Apple MLX, Google Gemini, Spring Boot 3.2, ML.NET 3.0, Architecture Pitfalls, Communications for Leaders

In this issue, December 19, 2023 [View it in your browser.]( [Apple MLX](#Apple), [Google Gemini](#Google), [Apache Pinot 1.0](#Apache), [HashiCorp Terraform](#HashiCorp), [AWS Free Tier API](#AWS), [JetBrains AI](#JetBrains), [Spring Boot 3.2](#Spring), [ML.NET 3.0](#ML), [Android Studio](#Android), [Architecture Pitfalls](#Architecture), [Netflix Traffic](#Netflix), [Communications for Leaders](#Communications) [Discover the latest innovations in Data Engineering at QCon London (8-10 April)]( Join the "Innovations in Data Engineering" track at QCon London, hosted by Sid Anand, Fellow, Cloud and Data Platform @Walmart Global Tech. Learn modern data engineering practices, tech insights, and pitfalls from experts solving real-world challenges. [Find out more](. [Explore all 15 tracks at QCon London 2024](.  Sponsored by Lightbend [Key Components of an Event-Driven Microservice Platform - Sponsored by Lightbend]( [Key Components of an Event-Driven Microservice Platform]( This article delves into the ideal features of event-driven microservice platforms, covering scalability, fault tolerance, event sourcing, pub-sub messaging, and integration capabilities. It emphasizes decoupling services, event-driven communication patterns, and choosing the right platform for building robust systems. [Learn more](. [( [] [Solomon Hykes Discusses Dagger, DevOps, and Docker]( In this episode, Solomon Hykes, founder of Dagger and the original Docker project, sat down with Daniel Bryant to discuss the state of DevOps and how the new open source Dagger project aims to improve continuous delivery practices. Topics covered included the challenges of building applications, modernizing CI/CD tooling and practices, and building an effective community. (Podcast) [( [] [Developer Experience for the 99%]( In this podcast, Shane Hastie, Lead Editor for Culture & Methods spoke to Jean Yang, the head of product and observability at Postman, about the misalignment between academia, thought leaders, and the actual work being done in software development. (Podcast) [AI, ML & Data Engineering Latest Content]( TOP AI, ML & Data Engineering NEWS HEADLINES - [] [Apple Open-sources Apple Silicon-Optimized Machine Learning Framework MLX]( - [] [Meta and IBM Lead Formation of AI Alliance to Drive Open-Source Innovation]( - [] [Microsoft's Orca 2 LLM Outperforms Models That Are 10x Larger]( - [] [Apache Pinot 1.0 Provides a Realtime Distributed OLAP Datastore]( [] [Google Launches New Multi-Modal Gemini AI Model]( On December 6, Alphabet released the first phase of its next-generation AI model, Gemini. Gemini was overseen and driven by its CEO, Sundar Pichai and Google DeepMind. Gemini is the first model to outperform human experts on MMLU (Massive Multitask Language Understanding), one of the most popular methods to test the performance of language models. (News) Sponsored by Cockroach Labs [2024: The Year of Zero Downtime | Free Report - Sponsored by Cockroach Labs]( [2024: The Year of Zero Downtime | Free Report]( Resolve to deliver highly available, always-on app experiences for your customers. This new report from O'Reilly has the blueprint for modern, distributed architecture. [Download now](. [DevOps Latest Content]( TOP DevOps NEWS HEADLINES - [] [AWS Improves Kubernetes Monitoring with New Enhanced Observability for Amazon EKS]( - [] [Microsoft Announces Copilot for Azure, an AI Assistant for IT Professionals]( - [] [HashiCorp Terraform Cloud Operator for Kubernetes Improves Scalability and Performance]( [] [Implementing OSSF Scorecards across an Organization]( Chris Swan provides a walkthrough of the steps involved in securing a first repository, and then what it takes to repeat that process across an organization with multiple repos. (Presentation with transcript included) Sponsored by Microsoft Azure [Kubernetes Best Practices, 2nd Edition (By O'Reilly) - Sponsored by Microsoft Azure]( [Kubernetes Best Practices, 2nd Edition (By O'Reilly)]( Get blueprints to build, deploy, and manage a successful multitier app in Kubernetes. Expand your working knowledge of Kubernetes with the latest edition of Kubernetes Best Practices. The revised chapters provide you with the tools to integrate Kubernetes clusters into your enterprise environment. [Download Now](. [Cloud Latest Content]( TOP Cloud NEWS HEADLINES - [] [AWS Exposes Free Tier API to Help Developers Avoid Unexpected Bills]( - [] [Amazon RDS Now Supports IBM Db2]( - [] [Intuitive Application Resource Management with myApplications in the AWS Management Console]( - [] [Amazon ElastiCache Serverless: a New Option for Scaling Cache Capacity Instantly]( [] [Why Cloud Zombies Are Destroying the Planet and How You Can Stop Them]( Holly Cummins explains how utilization and elasticity relate to sustainability. She also introduces a range of practical techniques, including absurdly-simple-automation, LightSwitchOps, and FinOps. (Presentation with transcript included) Sponsored by Launch by NTT DATA [[Webinar] The Art of Product Centric Transformation - Sponsored by Launch by NTT DATA]( [[Webinar] The Art of Product Centric Transformation]( This webinar examines why a product-centric approach is crucial for digital transformation and efficient IT teams, the challenges of implementation and how to overcome them, and the tools and techniques needed to increase the likelihood of transition success. [Watch Now On-Demand](. [Development Latest Content]( [] [JetBrains Launches AI Assistant Integrated in its 2023.3 Release IDEs]( JetBrains refreshes all of its IDEs in the last release of the year and promotes its integrated AI Assistant out of preview into general availability for paying customers. Besides its strong integration with the IDEs, JetBrains AI Assistant tries to stand out thanks to its support for multiple LLMs. (News) Sponsored by DoiT [Recipes for Success on AWS - Sponsored by DoiT International]( [Recipes for Success on AWS]( The AWS Cookbook - packed with practical insights and hands-on examples - is a must-have for your cloud toolkit. [Get your free copy today](, compliments of DoiT. [Java Latest Content]( TOP Java NEWS HEADLINES - [] [JEP 423: Introducing Region Pinning to G1 Garbage Collector in OpenJDK]( - [] [Stream API Evolution: a Closer Look at JEP 461's Stream Gatherers]( - [] [Java News Roundup: JDK 22 in Rampdown, JDK 23 Expert Group, Spring Cloud 2023.0, TornadoVM 1.0]( [] [Spring Boot 3.2 Delivers Support for Virtual Threads and Modern RestClient and JdbcClient]( The Spring Boot team released Spring Boot 3.2 in November 2023. This latest release is packed with features, the most noteworthy of which is the support for Virtual Threads and Coordinated Restore at Checkpoint (CRaC). Other features include SSL Bundle reloading, Rest Client and JDBC Client interface support, observability improvements, and many others. (News) Sponsored by InfluxData [Introducing the FDAP Stack - Sponsored by InfluxData]( [Introducing the FDAP Stack]( Powering Analytics Applications like InfluxDB 3.0 with Flight, DataFusion, Arrow, and Parquet. [Learn More](. [.NET Latest Content]( [] [Microsoft Released ML.NET 3.0: Deep Learning and Data Processing Improvements]( ML.NET version 3.0 has been officially released, introducing new features and enhancements. Notably, deep learning capabilities have been significantly expanded with advancements in Object Detection, Named Entity Recognition, and Question Answering and more. (News) [Mobile and IoT Latest Content]( [] [Android Studio Hedgehog Upgrades to IntelliJ 2023.1, Improves Developer Experience, and More]( The latest release of Android Studio, dubbed Hedgehog, is now stable. It includes IntelliJ 2023.1, new features for improving app performance, boosting developer productivity, and creating UI using Jetpack Compose. (News) [Architecture & Design Latest Content]( [] [12 Software Architecture Pitfalls and How to Avoid Them]( Knowing about potential software architecture pitfalls can help teams by keeping them away from tempting paths that will not take them where they want to go. This article covers some of those pitfalls, and provides guidance on how they can be avoided. (Article) [] [Using Traffic Modeling to Load-Balance Netflix Traffic at Global Scale]( Niosha Behnam and Sergey Fedorov discuss how Netflix has shifted from geo-based DNS load-balancing to a latency-based approach, relying on real-user measurements and building a model of Netflix traffic. (Presentation with transcript included) [Culture & Methods Latest Content]( TOP Culture & Methods NEWS HEADLINES - [] [Why Leading without Blame Matters to Leaders and Teams]( [] [Virtual Panel: Communications from a Leader’s Perspective]( InfoQ spoke to several technical leaders to understand how they adapt their communication strategies for the current challenges in the distributed and technology-driven workplaces. (Article) [] [The Shape of Thoughts: How to Create Visual Templates to Bring Clarity, Context and Change to You and Your Teams!]( Gemma Honour discusses how simple shapes can shape thinking, and break down difficult problems into something that is manageable and approachable. 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