This is a 300,000 ft view of coding resilient with Akka and Scala. It doesn't go into a lot of depth, and was really meant to be "presented", but hey... if it helps you out, awesome :)
This was a presentation I gave in October 2013 to the Waterloo Scala Meetup. It's probably the 437th presentation on Scala modularity to date. There's tons of them, but the group was curious about how it was done and wanted the personal touch, so I gave it to them...
Part 3: What you should know about Resiliency, Errors vs Failures, Isolation (and Containment), Delegation and Replication in Reactive systems
In the final webinar with live Q/A in the Reactive Revealed series, we explore the way that Reactive systems maintain resiliency with an infrastructural approach designed to welcome failure often and recover gracefully. Presented by Reactive Manifesto co-author, Akka creator and CTO at Typesafe, Inc., Jonas Bonér explores what you should know about:
What you should know about maintaining resiliency with monolithic systems compared to distributed systems
How Reactive systems handle errors and prevents catastrophic failures with isolation and containment, delegation and replication
How isolation (and containment) of error state and behavior works to block the ripple effect of cascading failures
How delegation of failure management and replication lets Reactive systems continue running in the face of failures using a different error handling context, on a different thread or thread pool, in a different process, or on a different network node or computing center
Previous
Part 1 - Asynchronous I/O, Back-pressure and the Message-driven vs. Event-driven approach in Reactive systems | presented by Konrad Malawski
Part 2 - Elasticity, Scalability and Location Transparency in Reactive Systems | presented by Viktor Klang
I gave this presentation to my coworkers recently. Unfortunately, the animations done translate to PDF so it's a tad sucky, but the main content is there.
I gave this presentation to my local Scala Meetup on Feb 12th 2014. It presents an aspect of functional programming by implementing a lazy data structure for storing an infinite collection of data. The act of building the stream is the point - you wouldn't use this in real life. The design for the stream is largely taken from Manning's "Functional Programming in Scala" by Paul Chiusano and Rúnar Bjarnason.
Have a look at the book at http://www.manning.com/bjarnason/.
These are the slides from a talk I gave at the Waterloo Scala Meetup on October 9th 2013. The talk was geared toward describing the purpose of implicits, use cases, and getting past that initial hump of "what are they and why would I need them" in order to get people to start exploring the ideas.
2024 State of Marketing Report – by HubspotMarius Sescu
https://www.hubspot.com/state-of-marketing
· Scaling relationships and proving ROI
· Social media is the place for search, sales, and service
· Authentic influencer partnerships fuel brand growth
· The strongest connections happen via call, click, chat, and camera.
· Time saved with AI leads to more creative work
· Seeking: A single source of truth
· TLDR; Get on social, try AI, and align your systems.
· More human marketing, powered by robots
ChatGPT is a revolutionary addition to the world since its introduction in 2022. A big shift in the sector of information gathering and processing happened because of this chatbot. What is the story of ChatGPT? How is the bot responding to prompts and generating contents? Swipe through these slides prepared by Expeed Software, a web development company regarding the development and technical intricacies of ChatGPT!
Product Design Trends in 2024 | Teenage EngineeringsPixeldarts
The realm of product design is a constantly changing environment where technology and style intersect. Every year introduces fresh challenges and exciting trends that mold the future of this captivating art form. In this piece, we delve into the significant trends set to influence the look and functionality of product design in the year 2024.
This was a presentation I gave in October 2013 to the Waterloo Scala Meetup. It's probably the 437th presentation on Scala modularity to date. There's tons of them, but the group was curious about how it was done and wanted the personal touch, so I gave it to them...
Part 3: What you should know about Resiliency, Errors vs Failures, Isolation (and Containment), Delegation and Replication in Reactive systems
In the final webinar with live Q/A in the Reactive Revealed series, we explore the way that Reactive systems maintain resiliency with an infrastructural approach designed to welcome failure often and recover gracefully. Presented by Reactive Manifesto co-author, Akka creator and CTO at Typesafe, Inc., Jonas Bonér explores what you should know about:
What you should know about maintaining resiliency with monolithic systems compared to distributed systems
How Reactive systems handle errors and prevents catastrophic failures with isolation and containment, delegation and replication
How isolation (and containment) of error state and behavior works to block the ripple effect of cascading failures
How delegation of failure management and replication lets Reactive systems continue running in the face of failures using a different error handling context, on a different thread or thread pool, in a different process, or on a different network node or computing center
Previous
Part 1 - Asynchronous I/O, Back-pressure and the Message-driven vs. Event-driven approach in Reactive systems | presented by Konrad Malawski
Part 2 - Elasticity, Scalability and Location Transparency in Reactive Systems | presented by Viktor Klang
I gave this presentation to my coworkers recently. Unfortunately, the animations done translate to PDF so it's a tad sucky, but the main content is there.
I gave this presentation to my local Scala Meetup on Feb 12th 2014. It presents an aspect of functional programming by implementing a lazy data structure for storing an infinite collection of data. The act of building the stream is the point - you wouldn't use this in real life. The design for the stream is largely taken from Manning's "Functional Programming in Scala" by Paul Chiusano and Rúnar Bjarnason.
Have a look at the book at http://www.manning.com/bjarnason/.
These are the slides from a talk I gave at the Waterloo Scala Meetup on October 9th 2013. The talk was geared toward describing the purpose of implicits, use cases, and getting past that initial hump of "what are they and why would I need them" in order to get people to start exploring the ideas.
2024 State of Marketing Report – by HubspotMarius Sescu
https://www.hubspot.com/state-of-marketing
· Scaling relationships and proving ROI
· Social media is the place for search, sales, and service
· Authentic influencer partnerships fuel brand growth
· The strongest connections happen via call, click, chat, and camera.
· Time saved with AI leads to more creative work
· Seeking: A single source of truth
· TLDR; Get on social, try AI, and align your systems.
· More human marketing, powered by robots
ChatGPT is a revolutionary addition to the world since its introduction in 2022. A big shift in the sector of information gathering and processing happened because of this chatbot. What is the story of ChatGPT? How is the bot responding to prompts and generating contents? Swipe through these slides prepared by Expeed Software, a web development company regarding the development and technical intricacies of ChatGPT!
Product Design Trends in 2024 | Teenage EngineeringsPixeldarts
The realm of product design is a constantly changing environment where technology and style intersect. Every year introduces fresh challenges and exciting trends that mold the future of this captivating art form. In this piece, we delve into the significant trends set to influence the look and functionality of product design in the year 2024.
Essentials of Automations: Optimizing FME Workflows with ParametersSafe Software
Are you looking to streamline your workflows and boost your projects’ efficiency? Do you find yourself searching for ways to add flexibility and control over your FME workflows? If so, you’re in the right place.
Join us for an insightful dive into the world of FME parameters, a critical element in optimizing workflow efficiency. This webinar marks the beginning of our three-part “Essentials of Automation” series. This first webinar is designed to equip you with the knowledge and skills to utilize parameters effectively: enhancing the flexibility, maintainability, and user control of your FME projects.
Here’s what you’ll gain:
- Essentials of FME Parameters: Understand the pivotal role of parameters, including Reader/Writer, Transformer, User, and FME Flow categories. Discover how they are the key to unlocking automation and optimization within your workflows.
- Practical Applications in FME Form: Delve into key user parameter types including choice, connections, and file URLs. Allow users to control how a workflow runs, making your workflows more reusable. Learn to import values and deliver the best user experience for your workflows while enhancing accuracy.
- Optimization Strategies in FME Flow: Explore the creation and strategic deployment of parameters in FME Flow, including the use of deployment and geometry parameters, to maximize workflow efficiency.
- Pro Tips for Success: Gain insights on parameterizing connections and leveraging new features like Conditional Visibility for clarity and simplicity.
We’ll wrap up with a glimpse into future webinars, followed by a Q&A session to address your specific questions surrounding this topic.
Don’t miss this opportunity to elevate your FME expertise and drive your projects to new heights of efficiency.
DevOps and Testing slides at DASA ConnectKari Kakkonen
My and Rik Marselis slides at 30.5.2024 DASA Connect conference. We discuss about what is testing, then what is agile testing and finally what is Testing in DevOps. Finally we had lovely workshop with the participants trying to find out different ways to think about quality and testing in different parts of the DevOps infinity loop.
JMeter webinar - integration with InfluxDB and GrafanaRTTS
Watch this recorded webinar about real-time monitoring of application performance. See how to integrate Apache JMeter, the open-source leader in performance testing, with InfluxDB, the open-source time-series database, and Grafana, the open-source analytics and visualization application.
In this webinar, we will review the benefits of leveraging InfluxDB and Grafana when executing load tests and demonstrate how these tools are used to visualize performance metrics.
Length: 30 minutes
Session Overview
-------------------------------------------
During this webinar, we will cover the following topics while demonstrating the integrations of JMeter, InfluxDB and Grafana:
- What out-of-the-box solutions are available for real-time monitoring JMeter tests?
- What are the benefits of integrating InfluxDB and Grafana into the load testing stack?
- Which features are provided by Grafana?
- Demonstration of InfluxDB and Grafana using a practice web application
To view the webinar recording, go to:
https://www.rttsweb.com/jmeter-integration-webinar
GraphRAG is All You need? LLM & Knowledge GraphGuy Korland
Guy Korland, CEO and Co-founder of FalkorDB, will review two articles on the integration of language models with knowledge graphs.
1. Unifying Large Language Models and Knowledge Graphs: A Roadmap.
https://arxiv.org/abs/2306.08302
2. Microsoft Research's GraphRAG paper and a review paper on various uses of knowledge graphs:
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/blog/graphrag-unlocking-llm-discovery-on-narrative-private-data/
Encryption in Microsoft 365 - ExpertsLive Netherlands 2024Albert Hoitingh
In this session I delve into the encryption technology used in Microsoft 365 and Microsoft Purview. Including the concepts of Customer Key and Double Key Encryption.
Kubernetes & AI - Beauty and the Beast !?! @KCD Istanbul 2024Tobias Schneck
As AI technology is pushing into IT I was wondering myself, as an “infrastructure container kubernetes guy”, how get this fancy AI technology get managed from an infrastructure operational view? Is it possible to apply our lovely cloud native principals as well? What benefit’s both technologies could bring to each other?
Let me take this questions and provide you a short journey through existing deployment models and use cases for AI software. On practical examples, we discuss what cloud/on-premise strategy we may need for applying it to our own infrastructure to get it to work from an enterprise perspective. I want to give an overview about infrastructure requirements and technologies, what could be beneficial or limiting your AI use cases in an enterprise environment. An interactive Demo will give you some insides, what approaches I got already working for real.
Transcript: Selling digital books in 2024: Insights from industry leaders - T...BookNet Canada
The publishing industry has been selling digital audiobooks and ebooks for over a decade and has found its groove. What’s changed? What has stayed the same? Where do we go from here? Join a group of leading sales peers from across the industry for a conversation about the lessons learned since the popularization of digital books, best practices, digital book supply chain management, and more.
Link to video recording: https://bnctechforum.ca/sessions/selling-digital-books-in-2024-insights-from-industry-leaders/
Presented by BookNet Canada on May 28, 2024, with support from the Department of Canadian Heritage.
Key Trends Shaping the Future of Infrastructure.pdfCheryl Hung
Keynote at DIGIT West Expo, Glasgow on 29 May 2024.
Cheryl Hung, ochery.com
Sr Director, Infrastructure Ecosystem, Arm.
The key trends across hardware, cloud and open-source; exploring how these areas are likely to mature and develop over the short and long-term, and then considering how organisations can position themselves to adapt and thrive.
Elevating Tactical DDD Patterns Through Object CalisthenicsDorra BARTAGUIZ
After immersing yourself in the blue book and its red counterpart, attending DDD-focused conferences, and applying tactical patterns, you're left with a crucial question: How do I ensure my design is effective? Tactical patterns within Domain-Driven Design (DDD) serve as guiding principles for creating clear and manageable domain models. However, achieving success with these patterns requires additional guidance. Interestingly, we've observed that a set of constraints initially designed for training purposes remarkably aligns with effective pattern implementation, offering a more ‘mechanical’ approach. Let's explore together how Object Calisthenics can elevate the design of your tactical DDD patterns, offering concrete help for those venturing into DDD for the first time!
Dev Dives: Train smarter, not harder – active learning and UiPath LLMs for do...UiPathCommunity
💥 Speed, accuracy, and scaling – discover the superpowers of GenAI in action with UiPath Document Understanding and Communications Mining™:
See how to accelerate model training and optimize model performance with active learning
Learn about the latest enhancements to out-of-the-box document processing – with little to no training required
Get an exclusive demo of the new family of UiPath LLMs – GenAI models specialized for processing different types of documents and messages
This is a hands-on session specifically designed for automation developers and AI enthusiasts seeking to enhance their knowledge in leveraging the latest intelligent document processing capabilities offered by UiPath.
Speakers:
👨🏫 Andras Palfi, Senior Product Manager, UiPath
👩🏫 Lenka Dulovicova, Product Program Manager, UiPath
Neuro-symbolic is not enough, we need neuro-*semantic*Frank van Harmelen
Neuro-symbolic (NeSy) AI is on the rise. However, simply machine learning on just any symbolic structure is not sufficient to really harvest the gains of NeSy. These will only be gained when the symbolic structures have an actual semantics. I give an operational definition of semantics as “predictable inference”.
All of this illustrated with link prediction over knowledge graphs, but the argument is general.
Connector Corner: Automate dynamic content and events by pushing a buttonDianaGray10
Here is something new! In our next Connector Corner webinar, we will demonstrate how you can use a single workflow to:
Create a campaign using Mailchimp with merge tags/fields
Send an interactive Slack channel message (using buttons)
Have the message received by managers and peers along with a test email for review
But there’s more:
In a second workflow supporting the same use case, you’ll see:
Your campaign sent to target colleagues for approval
If the “Approve” button is clicked, a Jira/Zendesk ticket is created for the marketing design team
But—if the “Reject” button is pushed, colleagues will be alerted via Slack message
Join us to learn more about this new, human-in-the-loop capability, brought to you by Integration Service connectors.
And...
Speakers:
Akshay Agnihotri, Product Manager
Charlie Greenberg, Host
How Race, Age and Gender Shape Attitudes Towards Mental HealthThinkNow
Mental health has been in the news quite a bit lately. Dozens of U.S. states are currently suing Meta for contributing to the youth mental health crisis by inserting addictive features into their products, while the U.S. Surgeon General is touring the nation to bring awareness to the growing epidemic of loneliness and isolation. The country has endured periods of low national morale, such as in the 1970s when high inflation and the energy crisis worsened public sentiment following the Vietnam War. The current mood, however, feels different. Gallup recently reported that national mental health is at an all-time low, with few bright spots to lift spirits.
To better understand how Americans are feeling and their attitudes towards mental health in general, ThinkNow conducted a nationally representative quantitative survey of 1,500 respondents and found some interesting differences among ethnic, age and gender groups.
Technology
For example, 52% agree that technology and social media have a negative impact on mental health, but when broken out by race, 61% of Whites felt technology had a negative effect, and only 48% of Hispanics thought it did.
While technology has helped us keep in touch with friends and family in faraway places, it appears to have degraded our ability to connect in person. Staying connected online is a double-edged sword since the same news feed that brings us pictures of the grandkids and fluffy kittens also feeds us news about the wars in Israel and Ukraine, the dysfunction in Washington, the latest mass shooting and the climate crisis.
Hispanics may have a built-in defense against the isolation technology breeds, owing to their large, multigenerational households, strong social support systems, and tendency to use social media to stay connected with relatives abroad.
Age and Gender
When asked how individuals rate their mental health, men rate it higher than women by 11 percentage points, and Baby Boomers rank it highest at 83%, saying it’s good or excellent vs. 57% of Gen Z saying the same.
Gen Z spends the most amount of time on social media, so the notion that social media negatively affects mental health appears to be correlated. Unfortunately, Gen Z is also the generation that’s least comfortable discussing mental health concerns with healthcare professionals. Only 40% of them state they’re comfortable discussing their issues with a professional compared to 60% of Millennials and 65% of Boomers.
Race Affects Attitudes
As seen in previous research conducted by ThinkNow, Asian Americans lag other groups when it comes to awareness of mental health issues. Twenty-four percent of Asian Americans believe that having a mental health issue is a sign of weakness compared to the 16% average for all groups. Asians are also considerably less likely to be aware of mental health services in their communities (42% vs. 55%) and most likely to seek out information on social media (51% vs. 35%).
AI Trends in Creative Operations 2024 by Artwork Flow.pdfmarketingartwork
This article is all about what AI trends will emerge in the field of creative operations in 2024. All the marketers and brand builders should be aware of these trends for their further use and save themselves some time!
Essentials of Automations: Optimizing FME Workflows with ParametersSafe Software
Are you looking to streamline your workflows and boost your projects’ efficiency? Do you find yourself searching for ways to add flexibility and control over your FME workflows? If so, you’re in the right place.
Join us for an insightful dive into the world of FME parameters, a critical element in optimizing workflow efficiency. This webinar marks the beginning of our three-part “Essentials of Automation” series. This first webinar is designed to equip you with the knowledge and skills to utilize parameters effectively: enhancing the flexibility, maintainability, and user control of your FME projects.
Here’s what you’ll gain:
- Essentials of FME Parameters: Understand the pivotal role of parameters, including Reader/Writer, Transformer, User, and FME Flow categories. Discover how they are the key to unlocking automation and optimization within your workflows.
- Practical Applications in FME Form: Delve into key user parameter types including choice, connections, and file URLs. Allow users to control how a workflow runs, making your workflows more reusable. Learn to import values and deliver the best user experience for your workflows while enhancing accuracy.
- Optimization Strategies in FME Flow: Explore the creation and strategic deployment of parameters in FME Flow, including the use of deployment and geometry parameters, to maximize workflow efficiency.
- Pro Tips for Success: Gain insights on parameterizing connections and leveraging new features like Conditional Visibility for clarity and simplicity.
We’ll wrap up with a glimpse into future webinars, followed by a Q&A session to address your specific questions surrounding this topic.
Don’t miss this opportunity to elevate your FME expertise and drive your projects to new heights of efficiency.
DevOps and Testing slides at DASA ConnectKari Kakkonen
My and Rik Marselis slides at 30.5.2024 DASA Connect conference. We discuss about what is testing, then what is agile testing and finally what is Testing in DevOps. Finally we had lovely workshop with the participants trying to find out different ways to think about quality and testing in different parts of the DevOps infinity loop.
JMeter webinar - integration with InfluxDB and GrafanaRTTS
Watch this recorded webinar about real-time monitoring of application performance. See how to integrate Apache JMeter, the open-source leader in performance testing, with InfluxDB, the open-source time-series database, and Grafana, the open-source analytics and visualization application.
In this webinar, we will review the benefits of leveraging InfluxDB and Grafana when executing load tests and demonstrate how these tools are used to visualize performance metrics.
Length: 30 minutes
Session Overview
-------------------------------------------
During this webinar, we will cover the following topics while demonstrating the integrations of JMeter, InfluxDB and Grafana:
- What out-of-the-box solutions are available for real-time monitoring JMeter tests?
- What are the benefits of integrating InfluxDB and Grafana into the load testing stack?
- Which features are provided by Grafana?
- Demonstration of InfluxDB and Grafana using a practice web application
To view the webinar recording, go to:
https://www.rttsweb.com/jmeter-integration-webinar
GraphRAG is All You need? LLM & Knowledge GraphGuy Korland
Guy Korland, CEO and Co-founder of FalkorDB, will review two articles on the integration of language models with knowledge graphs.
1. Unifying Large Language Models and Knowledge Graphs: A Roadmap.
https://arxiv.org/abs/2306.08302
2. Microsoft Research's GraphRAG paper and a review paper on various uses of knowledge graphs:
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/blog/graphrag-unlocking-llm-discovery-on-narrative-private-data/
Encryption in Microsoft 365 - ExpertsLive Netherlands 2024Albert Hoitingh
In this session I delve into the encryption technology used in Microsoft 365 and Microsoft Purview. Including the concepts of Customer Key and Double Key Encryption.
Kubernetes & AI - Beauty and the Beast !?! @KCD Istanbul 2024Tobias Schneck
As AI technology is pushing into IT I was wondering myself, as an “infrastructure container kubernetes guy”, how get this fancy AI technology get managed from an infrastructure operational view? Is it possible to apply our lovely cloud native principals as well? What benefit’s both technologies could bring to each other?
Let me take this questions and provide you a short journey through existing deployment models and use cases for AI software. On practical examples, we discuss what cloud/on-premise strategy we may need for applying it to our own infrastructure to get it to work from an enterprise perspective. I want to give an overview about infrastructure requirements and technologies, what could be beneficial or limiting your AI use cases in an enterprise environment. An interactive Demo will give you some insides, what approaches I got already working for real.
Transcript: Selling digital books in 2024: Insights from industry leaders - T...BookNet Canada
The publishing industry has been selling digital audiobooks and ebooks for over a decade and has found its groove. What’s changed? What has stayed the same? Where do we go from here? Join a group of leading sales peers from across the industry for a conversation about the lessons learned since the popularization of digital books, best practices, digital book supply chain management, and more.
Link to video recording: https://bnctechforum.ca/sessions/selling-digital-books-in-2024-insights-from-industry-leaders/
Presented by BookNet Canada on May 28, 2024, with support from the Department of Canadian Heritage.
Key Trends Shaping the Future of Infrastructure.pdfCheryl Hung
Keynote at DIGIT West Expo, Glasgow on 29 May 2024.
Cheryl Hung, ochery.com
Sr Director, Infrastructure Ecosystem, Arm.
The key trends across hardware, cloud and open-source; exploring how these areas are likely to mature and develop over the short and long-term, and then considering how organisations can position themselves to adapt and thrive.
Elevating Tactical DDD Patterns Through Object CalisthenicsDorra BARTAGUIZ
After immersing yourself in the blue book and its red counterpart, attending DDD-focused conferences, and applying tactical patterns, you're left with a crucial question: How do I ensure my design is effective? Tactical patterns within Domain-Driven Design (DDD) serve as guiding principles for creating clear and manageable domain models. However, achieving success with these patterns requires additional guidance. Interestingly, we've observed that a set of constraints initially designed for training purposes remarkably aligns with effective pattern implementation, offering a more ‘mechanical’ approach. Let's explore together how Object Calisthenics can elevate the design of your tactical DDD patterns, offering concrete help for those venturing into DDD for the first time!
Dev Dives: Train smarter, not harder – active learning and UiPath LLMs for do...UiPathCommunity
💥 Speed, accuracy, and scaling – discover the superpowers of GenAI in action with UiPath Document Understanding and Communications Mining™:
See how to accelerate model training and optimize model performance with active learning
Learn about the latest enhancements to out-of-the-box document processing – with little to no training required
Get an exclusive demo of the new family of UiPath LLMs – GenAI models specialized for processing different types of documents and messages
This is a hands-on session specifically designed for automation developers and AI enthusiasts seeking to enhance their knowledge in leveraging the latest intelligent document processing capabilities offered by UiPath.
Speakers:
👨🏫 Andras Palfi, Senior Product Manager, UiPath
👩🏫 Lenka Dulovicova, Product Program Manager, UiPath
Neuro-symbolic is not enough, we need neuro-*semantic*Frank van Harmelen
Neuro-symbolic (NeSy) AI is on the rise. However, simply machine learning on just any symbolic structure is not sufficient to really harvest the gains of NeSy. These will only be gained when the symbolic structures have an actual semantics. I give an operational definition of semantics as “predictable inference”.
All of this illustrated with link prediction over knowledge graphs, but the argument is general.
Connector Corner: Automate dynamic content and events by pushing a buttonDianaGray10
Here is something new! In our next Connector Corner webinar, we will demonstrate how you can use a single workflow to:
Create a campaign using Mailchimp with merge tags/fields
Send an interactive Slack channel message (using buttons)
Have the message received by managers and peers along with a test email for review
But there’s more:
In a second workflow supporting the same use case, you’ll see:
Your campaign sent to target colleagues for approval
If the “Approve” button is clicked, a Jira/Zendesk ticket is created for the marketing design team
But—if the “Reject” button is pushed, colleagues will be alerted via Slack message
Join us to learn more about this new, human-in-the-loop capability, brought to you by Integration Service connectors.
And...
Speakers:
Akshay Agnihotri, Product Manager
Charlie Greenberg, Host
How Race, Age and Gender Shape Attitudes Towards Mental HealthThinkNow
Mental health has been in the news quite a bit lately. Dozens of U.S. states are currently suing Meta for contributing to the youth mental health crisis by inserting addictive features into their products, while the U.S. Surgeon General is touring the nation to bring awareness to the growing epidemic of loneliness and isolation. The country has endured periods of low national morale, such as in the 1970s when high inflation and the energy crisis worsened public sentiment following the Vietnam War. The current mood, however, feels different. Gallup recently reported that national mental health is at an all-time low, with few bright spots to lift spirits.
To better understand how Americans are feeling and their attitudes towards mental health in general, ThinkNow conducted a nationally representative quantitative survey of 1,500 respondents and found some interesting differences among ethnic, age and gender groups.
Technology
For example, 52% agree that technology and social media have a negative impact on mental health, but when broken out by race, 61% of Whites felt technology had a negative effect, and only 48% of Hispanics thought it did.
While technology has helped us keep in touch with friends and family in faraway places, it appears to have degraded our ability to connect in person. Staying connected online is a double-edged sword since the same news feed that brings us pictures of the grandkids and fluffy kittens also feeds us news about the wars in Israel and Ukraine, the dysfunction in Washington, the latest mass shooting and the climate crisis.
Hispanics may have a built-in defense against the isolation technology breeds, owing to their large, multigenerational households, strong social support systems, and tendency to use social media to stay connected with relatives abroad.
Age and Gender
When asked how individuals rate their mental health, men rate it higher than women by 11 percentage points, and Baby Boomers rank it highest at 83%, saying it’s good or excellent vs. 57% of Gen Z saying the same.
Gen Z spends the most amount of time on social media, so the notion that social media negatively affects mental health appears to be correlated. Unfortunately, Gen Z is also the generation that’s least comfortable discussing mental health concerns with healthcare professionals. Only 40% of them state they’re comfortable discussing their issues with a professional compared to 60% of Millennials and 65% of Boomers.
Race Affects Attitudes
As seen in previous research conducted by ThinkNow, Asian Americans lag other groups when it comes to awareness of mental health issues. Twenty-four percent of Asian Americans believe that having a mental health issue is a sign of weakness compared to the 16% average for all groups. Asians are also considerably less likely to be aware of mental health services in their communities (42% vs. 55%) and most likely to seek out information on social media (51% vs. 35%).
AI Trends in Creative Operations 2024 by Artwork Flow.pdfmarketingartwork
This article is all about what AI trends will emerge in the field of creative operations in 2024. All the marketers and brand builders should be aware of these trends for their further use and save themselves some time!
A report by thenetworkone and Kurio.
The contributing experts and agencies are (in an alphabetical order): Sylwia Rytel, Social Media Supervisor, 180heartbeats + JUNG v MATT (PL), Sharlene Jenner, Vice President - Director of Engagement Strategy, Abelson Taylor (USA), Alex Casanovas, Digital Director, Atrevia (ES), Dora Beilin, Senior Social Strategist, Barrett Hoffher (USA), Min Seo, Campaign Director, Brand New Agency (KR), Deshé M. Gully, Associate Strategist, Day One Agency (USA), Francesca Trevisan, Strategist, Different (IT), Trevor Crossman, CX and Digital Transformation Director; Olivia Hussey, Strategic Planner; Simi Srinarula, Social Media Manager, The Hallway (AUS), James Hebbert, Managing Director, Hylink (CN / UK), Mundy Álvarez, Planning Director; Pedro Rojas, Social Media Manager; Pancho González, CCO, Inbrax (CH), Oana Oprea, Head of Digital Planning, Jam Session Agency (RO), Amy Bottrill, Social Account Director, Launch (UK), Gaby Arriaga, Founder, Leonardo1452 (MX), Shantesh S Row, Creative Director, Liwa (UAE), Rajesh Mehta, Chief Strategy Officer; Dhruv Gaur, Digital Planning Lead; Leonie Mergulhao, Account Supervisor - Social Media & PR, Medulla (IN), Aurelija Plioplytė, Head of Digital & Social, Not Perfect (LI), Daiana Khaidargaliyeva, Account Manager, Osaka Labs (UK / USA), Stefanie Söhnchen, Vice President Digital, PIABO Communications (DE), Elisabeth Winiartati, Managing Consultant, Head of Global Integrated Communications; Lydia Aprina, Account Manager, Integrated Marketing and Communications; Nita Prabowo, Account Manager, Integrated Marketing and Communications; Okhi, Web Developer, PNTR Group (ID), Kei Obusan, Insights Director; Daffi Ranandi, Insights Manager, Radarr (SG), Gautam Reghunath, Co-founder & CEO, Talented (IN), Donagh Humphreys, Head of Social and Digital Innovation, THINKHOUSE (IRE), Sarah Yim, Strategy Director, Zulu Alpha Kilo (CA).
Trends In Paid Search: Navigating The Digital Landscape In 2024Search Engine Journal
The search marketing landscape is evolving rapidly with new technologies, and professionals, like you, rely on innovative paid search strategies to meet changing demands.
It’s important that you’re ready to implement new strategies in 2024.
Check this out and learn the top trends in paid search advertising that are expected to gain traction, so you can drive higher ROI more efficiently in 2024.
You’ll learn:
- The latest trends in AI and automation, and what this means for an evolving paid search ecosystem.
- New developments in privacy and data regulation.
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From their humble beginnings in 1984, TED has grown into the world’s most powerful amplifier for speakers and thought-leaders to share their ideas. They have over 2,400 filmed talks (not including the 30,000+ TEDx videos) freely available online, and have hosted over 17,500 events around the world.
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Whether you are gearing up to get on a TED stage yourself, or just want to master the skills that so many of their speakers possess, these tips and quotes from Chris Anderson, the TED Talks Curator, will encourage you to make the most impactful impression on your audience.
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During this webinar, Anand Bagmar demonstrates how AI tools such as ChatGPT can be applied to various stages of the software development life cycle (SDLC) using an eCommerce application case study. Find the on-demand recording and more info at https://applitools.info/b59
Key takeaways:
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• Adopt AI-based tools to stay relevant and optimize work for developers and testers
* ChatGPT and OpenAI belong to OpenAI, L.L.C.
6. ’s Resiliency?
What
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Tolerance against faults
W
Grace in the face of insane success
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Slowing down instead of shutting down
Resiliency is about reacting to the crap that happens
because life is, basically a problem
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Cloud Resiliency
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11. How Akka Helps
5 Akka is a toolki for asynchrony
Resilient systems are asynchronous systems
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12. How Akka Helps
5 Akka is a toolki for asynchrony
Resilient systems are asynchronous systems
5 Akka is buil using queues
Queues add resilient points of communication
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13. How Akka Helps
5 Akka is a toolki for asynchrony
Resilient systems are asynchronous systems
5 Akka is buil using queues
Queues add resilient points of communication
5 Akka divorces threads from work
Improper use of threads kills resiliency
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14. How Akka Helps
5 Akka is a toolki for asynchrony
Resilient systems are asynchronous systems
5 Akka is buil using queues
Queues add resilient points of communication
5 Akka divorces threads from work
Improper use of threads kills resiliency
5 Akka’s Actors incorporate faul tolerance
A crash is just standard operating procedure
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15. How Akka Helps
5 Akka is a toolki for asynchrony
Resilient systems are asynchronous systems
5 Akka is buil using queues
Queues add resilient points of communication
5 Akka divorces threads from work
Improper use of threads kills resiliency
5 Akka’s Actors incorporate faul tolerance
A crash is just standard operating procedure
5 Akka Clusters
Clustering? Come on... Resilient
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16. How Akka Helps
5 Akka is a toolki for asynchrony
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5 Akka’s Actors incorporate faul tolerance
A crash is just standard operating procedure
5 Akka Clusters
Clustering? Come on... Resilient
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17. Why We Don’t Code Resiliently
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18. Why.k.a Don’t backResiliently
We Call Code Hell
a
1) REST request comes in
2) Validate user identity
3) Get profile from DB
4) Grab a few pics
5) Get recent Twitter activity
6) Return REST response
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19. Why.k.a Don’t backResiliently
We Call Code Hell
a
Do i
1) REST request comes in
t
2) Validate user identity
and
3) Get profile from DB
4) Grab a few pics
5) Get recent Twitter activity
6) Return REST response
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20. Why.k.a Don’t backResiliently
We Call Code Hell
a
Do i
1) REST request comes in
t
2) Validate user identity
and
3) Get profile from DB
4) Grab a few pics
5) Get recent Twitter activity
6) Return REST response
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Welcome to Callback
Hell
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22. ack Hell
Callb
public void restHandler(RESTRequest req) {
idService.validate(req.userInfo,
new Callback(ValidateResult result) {
if (result.isValid) {
db.getProfile(req.userId,
new Callback(UserProfile profile) {
picServer.get(profile.pic1, new Callback(Pic p1) {
picServer.get(profile.pic2, new Callback(Pic p2) {
picServer.get(profile.pic3, new Callback(Pic p3) {
picServer.get(profile.pic4, new Callback(Pic p4) {
picServer.get(profile.pic5, new Callback(Pic p5) {
twitterServer.getRecentActivity(req.userInfo, new Callback(TwitterActivity activity) {
req.sendResponse(pic1, pic2, pic3, pic4, pic5, activity)
})
})
})
})
})
})
}
})
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})
23. ack Hell
Callb
public void restHandler(RESTRequest req) {
☉ We didn’t handle timeouts
idService.validate(req.userInfo,
new Callback(ValidateResult result) {
if (result.isValid) {
We didn’t handle
☉db.getProfile(req.userId, errors
new Callback(UserProfile profile) {
☉ We actually didn’t make it thread
picServer.get(profile.pic1, new Callback(Pic p1) {
picServer.get(profile.pic2, new Callback(Pic p2) {
☉
picServer.get(profile.pic3, new Callback(Pic p3) {
We did throw up a little though...
picServer.get(profile.pic4, new Callback(Pic p4) {
picServer.get(profile.pic5, new Callback(Pic p5) {
twitterServer.getRecentActivity(req.userInfo, new Callback(TwitterActivity activity) {
req.sendResponse(pic1, pic2, pic3, pic4, pic5, activity)
})
})
})
})
})
})
}
})
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})
safe
29. The Circuit Breaker
⦿
For the times when you gotta fail the whale
Calls Failing
Fast
Su
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p
Tri
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ake
Bre
Open
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Closed
Trip
Reset Bre
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Atte
mpt R
aker
Brea
ker
Half
Open
30. The Circuit Breaker
⦿
For the times when you gotta fail the whale
Calls Failing
Fast
Su
cc
ess
p
Tri
r
ake
Bre
Open
eset
Closed
Trip
Reset Bre
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Atte
mpt R
aker
Brea
ker
Half
Open
DB
31. The Circuit Breaker
⦿
For the times when you gotta fail the whale
Calls Failing
Fast
Su
cc
ess
p
Tri
r
ake
Bre
Open
eset
Closed
Trip
Reset Bre
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Atte
mpt R
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Brea
ker
Half
Open
Circu
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DB
32. ad Balancing
Lo
Actors are untyped endpoints
You can easily swap one for another
Actors have dispatchers
How messages are dispatched is configurable
You can only communicate through messages
You can route them however you like
Messages can carry the state data
Actors then become completely stateless and
Resilient
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34. Scaling Up
⦿ It’s all about dispatchers and untyped endpoints
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35. Scaling Up
⦿ It’s all about dispatchers and untyped endpoints
ActorRef
Client
Actor
ActorRef
Balancing
Dispatcher
Actor
ActorRef
•
•
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Actor
Normally the
message from the
client would go to
the middle Actor,
but the Balancing
Dispatcher lets
the last one “steal”
it because it can
handle it faster.
38. Scaling Out
☉Routers are another way for messages to reach Actors
A router igures ou which Actor
☉to send to based on rules
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39. Scaling Out
☉Routers are another way for messages to reach Actors
A router igures ou which Actor
☉to send to based on rules
DB
Actor
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Router
DB
Actor
DB Cluster
Machine 2
DB
Actor
Client
DB Cluster
Machine 1
DB Cluster
Machine 3
40. Scaling Out
☉Routers are another way for messages to reach Actors
A router igures ou which Actor
☉to send to based on rules
Client
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Router
DB Cluster
Machine 1
DB
Actor
DB Cluster
Machine 2
DB
Actor
This router can
ute consistently
ro
based on sender
DB
Actor
DB Cluster
Machine 3
41. Scaling Out
☉Routers are another way for messages to reach Actors
A router igures ou which Actor
☉to send to based on rules
This router can
ute consistently
ro
based on sender
Client
☉
Router
Routers can also resize the
number o Actors dynamically
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DB
Actor
DB Cluster
Machine 1
DB
Actor
DB Cluster
Machine 2
DB
Actor
DB Cluster
Machine 3
44. Clustering
Akka can spawn and communicate with Actors
⦿
on remote nodes
oring!
B
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45. Clustering
Akka can spawn and communicate with Actors
⦿
on remote nodes
(OK, that’s really cool, but...)
oring!
B
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46. Clustering
Akka can spawn and communicate with Actors
⦿
on remote nodes
(OK, that’s really cool, but...)
oring!
B
⦿ You can cluster your Actors as well
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47. Clustering
Akka can spawn and communicate with Actors
⦿
on remote nodes
(OK, that’s really cool, but...)
oring!
B
⦿ You can cluster your Actors as well
Akka takes care of letting you know when
⦿
nodes come and go
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48. Clustering
Akka can spawn and communicate with Actors
⦿
on remote nodes
(OK, that’s really cool, but...)
oring!
B
⦿ You can cluster your Actors as well
Akka takes care of letting you know when
⦿
nodes come and go
Clustering provides a ton of possibilities to
⦿
design for resiliency
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49. nce - Event Sourcing
Persiste
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50. nce - Event Sourcing
Persiste
⨂ Akka provides the ability to persist incoming messages
Tuesday, 4 February, 14
51. nce - Event Sourcing
Persiste
⨂ Akka provides the ability to persist incoming messages
⨂ This helps for fault tolerance... DUH
Tuesday, 4 February, 14
52. nce - Event Sourcing
Persiste
⨂ Akka provides the ability to persist incoming messages
⨂ This helps for fault tolerance... DUH
⨂ It also provides the ability to move stateful Actors
Tuesday, 4 February, 14
53. nce - Event Sourcing
Persiste
⨂ Akka provides the ability to persist incoming messages
⨂ This helps for fault tolerance... DUH
⨂ It also provides the ability to move stateful Actors
⨂ Or provide tools for “Crash-Only” software
sh!
ra
C Actor
Message
Actor
Event 1
Event 2
Event 3
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Good to go!
55. Being Resilient
☉Akka provides the foundation for resilien programming and design
⨳ Queues, Dispatchers, Async, Messages, realistic guarantees
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56. Being Resilient
☉Akka provides the foundation for resilien programming and design
⨳ Queues, Dispatchers, Async, Messages, realistic guarantees
☉
Then you ge...
Message Oriented
Flexibility
⨳ Routers
⨳
⨳ Persistence
⨳ Clustering
⨳ Resiliency Patterns
⨳ Remote Deployment
Tuesday, 4 February, 14
57. Being Resilient
☉Akka provides the foundation for resilien programming and design
⨳ Queues, Dispatchers, Async, Messages, realistic guarantees
☉
Then you ge...
Message Oriented
Flexibility
⨳ Routers
⨳
⨳ Persistence
⨳ Clustering
⨳ Resiliency Patterns
⨳ Remote Deployment
☉
Existing cloud components are vial for resiliency
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58. Being Resilient
☉Akka provides the foundation for resilien programming and design
⨳ Queues, Dispatchers, Async, Messages, realistic guarantees
☉
Then you ge...
Message Oriented
Flexibility
⨳ Routers
⨳
⨳ Persistence
⨳ Clustering
⨳ Resiliency Patterns
⨳ Remote Deployment
☉
Akka picks up where those components leave of
☉
Existing cloud components are vial for resiliency
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59. Go write some Code
Get Scala
http://scala-lang.org
http://github.com/scala/scala
Get Akka
http://akka.io
http://github.com/akka/akka
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Derek Wyatt
Twitter: @derekwyatt
Email: derek@derekwyatt.org