast) [AI, ML & Data Engineering Latest Content]( TOP AI, ML & Data Engineering NEWS HEADLINES - [] [NumPy 1.20 Released with Runtime SIMD Support and Type Annotations]( - [] [TensorFlow 3D: Deep Learning for Autonomous Cars’ 3D Perception]( - [] [Facebook Open-Sources AI Model to Predict COVID-19 Patient Outcomes]( - [] [Azure Arc-Enabled Machine Learning Is Now in Preview]( - [] [Microsoft Announces Azure Managed Instance for Apache Cassandra]( [] [How Optimizing MLOps Can Revolutionize Enterprise AI]( In this article, author Monte Zweben discusses data science architecture, containerization, and how new solutions like Feature Store can help with the full lifecycle of machine learning processes. (Article) SPONSOR AD [CockroachLabs]( [When to use Cassandra (& when not to)]( Cassandra is a powerful database. Each of us hits their infrastructure at some point everyday. But it's not built to run every workload. 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(News) [Web Development Latest Content]( TOP Web Development NEWS HEADLINES - [] [Deno 1.8 Ships with WebGPU Support, Dynamic Permissions, and More]( [] [New Features in Chrome 88 Devtools]( The recent release of Chrome 88 includes significant updates to the Chrome DevTools that include improved network debugging, experimental CSS Flexbox debugging tools, improved frame details view, new WASM debug capabilities, and general performance improvements. (News) SPONSOR AD [LaunchDarkly]( [Effective Feature Management (By O’Reilly)]( What if you could "safely" ship features faster? Would you be even more agile? Deploy when you want, release when you’re ready. And learn how companies like Netflix, Atlassian, and others gain a competitive edge with Effective Feature Management practices. [Download the Book](. 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