All Things Distributed

APRIL 23, 2014

'We launched Elastic Beanstalk in 2011 with support for Java web applications and Tomcat 6 in one region, and we''ve seen the service grow to 6 container types (Java/Tomcat, PHP, Ruby, Python,NET, and Node.js) supported in 8 AWS regions around the world. The Elastic Beanstalk team spends a lot of time talking to AWS Developers, and in the last few months they''ve noticed a common theme in those conversations: developers tell us they''re interested in Docker , and ask if we are thinking about mak

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Nick Desaulniers

APRIL 18, 2014

…“‘Our speech interposes itself between apprehension and truth like a dusty pane or warped mirror. The tongue of Eden was like a flawless glass; a light of total understanding streamed through it. Thus Babel was a second Fall.’ And Isaac the Blind, an early Kabbalist, said that, to quote Gershom Scholem’s translation, ‘The speech of men is connected with divine speech and all language whether heavenly or human derives from one source: the Divine Name.’ T

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O'Reilly Software

APRIL 17, 2014

…"‘Our speech interposes itself between apprehension and truth like a dusty pane or warped mirror. The tongue of Eden was like a flawless glass; a light of total understanding streamed through it. Thus Babel was a second Fall.’ And Isaac the Blind, an early Kabbalist, said that, to quote Gershom Scholem’s translation, ‘The speech of men is connected with divine speech and all language whether heavenly or human derives from one source: the Divine Name.

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The Polyglot Developer

APRIL 27, 2014

After about a month of hard work I’m proud to announce that my first ever game has been published to the popular mobile app stores. Turbo Prop was created with Unity3D 4.3 and is compatible with Windows Phone, Android, iOS, BlackBerry, and Amazon devices. The post Turbo Prop Released appeared first on The Polyglot Developer.

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The Agile Manager

APRIL 30, 2014

Corporate IT has long been a paradox: as a source of competitiveness it is expected to be responsive and flexible; as a cost center it is kept on a tight budgetary leash. To satisfy the prior, we use some form of portfolio management to reconcile competing - and sometimes confusing - priorities to direct IT effort toward the highest priority business needs.

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Efficiency Technology Technology Code 40

Tim Kadlec

APRIL 6, 2014

A lot has been written about the web’s superpower— its reach. Take any device, give it an internet connection and a browser of some kind and it transforms into a gateway into the largest repository of cat pictures, funny videos and human knowledge ever assembled. It’s rare to find a company whose goals are a more perfect fit for this superpower than Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty.

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Network Internet Internet Design 40

The Polyglot Developer

APRIL 16, 2014

When building a game, it is often a good idea to know your frames per second (fps) during the testing phase. It is even more important to know this when building for mobile devices that may not have the high specifications that modern computers have. The easiest method to have the frames per second display is to create a prefab that you can recycle across all your game scenes.

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