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9 reasons Java is still great

Java has endured radical transformations in the technology landscape and many threats to its prominence. What makes this technology so great, and what does the future hold for Java?

By Matthew Tyson

Mar 19, 202610 mins

Development ToolsJavaOpen Source

Make the most of GPUs for machine learning applications

Developing AI and machine learning applications requires plenty of GPUs. Should you run them on-premises or in the cloud?

By Kevin Cochrane

Mar 12, 2024 6 mins

Artificial Intelligence Generative AI Machine Learning

How a new database architecture supports scale and reliability in TiDB

TiDB is a prime example of an intrinsically scalable and reliable distributed SQL database architecture. Here’s how it works.

By Li Shen

Mar 11, 2024 12 mins

Analytics Databases SQL

How generative AI will change low-code development

AI copilots and code generators offer similar benefits to low-code platforms, but they're not the same. Here's what industry leaders are saying about the future of low-code development.

By Isaac Sacolick

Mar 11, 2024 8 mins

Generative AI No Code and Low Code Software Development

Kubernetes is (not) a cost optimization problem

Everyone seems to agree that Kubernetes is too expensive to run. The problem is the way we build applications.

By Matt Butcher

Mar 7, 2024 15 mins

Cloud Computing Serverless Computing Software Development

How to manage generative AI – data, costs, and scaling up

From managing data to scaling systems to funding initiatives for the long haul, every part of your generative journey will be a challenge.

By Dom Couldwell

Mar 5, 2024 8 mins

Artificial Intelligence Generative AI Software Development

10 ways science fiction got high tech wrong

Or did it? From flying cars to the Singularity, here's how some of the most popular visions of the high-tech future are panning out today.

By Peter Wayner

Mar 4, 2024 7 mins

Artificial Intelligence Generative AI Machine Learning

Why SQL still rules

So many programming languages have come and gone, but SQL remains. And it has a bright future still.

By Charly Batista

Mar 4, 2024 9 mins

Analytics Databases SQL

Why passkeys will replace passwords

Passkeys have many advantages over passwords for IT organizations. The user experience is far better too.

By Aviad Mizrachi

Feb 29, 2024 6 mins

Application Security Software Development

3 dynamic use cases for Apache Flink and stream processing

We live in a world in motion. Stream processing allows us to record events in the real world so that we can take action or make predictions that will drive better business outcomes.

By Jean-Sebastien Brunner

Feb 27, 2024 6 mins

Analytics Libraries and Frameworks Open Source

How data governance must evolve to meet the generative AI challenge

Generative AI introduces new risks, challenges, and opportunities for how organizations source and use data. Here are four ways data governance teams are rising to the occasion.

By Isaac Sacolick

Feb 26, 2024 10 mins

Artificial Intelligence Data Governance Generative AI

Is creating an in-house LLM right for your organization?

Five key questions you should ask before embarking on the journey to create your own in-house large language model.

By Gokcen Tapkan

Feb 26, 2024 7 mins

Artificial Intelligence Generative AI Machine Learning

What is NumPy? Faster array and matrix math in Python

Learn how this popular Python library accelerates math at scale, especially when paired with tools like Cython and Numba.

By Serdar Yegulalp

Feb 21, 2024 8 mins

Data Science Development Tools Python

Low-code doesn’t mean low quality

The productivity gains low-code gives developers come primarily from the ability to reuse abstractions at the component or module level, reducing the time needed to develop customized software.

By Venugopal Jidigam

Feb 20, 2024 5 mins

Development Tools No Code and Low Code Software Development

How generative AI will benefit physical industries

Generative AI will reshape how we develop AI-driven products for the physical economy, starting with the creation of synthetic data sets for challenging use cases.

By Jairam Ranganathan

Feb 19, 2024 6 mins

Artificial Intelligence Generative AI Software Development

Laying the groundwork for cost-conscious coding

To avoid unnecessary cloud costs, you need to optimize the code that runs on top of the infrastructure. Defining cost as an SLO paves the way.

By Prem Balasubramanian

Feb 13, 2024 5 mins

Cloud Computing Software Development

Choosing between public and private LLMs

Should your company leverage a public large language model such as ChatGPT or your own private LLM? Understand the differences.

By Brian Sathianathan

Feb 12, 2024 5 mins

Artificial Intelligence Generative AI Software Development

10 ways generative AI will transform software development

Code generation and copilots are just the beginning of new AI-enabled ways to develop, test, deploy, and maintain software.

By Isaac Sacolick

Feb 12, 2024 13 mins

Artificial Intelligence Generative AI Software Development

What is Microsoft Fabric? A big tech stack for big data

Microsoft Fabric is an end-to-end suite of cloud-based tools for data analytics, encompassing data movement, data storage, data engineering, data integration, data science, real-time analytics, and business intelligence.

By Martin Heller

Feb 9, 2024 10 mins

Business Intelligence Data Integration Data Science

Steampipe unbundled: From cloud APIs to your database

Every Steampipe plugin is now available as a foreign data wrapper for Postgres, a virtual table extension for SQLite, and a stand-alone export tool.

By Jon Udell

Feb 8, 2024 7 mins

APIs Databases SQL

Help for generative AI is on the way

Three powerful approaches have emerged to improve the reliability of large language models by developing a fact-checking layer to support them.

By Jim Webber

Feb 7, 2024 7 mins

Artificial Intelligence Generative AI Software Development

Martin Hellman: We’re playing Russian roulette

Co-inventor of public-key cryptography, winner of the Turing prize, and advocate for world peace, Martin Hellman shares his insights on technology, conflict, and personal development.

By Matthew Tyson

Feb 7, 2024 10 mins

Security Software Development Technology Industry

How to make Kubernetes work at the edge

Kubernetes thrives in centralized data centers, but raises size, scalability, security, and interoperability concerns in distributed edge deployments. Here are some strategies to address them.

By Michael Maxey

Feb 6, 2024 5 mins

Cloud Computing Software Development

The journey to self-optimizing business processes

With the right architecture, AI and automation can help drive entire business operations. Here’s a roadmap.

By Don Schuerman

Feb 5, 2024 6 mins

Artificial Intelligence Generative AI Software Development

Protecting against software supply chain attacks

Open source software is ubiquitous, and supply chain attacks are on the rise. Companies should consider these three strategies to secure their software.

By Vishal Ghariwala

Jan 30, 2024 6 mins

Application Security Devops Open Source

Can ChatGPT drive my car? The case for LLMs in autonomy

Autonomous driving edge cases require complex, human-like reasoning that goes far beyond legacy algorithms and models. Large language models are getting there.

By Prannay Khosla

Jan 30, 2024 7 mins

Artificial Intelligence Cloud Computing Generative AI

5 ways tech leaders can increase their business acumen

Technical leaders are not just great technologists, they also understand the business side of things. Here are five ways to grow your business acumen and do more with your career.

By Isaac Sacolick

Jan 29, 2024 8 mins

Careers IT Leadership Technology Industry

New AI features for developers in SingleStoreDB

From faster vector search to collaborative Notebooks, SingleStore recently unveiled several AI-focused innovations with developers in mind. Let’s dive in.

By Wes Kennedy

Jan 29, 2024 8 mins

Databases Generative AI SQL

What are microservices? Your next software architecture

Microservices break up monolithic code into discrete chunks that are easier to maintain. Here's an overview and a look at the pros and cons of migrating to a microservices architecture.

By Josh Fruhlinger

Jan 26, 2024 11 mins

Careers Cloud Computing Software Development

Get started with Visual Studio Code

Microsoft's open source development tool starts as an editor, but can become any kind of IDE—and be extended for most any language—on Mac, Linux, or Windows.

By Serdar Yegulalp

Jan 24, 2024 10 mins

Development Tools Software Development Technology Industry

A guide to implementing fine-grained authorization

Relationship-based access control offers a flexible way to add fine-grained authorization to applications and resources. Here’s why, and how.

By Rishi Bhargava

Jan 23, 2024 7 mins

Application Security Security Software Development

3 visions for the future of the Internet

The semantic web, Web 3.0, and Web3 are three guiding ideas shaping the future of the Internet. Here's how they come together, bonded by technologies like blockchain, generative AI, and HTMX.

By Matthew Tyson

Jan 17, 2024 7 mins

Emerging Technology Software Development Web Development

The state of the C++ developer ecosystem

JetBrains’ Developer Ecosystem 2023 report shows where C++ developers stand on C++ language versions, IDEs, package managers, build tools, code analysis tools, and AI-assisted development. Let’s dive in.

By Anastasia Kazakova

Jan 16, 2024 14 mins

C++ Development Tools Programming Languages

5 ways QA will evaluate the impact of new generative AI testing tools

The first wave of generative AI-augmented software testing and automation tools has arrived. Here’s how QA and devops teams will measure their impact.

By Isaac Sacolick

Jan 15, 2024 8 mins

App Testing Generative AI Software Development

11 reasons the new Java is not like the old Java

Java is not the language it used to be, and that is mostly a good thing. Here are eleven ways Java is evolving to meet the challenges of the future.

By Peter Wayner

Jan 15, 2024 10 mins

Java Programming Languages Software Development

AI datasets need to get smaller—and better

Ever-larger datasets for AI training pose big challenges for data engineers and big risks for the models themselves.

By Ashwin Rajeeva

Jan 15, 2024 7 mins

Artificial Intelligence Generative AI Machine Learning

Flowpipe: A workflow engine for devops scripters

Flowpipe allows you to create complex and highly parallel workflows in a declarative style using the standard devops configuration language, HCL.

By Jon Udell

Jan 11, 2024 8 mins

Cloud Computing Devops Software Development

Intro to PyScript: Run Python in your web browser

PyScript lets you run Python scripts right in the browser, side by side with JavaScript, with two-way interaction between your code and the web page.

By Serdar Yegulalp

Jan 10, 2024 7 mins

Python Software Development Web Development

9 extraordinary documents every developer should read

Software development history is rich with "Eureka!" moments that caught the world by surprise. These papers define a century (nearly) of innovation that still shapes programming today.

By Matthew Tyson

Jan 10, 2024 10 mins

Open Source Software Development Technology Industry

It’s time to fix flaky tests in software development

Tests that pass on one run and fail the next, despite no relevant changes to the code, threaten software quality, the speed of delivery, and the happiness of developers.

By Trisha Gee

Jan 9, 2024 5 mins

App Testing Software Development

10 ways to destroy developer happiness

Nothing hurts developer productivity like bad management. Keep your dream team motivated by avoiding these common mistakes.

By Bob Violino

Jan 8, 2024 8 mins

Careers Engineer Software Development

How do we make money with generative AI?

Succeeding with generative AI requires the expertise to design new use cases and the ability to develop and operationalize genAI models. These are major challenges.

By Kjell Carlsson

Jan 8, 2024 7 mins

Analytics Artificial Intelligence Generative AI

What is TensorFlow? The machine learning library explained

TensorFlow is a Python-friendly open source library for developing machine learning applications and neural networks. Here's what you need to know about TensorFlow.

By Serdar Yegulalp

Jan 5, 2024 8 mins

Data Science Development Tools Technology Industry

How to unlock C-suite support for application modernization initiatives

Everyone wants modern applications that support business objectives, but executives think about costs and benefits differently from technology teams. Here’s how to bridge the gap.

By Miten Marfatia

Jan 2, 2024 7 mins

Careers Software Development

Using generative AI to overhaul data integration? Start here

GenAI offers an opportunity to make data integration and business process automation not only easier to implement, but accessible to non-technical staff. That spells relief for IT teams.

By Manish Rai

Jan 1, 2024 8 mins

Artificial Intelligence Data Integration Generative AI

What you need to know about Python’s ‘dead batteries’

Learn which Python standard library modules are headed for the boneyard in Python 3.13, and how to replace them.

By Serdar Yegulalp

Dec 27, 2023 4 mins

Python Software Development

How software engineering will evolve in 2024

AI, digital twin technologies, platform engineering, and chaos engineering are transforming software development and bringing greater automation, productivity, and resilience to devops.

By Seetharam Param

Dec 26, 2023 5 mins

Build Automation Devops Software Development

Model quantization and the dawn of edge AI

Model quantization bridges the gap between the computational limitations of edge devices and the demands for highly accurate models and real-time intelligent applications.

By Rahul Pradhan

Dec 25, 2023 5 mins

Analytics Generative AI Machine Learning

The strange, marvelous year of generative AI

10 quirks, consequences, and questions from an amazing and unsettling year of dizzying AI advances.

By Peter Wayner

Dec 25, 2023 7 mins

Artificial Intelligence Generative AI Technology Industry

8 ChatGPT tools for R programming

The generative AI technology powering ChatGPT—OpenAI's GPT-3.5 and GPT-4 LLMs—is available to R users, with a growing collection of packages and apps to choose from.

By Sharon Machlis

Dec 21, 2023 17 mins

Generative AI Machine Learning Natural Language Processing

Understanding digital adoption platforms

A digital adoption platform overlays all of an organization’s applications, automating tedious tasks, guiding users through complex UIs, and measuring the use of all system features. Here’s how it works.

By KJ Kusch

Dec 19, 2023 8 mins

Cloud Computing