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Development

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Quantum Shift: Rewiring the Tech Landscape

Teena Idnani explains the core concepts of quantum computing, its transformative potential across industries (pharmaceuticals, finance, etc.), and the current state of quantum technology. She addresses the threats (breaking RSA encryption) and opportunities, offering practical guidance on how software developers, architects, and engineering leaders can prepare for the coming quantum revolution.

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Architecture & Design

Featured in Architecture & Design

Lessons & Best Practices from Leading the Serverless First Journey at CapitalOne

George Mao explains Capital One's serverless-first approach, driven by efficiency and regulatory needs. He shares valuable lessons on CI/CD, concurrency, and cost management, along with actionable best practices for development (SDKs, runtimes), deployment (packaging, ARM), and observability for senior software developers and architects.

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AI Infrastructure

Featured in AI, ML & Data Engineering

From "Simple" Fine-Tuning to Your Own Mixture of Expert Models Using Open-Source Models

Sebastiano Galazzo discusses the practicalities of creating custom LLMs and shares real-world tips and common mistakes. Learn cost-effective fine-tuning (LoRA), powerful model merging ("Franken models"), Mixture of Experts, multimodal capabilities & key performance optimizations (pruning, quantization) for maximum value and relevance to senior software developers and engineering leaders.

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Culture & Methods

Featured in Culture & Methods

Taming Flaky Tests: Trisha Gee on Developer Productivity and Testing Best Practices

In this podcast, Shane Hastie, Lead Editor for Culture & Methods, spoke with Trisha Gee about the challenges and importance of addressing flaky tests, their impact on developer productivity and morale, best practices for testing, and broader concepts of measuring and improving developer productivity.

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DevOps

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Implement the EU Cyber Resilience Act's Requirements to Strengthen Your Software Project

Eddie Knight, OSPO lead at Sonatype, discusses how the EU Cyber Resilience Act can help with improving your software project’s security and in the same time to slow down the alarming acceleration of software supply chain attacks.

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InfoQ Homepage Interviews Dave Farley on Agile, DevOps, Acceptance Testing and More

Dave Farley on Agile, DevOps, Acceptance Testing and More

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Dave is currently working in the area of high performance computing in the finance sector. Dave was an early adopter of agile development techniques, employing iterative development, CI and significant levels of automated testing on commercial projects from the early 1990s. Dave is co-author of the book "Continuous Delivery" and was part of a small team who created 'LMAX Disruptor'.

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Software is Changing the World. QCon empowers software development by facilitating the spread of knowledge and innovation in the developer community. A practitioner-driven conference, QCon is designed for technical team leads, architects, engineering directors, and project managers who influence innovation in their teams.

Apr 04, 2014

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