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Where programming languages are headed in 2020

O'Reilly

As we enter a new decade, we asked programming experts?—including So far, it’s been a painless shift in power, which as Eric Matthes, author of Python Crash Course , argues, should come as no surprise, since “Guido has carried himself, and his role in the community, with such poise for so long.”

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Data Engineers of Netflix?—?Interview with Kevin Wylie

The Netflix TechBlog

I was later hired into my first purely data gig where I was able to deepen my knowledge of big data. After that, I joined MySpace back at its peak as a data engineer and got my first taste of data warehousing at internet-scale. I had been a happy subscriber of Netflix’s DVD-rental program (no late fees!)

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The next generation of developer productivity

O'Reilly

Finally, we wanted to know specifically about the effect of GitHub Copilot, ChatGPT, and other AI-based programming tools. It’s also significant that making a commitment to a new way of programming—and these tools are nothing if not a new kind of programming—is a much bigger change than, say, signing up for a ChatGPT account.

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A Day in the Life of an Experimentation and Causal Inference Scientist @ Netflix

The Netflix TechBlog

While working on my PhD in political science, I realized my curiosity was always more piqued by methodological coursework, which led me to take as many stats/data science courses as I could. Later I enrolled in a data science program focused on helping academics transition to industry roles.

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Tackling the Pipeline Problem in the Architecture Research Community

ACM Sigarch

big-data processing, machine learning, quantum computing, and so on). Not all computer science degree programs offer computer architecture classes to undergrads, and ones that do, may offer it as one of many electives. For those of us who pursued computer architecture as a career, this is well understood. Lack of Exposure.

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Expanding the AWS Cloud – Introducing the AWS Europe (Stockholm) Region

All Things Distributed

In 2013, AWS launched the AWS Activate program to provide Nordic startups access to guidance and one-on-one time with AWS experts. We help Supercell to quickly develop, deploy, and scale their games to cope with varying numbers of gamers accessing the system throughout the course of the day. Telenor Connexion is all-in on AWS.

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Dutch Enterprises and The Cloud

All Things Distributed

Given that I am originally from the Netherlands I have, of course, a special interest in how Dutch companies are using our cloud services. . Shell leverages AWS for big data analytics to help achieve these goals. Europe is a continent with much diversity and for each country there are great AWS customer examples to tell.

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