Custom ChatGPTs, Airbnb’s CI/CD, Virtual Threads, F# 8.0, Angular 17, lastminute.com Microservices, Staff+ Goals

In this issue, January 16, 2024 [View it in your browser.]( [Custom ChatGPTs](#Chat), [Airbnb’s CI/CD](#Airbnb), [Google Exit Fees](#Google), [CloudWatch & Lambda](#CloudWatch), [Sustainable Security](#Security), [Java Constructors](#Java), [Virtual Threads](#Virtual), [F# 8.0](#F#), [Angular 17](#Angular), [Kotlin Meta-Programming](#Kotlin), [lastminute.com Microservices](#last), [Staff+ Goals](#Staff) [QCon San Francisco returns November 18-22, 2024]( Solve your challenges with valuable insights from senior software developers applying the latest trends and practices. Join your peers in San Francisco. Early access to group discounts and launch pricing is available for a limited time only. 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(Podcast) [AI, ML & Data Engineering Latest Content]( TOP AI, ML & Data Engineering NEWS HEADLINES - [] [Custom GPTs from OpenAI May Leak Sensitive Information]( - [] [OpenAI GPT Store is a Nascent Marketplace for Custom ChatGPTs]( - [] [OpenAI Adopts Preparedness Framework for AI Safety]( [] [Researchers at Stanford Use Brain Signals to Control Intelligent Robots]( In a paper presented at the 7th Annual Conference on Robot Learning last November, a team of Stanford University researchers presented an intelligent human brain-robot interface that enables controlling a robot through brain signals. Dubbed NOIR, short for Neural Signal Operated Intelligent Robots, the system uses electroencephalography (EEG) to communicate human intentions to the robots. 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[DevOps Latest Content]( TOP DevOps NEWS HEADLINES - [] [Airbnb’s CI/CD Framework Employs Salesforce DX, Git, and Buildkite for Efficient Software Delivery]( - [] [OpenTofu 1.6.0 Now Generally Available: New Module Testing, Enhanced S3 Backend, and Many More]( - [] [Amazon Opensearch Zero Etl with S3 and New OR1 Instances]( [] [Orchestrating Resilience Building Modern Asynchronous Systems]( In this article, we will discuss what problems we had to solve at Twilio to efficiently build a resilient and scalable asynchronous system to handle a complex workflow and the advantages we got from adopting a Workflow Orchestration solution, including abstracting away state management and out-of-the-box support for retries, observability, and audibility. (Article) Sponsored by Cockroach Labs [The Engineer's Survival Guide - Sponsored by Cockroach Labs]( [The Engineer's Survival Guide | Free Book]( Delivering modern apps can be perilous. Get the helpful handbook for shipping apps at scale and living to tell the tale — with sanity and sense of humor both intact. [Get your copy now](. [Cloud Latest Content]( TOP Cloud NEWS HEADLINES - [] [Google Eliminates Exit Fees and Advocates against Restrictive Cloud Licensing]( - [] [Arc-Enabled Servers Run Command Public Preview Feature: Remote Management for Various Environments]( [] [Amazon CloudWatch Alarms Can Now Directly Trigger Lambda Functions]( AWS recently announced that Amazon CloudWatch alarms now support AWS Lambda functions as an action for state changes. This new feature enables developers to automate remediation actions when detecting an unhealthy resource. (News) Sponsored by Temporal [Saga Pattern Made Easy - Sponsored by Temporal]( [Read Now: Saga Pattern Made Easy]( The Saga pattern lets you manage state across distributed transactions. But it’s difficult to build and maintain. Learn how to [Automate Saga Pattern with Temporal](, the open source durable execution platform. [Development Latest Content]( [] [Sustainable Security Requirements with the ASVS]( Josh Grossman provides a brief overview of what the ASVS is, but takes a closer look at balancing trade-offs and prioritizing different security requirements. Josh shares how to make the process repeatable and how to implement it as part of your own organization's requirements process. (Presentation with transcript included) Sponsored by Heavybit [Subscribe to the DevToolsDigest - Sponsored by Heavybit]( [Subscribe to the DevToolsDigest]( A weekly selection of the best resources, product updates, jobs, and discussions in the devtools industry, curated by Heavybit, the leading investor in category-defining dev-first companies. [Subscribe Now](. [Java Latest Content]( TOP Java NEWS HEADLINES - [] [JEP 447: Refining Java Constructors for Enhanced Flexibility]( - [] [Java News Roundup: Spring Shell, Micronaut, JReleaser, JobRunr]( [] [Virtual Threads for Lightweight Concurrency and Other JVM Enhancements]( Ron Pressler presents how and why Java abstracted its existing thread construct to provide an alternative user-mode implementation of threads as opposed to offering a new concurrency construct. Ron also briefly mentions other transformative features recently added to the JVM in the areas of garbage collection and observability/profiling. (Presentation with transcript included) Sponsored by Microsoft [Azure App Service 101: Moving your .NET Application to the Cloud - Sponsored by Microsoft]( [Azure App Service 101: Moving your .NET Application to the Cloud]( Let’s face it, moving a line-of-business application that’s been designed to run on-prem, or even on a virtual machine, to the cloud can be intimidating. In this article, you'll discover how Azure App Service makes an excellent first step for a .NET application’s cloud journey. [Learn more](. [.NET Latest Content]( [] [What's New in F# 8.0: Simpler, Enhanced Uniformity, and Improved Performance]( Back in November, during the .NET Conf Microsoft released F# 8.0 as part of the .NET 8 release. The new version of F# brings in many features to make F# programs simpler, more uniform, and performant. The new features are related to language changes, improved diagnostics, quality-of-life improvements, and performance boosts for project compilation and upgrades. (News) [Web Development Latest Content]( [] [Angular 17, a Brand New Look]( Angular, a popular Single Page Application (SPA) framework, recently released version 17, introducing a declarative block template syntax and overhauling the framework documentation and logo. (News) [Mobile and IoT Latest Content]( [] [KSP2 Aims to Improve Kotlin Meta-Programming, Adds Support for the K2 Kotlin Compiler]( Currently available in preview, KSP 2.0, the evolution of Kotlin Symbol Processing (KSP), introduces a new architecture aimed at resolving some limitations in KSP 1.0 and adds support for the new K2 Kotlin compiler, explain Google software engineers Ting-Yuan Huang and Jiaxiang Chen. (News) [Architecture & Design Latest Content]( TOP Architecture & Design NEWS HEADLINES - [] [DoorDash Develops New Sessionization Platform with Flink to Improve Notification Delivery Timeliness]( - [] [lastminute.com Improves Search Scalability Using Microservices with RabbitMQ and Redis]( [] [Reliable Architectures through Observability]( Kent Quirk shows an overview of observability tools and techniques, and specific recommendations for how to fit observability into their system designs and day-to-day development process. (Presentation with transcript included) [Culture & Methods Latest Content]( TOP Culture & Methods NEWS HEADLINES - [] [How Playing Games Enables Engaging Ways of Learning Agility]( [] [The Incident Lifecycle: How a Culture of Resilience Can Help You Accomplish Your Goals]( Don’t get stuck with overwhelmed systems that can cause an outage, like what happened with Taylor Swift concert tickets. Build organizational resilience to incidents through improved coordination and communication during the response, and blameless reviews, root cause analysis, and insightful communication afterward to enable meaningful change. (Article) [] [Setting Goals as a Staff+ Engineer]( Sabrina Leandro discusses how to define your development journey as a staff+ engineer, figuring out what you should be working on, how to set your goals, and how to define your backlog of work. Sabrina's intent is to help folks realize you should be intentional about your work. 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