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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

A smarter approach to training AI models

Deep neural networks have hit a wall. An entirely new, backpropagation-free AI stack promises to be orders of magnitude more performant.

By Cyril Gorlla

Feb 24, 2025 7 mins

Artificial Intelligence Emerging Technology Generative AI

Key strategies for MLops success in 2025

To unlock the full potential of AI and machine learning, understand the keys to model selection, optimization, monitoring, scaling, and metrics for success.

By Yuval Fernbach

Feb 18, 2025 8 mins

DevSecOps Devops Generative AI

Large language models: The foundations of generative AI

Large language models evolved alongside deep-learning neural networks and are critical to generative AI. Here's a first look, including the top LLMs and what they're used for today.

By Martin Heller

Feb 17, 2025 20 mins

Artificial Intelligence Generative AI Machine Learning

3 key features of Postman’s AI Agent Builder

AI Agent Builder simplifies the creation of AI agents and agentic workflows for API development and testing. Here’s how it works.

By Rodric Rabbah

Feb 17, 2025 7 mins

APIs Development Tools Generative AI

How to keep AI hallucinations out of your code

The effectiveness of AI coding assistants depends largely on the human in the driver’s seat. Here are eight ways to keep AI hallucinations from infecting your code.

By Josh Fruhlinger

Feb 17, 2025 10 mins

Artificial Intelligence Generative AI Software Development

AI coding assistants limited but helpful, developers say

DeveloperWeek conference attendees said AI coding tools need to mature, but they already find them useful and believe they will get better in the future.

By Paul Krill

Feb 14, 2025 3 mins

Artificial Intelligence Development Tools Generative AI

Why the generative AI hype is good

Hype can be excessive and obnoxious and lead to waste and false promises. It is also a crucial catalyst of experimentation and innovation.

By Rich Heimann and Clayton Pummill

Feb 11, 2025 10 mins

Artificial Intelligence Generative AI Technology Industry

Will Kubernetes ever get easier?

A decade into development, the world’s top container orchestrator is more extensible than ever. But usability is still playing catch up with complexity.

By Bill Doerrfeld

Feb 10, 2025 15 mins

Cloud Computing Cloud-Native Kubernetes and Containers

The future is far from doom and gloom for DBAs

While the DBA title will likely fade, database professionals and the demand for their skills will remain. But success will require a bigger picture view of data operations.

By Bennie Grant

Feb 10, 2025 7 mins

Careers Database Administration Databases

Is 2025 the year of quantum computing?

Successive waves of breakout technologies are transforming systems and society. Is quantum computing next?

By Matthew Tyson

Feb 5, 2025 9 mins

Emerging Technology Quantum Computing Software Development

Not seeing ROI from your AI? Observability may be the missing link

With AI observability, we can guard against hallucinations, catch irrelevant and incomplete responses, and identify security lapses in generative AI applications — ensuring they meet the needs of the business.

By Anupam Datta

Feb 4, 2025 8 mins

Data Governance Data and Information Security Generative AI

Download the ‘Promises and Perils of Agentic AI’ Enterprise Spotlight

In this issue, we explore the emerging field of agentic AI, which brings more autonomy to IT-managed systems — with both promise and peril.

By InfoWorld, CIO.com, and CSO staff

Feb 3, 2025 1 min

Enterprise Buyer’s Guides Generative AI Risk Management

Tetragon: Extending eBPF and Cilium to runtime security

Cilium subproject taps eBPF hooks into the Linux kernel to bring real-time security observability and runtime enforcement to containers and Kubernetes.

By Jeremy Colvin

Feb 3, 2025 8 mins

Application Security DevSecOps Kubernetes and Containers

Browser Use: An open-source AI agent to automate web-based tasks

Browser Use connects AI agents directly to web browsers, enabling them to autonomously navigate, interact with, and extract information from websites.

By Janakiram MSV

Jan 30, 2025 7 mins

Generative AI Libraries and Frameworks Open Source

4 tiny Docker images for lightweight containers

How small can you make a Docker image? These tiny (and even super-tiny) base images pack a surprising amount of punch for their size.

By Serdar Yegulalp

Jan 29, 2025 5 mins

Kubernetes and Containers

A distributed state of mind: Event-driven multi-agent systems

How event-driven design can overcome the challenges of coordinating multiple AI agents to create scalable and efficient reasoning systems.

By Sean Falconer and Andrew Sellers

Jan 28, 2025 13 mins

Artificial Intelligence Generative AI Software Development

11 cutting-edge programming languages to learn now

These innovative alternatives to the popular languages are gaining steam—and one of them could be the perfect fit for your next project.

By Peter Wayner

Jan 27, 2025 8 mins

Programming Languages Software Development

How to pick the right SAST tool

Some SAST tools provide better insight into all potential vulnerabilities and coding issues, while others offer a better developer experience and integration into CI/CD. Which is right for you?

By Jenn Gile

Jan 27, 2025 10 mins

Application Security DevSecOps Devops

3 Python web frameworks for beautiful front ends

Have you ever wished you could generate interactive websites with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript while programming in nothing but Python? Here are three frameworks that do the trick.

By Serdar Yegulalp

Jan 22, 2025 8 mins

Libraries and Frameworks Python Web Development

The bitter lesson for generative AI adoption

Why relying on retrieval-augmented generation and prompt engineering is preferable to investing in model training and fine-tuning.

By Rich Heimann and Clayton Pummill

Jan 21, 2025 9 mins

Artificial Intelligence Generative AI Software Development

5 new features in EDB Postgres AI

The latest EDB Postgres AI release enables enterprises to deploy secure, flexible AI-driven applications in a sovereign, hybrid environment.

By Aislinn Shea Wright

Jan 20, 2025 8 mins

Artificial Intelligence Databases Generative AI

Why you should use Docker and OCI containers

Learn how lightweight, portable, self-contained operating system containers improve software development, application deployment, and business agility.

By Serdar Yegulalp

Jan 15, 2025 9 mins

Kubernetes and Containers Software Development

The journey towards a knowledge graph for generative AI

While retrieval-augmented generation is effective for simpler queries, advanced reasoning questions require deeper connections between information that exist across documents. They require a knowledge graph.

By Nikolaos Vasiloglou

Jan 14, 2025 8 mins

Artificial Intelligence Data Management Generative AI

Open source trends for 2025 and beyond

Open-source software will continue its march through the enterprise technology stack, buoyed by AI and (hopefully) transformative funding solutions that address sustainability.

By Konstantin Vinogradov

Jan 13, 2025 6 mins

Application Security Generative AI Technology Industry

Why the C programming language still rules

The C language has been a programming staple for decades. Here’s how it stacks up against C++, Java, C#, Go, Rust, Python, and the newest kid on the block—Carbon.

By Serdar Yegulalp

Jan 8, 2025 12 mins

C Language C++ Golang

Agentic AI: The top challenges and how to overcome them

Before deploying agentic AI, enterprises should be prepared to address several issues that could impact the trustworthiness and security of the system.

By Adi Polak

Jan 7, 2025 7 mins

Artificial Intelligence Generative AI Software Development

My robot teacher: The challenge of AI in computer science education

Can generative AI accelerate CS learning, or will it short-circuit the creative problem-solving skills future developers need?

By Josh Fruhlinger

Jan 6, 2025 11 mins

Careers Engineer Generative AI

3 forecasts about time-series forecasting

Pre-trained foundation models are making time-series forecasting more accessible and available, unlocking its benefits for smaller organizations with limited resources.

By Cristian Challu

Jan 6, 2025 5 mins

Artificial Intelligence Generative AI

4 keys for writing cross-platform apps

If you're targeting more than one operating system, these high-level pointers will get you in the door and keep you on track.

By Serdar Yegulalp

Jan 1, 2025 7 mins

Software Development

The vital role of red teaming in safeguarding AI systems and data

AI red teaming offers an innovative, proactive method for strengthening AI while mitigating potential risks, helping organizations avoid costly AI incidents. Here’s how it works.

By Dane Sherrets

Dec 31, 2024 5 mins

Application Security Data Governance Data and Information Security

10 hot programming trends — and 10 going cold

Hot or not? From AI models with API fantasies to memory-safe programming and compiled code, get the scoop on what’s in and what’s out in software development.

By Peter Wayner

Dec 30, 2024 12 mins

Generative AI Rust Web Development

Multitenant data management with TiDB

How the TiDB distributed SQL database addresses the key needs of multitenant architectures while also providing advanced features for resource management and data placement.

By Li Shen

Dec 30, 2024 8 mins

Cloud Computing Data Management Databases

What is serverless? Serverless computing explained

Developers spend countless hours writing code, then the operations team spends even more time making sure it runs. Why not just leave the provisioning to someone else?

By Josh Fruhlinger

Dec 25, 2024 9 mins

Cloud Computing PaaS Serverless Computing

Python in 2024: Faster, more powerful, and more popular than ever

It's been a leap-ahead year for Python—bringing on more speed, less cruft, and a large and growing user base.

By Serdar Yegulalp

Dec 25, 2024 4 mins

Programming Languages Python

The AI backlash couldn’t have come at a better time

Developers are tired of hearing about AI as a panacea. The backlash may be just what organizations need to effectively implement the technology.

By Scott McCarty

Dec 24, 2024 7 mins

Artificial Intelligence Generative AI Software Development

Overcoming modern observability challenges

How the Kloudfuse observability platform addresses the needs of modern cloud-native applications with a unified, affordable, and intelligent approach.

By Pankaj Thakkar

Dec 23, 2024 8 mins

Devops Software Development

How generative AI could aid Kubernetes operations

GenAI in enterprise IT has been overhyped. However, some trailblazers hope narrow models will make diagnosing Kubernetes issues easier.

By Bill Doerrfeld

Dec 23, 2024 5 mins

Cloud-Native Devops Kubernetes and Containers

FAQ: Getting started with Bluesky

A microblogging social network spun out of Twitter, Bluesky offers easy onboarding, third-party feeds, decentralized blocking and labeling, and a free API. Here’s how to get started.

By Sharon Machlis

Dec 19, 2024 8 mins

Engineer R Language Technology Industry

Top 5 use cases for small language models

Small language models shine for domain-specific or specialized use cases, while making it easier for enterprises to balance performance, cost, and security concerns.

By Aravind Chandramouli

Dec 17, 2024 5 mins

Artificial Intelligence Generative AI Software Development

4 steps to streamline enterprise cloud spending

With cloud costs on the rise, enterprises need to adopt effective strategies for managing their cloud spend. Take these steps to align cloud investments with their goals and unlock new opportunities for growth and innovation.

By Jo Debecker

Dec 16, 2024 8 mins

Cloud Computing Cloud Management

What tech teams need to know about WebAssembly

Wasm is a compelling technology with an array of use cases up and down the tech stack—but don't let the gotchas surprise you. Here's what teams need to know before adopting WebAssembly.

By Bob Violino

Dec 16, 2024 8 mins

Development Tools Software Development Web Development

InfoWorld’s 2024 Technology of the Year Award winners

InfoWorld recognizes the year’s best products in AI, business intelligence, cloud, devops, and more.

By InfoWorld Awards Team

Dec 12, 2024 33 mins

Business Intelligence Databases Devops

How to build better AI chatbots

1.7 million AI chats in 30 days… and seven big lessons Campfire learned about building better AI chat products.

By Siamak Freydoonnejad

Dec 10, 2024 7 mins

Artificial Intelligence Generative AI Machine Learning

Surveying the LLM application framework landscape

LangChain, LlamaIndex, Semantic Kernel, and Haystack all help you to construct retrieval-augmented generation and other AI-enabled apps using your favorite large language models.

By Martin Heller

Dec 9, 2024 10 mins

Development Tools Generative AI Libraries and Frameworks

What is TypeScript? Strongly typed JavaScript

TypeScript builds on JavaScript's popularity while adding features to make enterprise developers happier and more productive.

By Josh Fruhlinger

Dec 6, 2024 9 mins

JavaScript Programming Languages TypeScript

Understanding unstructured data in the context of AI

What’s the best way to store, search, and analyze content not based on their technical characteristics but on their meaning?

By James Luan

Dec 3, 2024 8 mins

Big Data Databases Generative AI

5 ways AI will change the software development life cycle

As generative AI continues to advance, it will impact every phase of the software development process, not least the role of humans.

By Cory Hymel

Dec 2, 2024 9 mins

Application Life Cycle Management Development Tools Generative AI

Refactoring AI code: The good, the bad, and the weird

For most developers, maintaining and refactoring legacy code is all in a day’s work. But what about when the code was written by AI?

By Josh Fruhlinger

Dec 2, 2024 9 mins

Artificial Intelligence Generative AI Software Development

Python to C: What’s new in Cython 3.1

The next version of the Python-to-C translator will be a major release, with more tools than ever to speed up your code. Here’s how to try it now.

By Serdar Yegulalp

Nov 27, 2024 5 mins

C Language Programming Languages Python

Build generative AI pipelines without the infrastructure headache

How Gencore AI enables the construction of production-ready generative AI pipelines using any data system, vector database, AI model, and prompt endpoint.

By Mike Rinehart and Bharat Patel

Nov 26, 2024 7 mins

Artificial Intelligence Data Management Generative AI