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OpenAI’s desktop superapp: The end of ChatGPT as we know it?

A product consolidation raises bigger questions about where OpenAI is really headed.

By Gyana Swain

Mar 20, 20265 mins

Artificial IntelligenceDevelopment ToolsSoftware Development

Swift 5.5 introduces async/await, structured concurrency, and actors

‘Massive’ upgrade to the Apple-developed programming language also brings new package management capabilities.

By Paul Krill

Sep 22, 2021 2 mins

Programming Languages Software Development Swift

Open source skills only got hotter during the pandemic

A recent survey shows enormous pent up demand for open source skills to help organizations drive their cloud strategies and digital transformation efforts.

By Scott Carey

Sep 22, 2021 3 mins

Careers Cloud Computing Open Source

Ruby on Rails 7 overhauls JavaScript support

Alpha release of Rails 7 tosses Webpacker in favor of a Node-less approach to JavaScript bundling.

By Paul Krill

Sep 21, 2021 2 mins

JavaScript Libraries and Frameworks Ruby

Deno 1.14 extends Web Crypto API

Latest update to the Node.js rival also stabilizes the WebSocket API, introduces file locking APIs, and updates the Deno extension for Visual Studio Code.

By Paul Krill

Sep 17, 2021 2 mins

JavaScript Libraries and Frameworks Web Development

Visual Studio 2022 Preview 4 shines on developer productivity

Search and IntelliSense performance, hot reload, and debugging get attention in the planned 64-bit upgrade to Microsoft’s flagship IDE.

By Paul Krill

Sep 16, 2021 2 mins

Development Tools Software Development

DataStax offers serverless, NoSQL Astra DB across multiple regions, clouds

DataStax's move to make its Astra DB database as a service (DBaaS) available in multiple public cloud regions globally helps set it apart from other serverless offerings.

By Anirban Ghoshal

Sep 15, 2021 4 mins

Databases Open Source Serverless Computing

Eclipse’s Jakarta EE gains momentum

Developer survey by the open source foundation finds nearly half of respondents will migrate to Jakarta within two years.

By Paul Krill

Sep 15, 2021 2 mins

Java Libraries and Frameworks Programming Languages

JDK 17: The new features in Java 17

The latest long-term support release of standard Java features always-strict floating point semantics, a foreign function and memory API, a uniform API for pseudo random number generators, and much more.

By Paul Krill

Sep 14, 2021 10 mins

Java Programming Languages Software Development

Python slithers toward top of language popularity index

The Python programming language closes in on leader C in the September Tiobe rankings.

By Paul Krill

Sep 13, 2021 2 mins

Programming Languages Python Software Development

Mendix low-code PaaS adds Industry Clouds for key business sectors

At its Mendix World event, the low-code vendor announced ways for ISVs and partners to sell on its marketplace, as well as new AI, automation and Data Hub capabilities.

By Anirban Ghoshal

Sep 13, 2021 5 mins

Machine Learning No Code and Low Code Software Development

Google Flutter 2.5 UI kit is now stable

The updated version hones in on performance and improved capabilities for Android and iOS.

By Paul Krill

Sep 10, 2021 3 mins

Mobile Development Technology Industry

Java internet address resolution plan proposed

The OpenJDK community plans to develop a Service Provider Interface.

By Paul Krill

Sep 9, 2021 3 mins

Java Technology Industry

JetBrains previews data science IDE

DataSpell offers data analysis and machine learning model prototyping.

By Paul Krill

Sep 8, 2021 2 mins

Data Science Development Tools Machine Learning

Microsoft open-sources Java garbage collection analyzer

GCToolkit parses log files into discrete events and has an API for aggregating data from those events, allowing complex analyses of the state of managed memory in the JVM.

By Paul Krill

Sep 6, 2021 2 mins

Java Libraries and Frameworks Technology Industry

Visual Studio Code editor moves forward on language detection

Microsoft editor also supports native bracket pair colorization and TypeScript 4.4.

By Paul Krill

Sep 3, 2021 2 mins

Development Tools JavaScript Python

Microsoft offers Productivity Power Tools for Visual Studio 2022 IDE

Extensions are readied for many tasks, including HTML copying, help access, error message viewing, and others.

By Paul Krill

Sep 2, 2021 2 mins

Development Tools

VMware’s new Tanzu platform aims to unify Kubernetes development

The beta release of TAP promises to abstract the complexity of Kubernetes for enterprise developers at all stages of their cloud-native journey.

By Scott Carey

Sep 1, 2021 5 mins

Software Development

Pyston, the Python alternative, gets backing from Anaconda

Lead developers hired by data science platform maker to improve Python performance and build a sustainable Pyston community.

By Paul Krill

Sep 1, 2021 2 mins

Open Source Programming Languages Python

Docker Desktop is no longer free for enterprise users

Docker is changing its pricing plans, ending free Docker Desktop use for larger business customers and replacing its Free plan with a Personal plan.

By Scott Carey

Aug 31, 2021 2 mins

Software Development

Deno 1.13 emphasizes HTTP server API stability

Upgrades to native HTTP server are now advised for users of JavaScript/TypeScript runtime.

By Paul Krill

Aug 31, 2021 3 mins

JavaScript Software Development

Kotlin update previews experimental features

Kotlin 1.5.30 offers trial run of sealed when statements and suspend functions, language features that could be production-ready in Kotlin 1.60.

By Paul Krill

Aug 27, 2021 3 mins

Java Kotlin Programming Languages

As devops matures into devsecops, cultural obstacles continue to exert drag.

By David Braue

Aug 25, 2021 4 mins

Cloud Computing Devops Software Development

GitHub CLI 2.0 introduces extensions

GitHub CLI extensions allow developers to customize the functionality of the command line tool and share custom commands with other users.

By Paul Krill

Aug 25, 2021 2 mins

Software Development Version Control Systems

Microsoft, Google partner on eBPF

The extended Berkeley Packet Filter, which can run sandboxed programs in an operating system kernel, is moving beyond Linux.

By Paul Krill

Aug 24, 2021 2 mins

Open Source Small and Medium Business Technology Industry

JetBrains’ Go language IDE prepares for generics

Upcoming version of GoLand to accommodate highly anticipated language feature.

By Paul Krill

Aug 21, 2021 2 mins

Development Tools Golang Software Development

Microsoft details .NET 6 performance boosts

Forthcoming upgrade to Microsoft’s software development platform promises to run better in multiple areas including compilation and garbage collection.

By Paul Krill

Aug 19, 2021 2 mins

Libraries and Frameworks Microsoft .NET Software Development

Go 1.17 brings language and compiler enhancements

Update to Google’s open source programming language introduces enhancements for writing safe pointer operations and a more performant method of passing function arguments.

By Paul Krill

Aug 18, 2021 2 mins

Golang Open Source Programming Languages

Visual Studio Code previews ML-based language detection

Visual Studio Code 1.59, aka the July 2021 edition, also features a preview of a debug Disassembly view.

By Paul Krill

Aug 17, 2021 3 mins

Development Tools Software Development

TypeScript 4.4 brings performance boosts

Now in a release candidate stage, the next upgrade to Microsoft’s typed JavaScript also introduces control flow analysis and spelling suggestions in plain JavaScript files.

By Paul Krill

Aug 16, 2021 2 mins

JavaScript Libraries and Frameworks Web Development

Visual Studio 2022 Preview 3 shines on JavaScript, TypeScript, Git

Multi-repo capabilities also highlighted in planned upgrade to Microsoft’s flagship IDE.

By Paul Krill

Aug 13, 2021 2 mins

Development Tools JavaScript Software Development

OpenAI offers API for GitHub Copilot AI model

Available through the OpenAI API in a private beta, Codex can translate natural language into code in upwards of a dozen programming language.

By Paul Krill

Aug 12, 2021 2 mins

Artificial Intelligence Software Development

Vue 3.2 promises a speed boost

Latest update to the popular JavaScript framework brings ‘significant’ performance improvements to the reactivity system.

By Paul Krill

Aug 11, 2021 2 mins

JavaScript Libraries and Frameworks Web Development

Oracle accelerates MySQL HeatWave queries with machine learning

MySQL Autopilot uses advanced machine learning techniques to accelerate HeatWave query performance and scalability in Oracle Cloud’s MySQL Database Service.

By Paul Krill

Aug 10, 2021 3 mins

Cloud Computing Databases Machine Learning

JetBrains Java IDE adds project analysis, build system improvements

JetBrains IntelliJ IDEA 2021.2 checks Java code changes for errors before compilation and eases management of Maven and Gradle dependencies with Package Search plug-in.

By Paul Krill

Aug 9, 2021 3 mins

Development Tools Java Software Development

What’s new in Kubernetes 1.22

The latest release of the popular open source system for running containerized applications brings Server-side Apply out of beta and improves support for Windows hosts.

By Serdar Yegulalp

Aug 5, 2021 17 mins

Cloud Computing Software Development

Developers love Rust and Svelte, dread AngularJS, Stack Overflow survey says

2021 survey by the developer Q&A site also found that developers earn more for Clojure, DynamoDB, AWS, and Ruby on Rails.

By Paul Krill

Aug 5, 2021 2 mins

Development Tools Libraries and Frameworks Programming Languages

Oracle launches Verrazzano container platform for Kubernetes

Platform promises to unify application lifecycle management across microservices and traditional applications and to bridge on-premises and cloud environments.

By Paul Krill

Aug 4, 2021 2 mins

Cloud Computing Java Software Development

Eclipse Temurin Java SE binaries debut

Eclipse Adoptium project releases the first binaries of its OpenJDK builds for ‘demanding’ environments, while Azul offers commercial support.

By Paul Krill

Aug 3, 2021 2 mins

Java Programming Languages Software Development

GitHub Copilot is ‘unacceptable and unjust,’ says Free Software Foundation

The non-profit defender of software freedom has raised questions about the fairness, legitimacy, and legality of GitHub’s AI-driven coding assistant.

By Paul Krill

Aug 2, 2021 3 mins

Artificial Intelligence Machine Learning Technology Industry

Jetpack Compose for Android turns GA

Google’s ‘modern’ declarative toolkit for building native Android user interfaces is now available in a 1.0 production release.

By Paul Krill

Jul 30, 2021 2 mins

Libraries and Frameworks Mobile Development Technology Industry

OpenAI debuts Python-based Triton for GPU-powered machine learning

Triton uses Python’s syntax to compile to GPU-native code, without the complexities of GPU programming.

By Serdar Yegulalp

Jul 29, 2021 2 mins

Analytics Machine Learning Python

Microsoft .NET adoption gets boost from open source

Microsoft credits open source and cross-platform support for the increased adoption of its software development platform.

By Paul Krill

Jul 29, 2021 2 mins

Libraries and Frameworks Microsoft .NET Open Source

GraalVM adds Native Image, compiler enhancements

Upgrade to the high-performance, multi-language runtime also offers improvements for Java, JavaScript, Ruby, Python, and WebAssembly.

By Paul Krill

Jul 28, 2021 3 mins

C Language C++ Java

GitHub to help developers with DMCA disputes

GitHub ‘developer rights’ program will provide legal support to developers whose source code runs afoul of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act.

By Paul Krill

Jul 27, 2021 2 mins

Open Source Software Development Technology Industry

Microsoft sunsets Xamarin toolkit

With .NET MAUI due to arrive in November 2021, Microsoft announced it would end updates to the Xamarin mobile app development platform in November 2022.

By Paul Krill

Jul 22, 2021 2 mins

Microsoft .NET Mobile Development Technology Industry

Java state API would speed app startup

OpenJDK proposal would eliminate the long start-up times of Java applications by saving the state of the Java runtime and using it to start instances fast.

By Paul Krill

Jul 21, 2021 3 mins

Java Programming Languages Software Development

Visual Studio Code 1.58 improves debugging, Jupyter Notebook support

With the June 2021 release of VS Code, Microsoft also unveiled plans for improving the editor’s Java support in coming months.

By Paul Krill

Jul 20, 2021 3 mins

Development Tools Java Software Development

Why companies get stuck in the middle of their devops journey

The 10th State of Devops report by automation software vendor Puppet shows that the vast majority of organizations are still stuck in the mid-evolution phase, with organizational and cultural factors remaining the big blockers to enterprise-wide succ

By Scott Carey

Jul 20, 2021 4 mins

Application Life Cycle Management Devops Software Development

Microsoft’s Visual Studio 2022 Preview 2 arrives

Planned 64-bit version of popular IDE hones in on code changes, debugging.

By Paul Krill

Jul 19, 2021 2 mins

C++ Development Tools

MongoDB goes serverless with latest Atlas release

The NoSQL database specialist is making its managed Atlas service available on a serverless basis, and has announced a host of updates to version 5.0 of its core product.

By Scott Carey

Jul 13, 2021 3 mins

Cloud Computing Databases