DeepMind, Infra as SQL, Slack Hakana, Gradle 8.0, React Testing, WebAssembly, Architecture Conversations

In this issue, March 7, 2023 [View it in your browser.]( [DeepMind](#DeepMind), [Cloudflare DDoS](#CloudFlare), [Infra as SQL](#SQL), [Azure App Gateway](#Azure), [Slack Hakana](#Slack), [Gradle 8.0](#Gradle), [ASP.NET Core 8](#dotnet), [React Testing](#React), [WebAssembly](#WebAssembly), [Mobile Dev](#Mobile), [Architecture Conversations](#Architecture), [Functional Programming](#Functional) [Speakers announced for QCon London (March 27-29, 2023): Attend in-person or join online for on-demand access to talks.]( Learn from [world-class software practitioners]( about the most important topics you need to know about right now in an ever-changing environment. From the latest practices in FinTech, emerging AI and ML trends, to exploring what’s next for hybrid and remote working, you’ll leave with actionable insights you can take back to your team. [Last chance to secure your seat in London or online for on-demand access](.  Sponsored by D2iQ [D2iQ]( [[DZone Trend Report] Kubernetes in the Enterprise]( Explore how developers are leveraging K8s in their organizations, the evolution of Kubernetes beyond container orchestration, advancements in cluster observability, and much more. [Download Now](, compliments of D2iQ. [( [] [Dan Benjamin on Cloud Data Security and Data Detection and Response]( In this podcast, Srini Penchikala spoke with Dan Benjamin, the CEO of Dig Security, on three main topics: Cloud Data Security, Data Security Posture Management, Data Detection and Response (DDR). (Podcast) [( [] [Establishing SRE Foundations with Vladyslav Ukis]( In this podcast, Shane Hastie, Lead Editor for Culture & Methods spoke to Vladyslav Ukis about his new book, Establishing SRE Foundations. (Podcast) [AI, ML & Data Engineering Latest Content]( TOP AI, ML & Data Engineering NEWS HEADLINES - [] [GitHub Enhanced Copilot with New AI Model and Security-Oriented Capabilities]( - [] [Hugging Face and AWS Join Forces to Democratize AI]( [] [DeepMind Open-Sources AI Interpretability Research Tool Tracr]( Researchers at DeepMind have open-sourced TRAnsformer Compiler for RASP (Tracr), a compiler that translates programs into neural network models. Tracr is intended for research in mechanistic interpretability of Transformer AI models such as GPT-3. (News) Sponsored by Humanitec [Humanitec]( [PlatformCon 2023]( Are you building a platform? a platform career? Or a platform team? Join the experts at the platform engineering event of the year 🔥100% Virtual 💻 100% Free. [Register now 👉]( [DevOps Latest Content]( TOP DevOps NEWS HEADLINES - [] [Traffic Protocol Analyzer Wireshark Gets its Own Foundation]( [] [Cloudflare Detects a Record 71 Million Request-Per-Second DDoS Attack]( On the weekend of 11 and 12 February, the Super Bowl weekend, CloudFlare detected dozens of hyper-volumetrics DDoS attacks. These attacks peaked at 50-70 million requests per second (rps), with the highest at 71 million rps. This is the largest reported HTTP DDoS attack on record. This attack is 54% higher than the previous record registered in June 2022 with 46M rps. (News) Sponsored by RavenDB [RavenDB]( [Our Journey Into High Performance and Reliable Document Databases with RavenDB]( At Kobo, our initial database technology choice didn't work out for us in terms of reliability, performance, or flexibility, so we looked for something new. In this talk, you'll hear about our challenges, how we evaluated the options, and our experience since widely adopting RavenDB. [Live Webinar, March 15, 2023 - Save your Seat](. [Cloud Latest Content]( TOP Cloud NEWS HEADLINES - [] [Microsoft Introduces Azure Operator Nexus to Simplify Deployment of Network Functions]( - [] [Infrastructure as SQL on AWS: IaSQL Enters Beta Adding Multi-Region and Transactions]( - [] [Microsoft Launches New Cognitive Speech Services Features to Accelerate Language Learning]( - [] [Azure Application Gateway Now Supports mTLS and OCSP]( - [] [AWS Adds VPC Resource Map to Simplify Management of Virtual Networks]( [] [Writing Cloud Native Network Functions (CNFs): One Concern per Container]( This article discusses the “one concern, one process” design for containers and Cloud native network functions (CNFs). (Article) Sponsored by Blameless [Blameless]( [Beyond the 4 SRE Golden Signals]( The Four Golden Signals are only the foundation for a more meaningful understanding of system health. In this eBook, we'll show you how to build beyond them. [Download now](. [Development Latest Content]( TOP Development NEWS HEADLINES [] [Slack Open Sources Hakana, a Type Checker for Hack Language]( Slack has recently open-sourced its type checker, Hakana. Based on Psalm and written in Rust, Hakana’s main objective is to enforce good code quality. Additionally, Hakana can also perform security analysis. Matt Brown, senior staff engineer at Slack, made the announcement in a blog post. (News) Sponsored by Deepset.ai [Deepset.ai]( [How to evaluate Large Language Model (LLM) applications]( Evaluating Natural Language Processing (NLP) systems is one of the most important steps in the NLP development cycle. In this webinar, you’ll learn when metrics are informative, when they are not, and why, understand what your metrics tell you about your system’s performance, and more. Live Webinar, March 14, 2023 - [Save your Seat](. [Java Latest Content]( TOP Java NEWS HEADLINES - [] [Gradle 8.0 Provides Improved Kotlin DSL and Build Times]( [] [Java News Roundup: NetBeans 17, Multiple Spring and Tomcat Updates, GraalVM Builds for JDK 20]( This week's Java roundup for February 20th, 2023, features news from OpenJDK, JDK 20, JDK 21, GraalVM, GlassFish 7.0.2, point and milestone releases of numerous Spring projects, Helidon 4.0.0-ALPHA5, NetBeans 17, Apache Tomcat 11.0.0-M3, 10.1.6, 9.0.72 and 8.5.86, Apache Log4j 2.20.0, JHipster Lite 0.28.0, JobRunr 6.1.0, JBang 0.104.0, and Gradle 7.6.1 and 6.9.4. (News) [.NET Latest Content]( TOP .NET NEWS HEADLINES - [] [ASP.NET Core 8 Preview 1 Available]( [] [Open-Source COBOL .NET Compiler Otterkit Reaches Alpha]( Otterkit is a free and open-source compiler for the COBOL programming language that runs on the .NET platform. It is currently in the alpha stage, under development to implement the COBOL 2023 standard. (News) [Web Development Latest Content]( TOP Web Development NEWS HEADLINES - [] [Migrating From Enzyme to React Testing Library - Sentry Case Study]( [] [Interactive Microservices as an Alternative to Micro Front-Ends for Modularizing the UI Layer]( While microservices architectures are well established for the back-ends of software systems, the same cannot be said for front-ends. Interactive microservices are based on a new type of web API that Qworum defines, the multi-phase web API, where the endpoint calls may involve more than one request-response pair, also called a phase. (Article) [] [WebAssembly: Open to Interpretation]( Rob Pilling discusses the foundational corners of WebAssembly. (Presentation with transcript included) [Software Delivery Practices Evolve Fast, So Should Your Learning](. Attend QCon London software development conference (March 27-29, 2023) and uncover emerging software trends & practices to solve your complex engineering challenges, without the product pitches. [Mobile and IoT Latest Content]( [] [Modern Mobile Development: Native vs Cross-Platform]( Sebastiano Poggi discusses the knowledge and tools necessary to make the choice between native and cross-platform mobile development. (Presentation with transcript included) [Architecture & Design Latest Content]( [] [How to Have More Effective Conversations with Business Stakeholders About Software Architecture]( Technical leaders must be able to communicate with business stakeholders to effectively design software solutions that meet the business needs and stay within an established cost threshold. Making architectural decisions requires understanding the desired quality attributes that will affect trade-off discussions between technical and non-technical stakeholders. (Article) [Culture & Methods Latest Content]( TOP Culture & Methods NEWS HEADLINES - [] [Developing Software to Manage Distributed Energy Systems at Scale]( [] [How to Rebuild Tech Culture for Those Who Survived the Layoffs]( A wave of layoffs hit the software industry and changed the definition of tech culture. This article explores the situation across multiple tech companies, and the diverse choices made to support employees who survived, and those they had to say good-bye to. It provides suggestions for those of us who have stayed behind, and how to rebuild culture in our tech teams. (Article) We're hiring! InfoQ Editor-in-chief (full-time, remote) Introduce the world's top software teams to early adopter technologies InfoQ seeks a full-time Editor-in-Chief to join C4Media's international, always remote team. 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