Opinion

The ‘toggle-away’ efficiencies: Cutting AI costs inside the training loop

You don't need the newest GPUs to save money on AI; simple tweaks like "smoke tests" and fixing data bottlenecks can slash your cloud bill and carbon footprint.

By Jayachander Reddy Kandakatla

Mar 20, 20269 mins

Artificial IntelligenceGenerative AITechnology Industry

By Gautam Sikka

Mar 20, 20269 mins

Artificial IntelligenceSoftware DevelopmentTechnology Industry

Is cloud-based AI becoming a monopoly?

An FTC report raises concerns about AI partnerships among major tech firms. However, the vibrant ecosystem of startups suggests that competition remains robust.

By David Linthicum

Jan 24, 2025 6 mins

Artificial Intelligence Generative AI Technology Industry

Stratoshark analyzes cloud applications at a syscall level

Capture and analyze the system call and log activity of your cloud-based Linux containers using a new tool based on the familiar Wireshark.

By Simon Bisson

Jan 23, 2025 8 mins

Cloud-Native DevSecOps Kubernetes and Containers

State of JavaScript: Highlights of the JavaScript developer survey

The latest State of JavaScript survey provides an up-close look at the JavaScript language features, tools, libraries, and frameworks developers are using and how they're using them.

By Matthew Tyson

Jan 22, 2025 10 mins

JavaScript Libraries and Frameworks Programming Languages

How to deal with a big pile of mud

A four-step program to swallowing your self-pity and making the most of the convoluted and incoherent code base you inherited.

By Nick Hodges

Jan 22, 2025 5 mins

Careers Engineer Software Development

The AI security tsunami

Harnessing the power of AI is essential for modern cloud security because AI is also the latest weapon. Enterprises must mitigate evolving threats while adopting new technologies.

By David Linthicum

Jan 21, 2025 5 mins

Artificial Intelligence Data and Information Security Generative AI

Are 10% of your software engineers lazy?

New research from Stanford University finds that a tenth of software developers are ‘ghosts’ who ‘do virtually nothing.’ Oops.

By Matt Asay

Jan 20, 2025 4 mins

Careers Engineer Technology Industry

Python eats the world

Python wasn't just the top language last year, it earned that rank by a wide margin. What's next for Tiobe's leading language of 2024?

By Serdar Yegulalp

Jan 17, 2025 2 mins

Programming Languages Python Software Development

Federated learning: The killer use case for generative AI

As enterprises struggle to balance AI capabilities against data privacy concerns, federated learning provides the best of both worlds.

By David Linthicum

Jan 17, 2025 6 mins

Artificial Intelligence Data Integration Generative AI

Build API clients with Microsoft Kiota

Project Kiota uses OpenAPI definitions to automate API client development, using the languages and toolchains you prefer.

By Simon Bisson

Jan 16, 2025 8 mins

APIs Libraries and Frameworks Software Development

Where big piles of mud come from

Convoluted masses of incoherent code have many different origins and many different causes. Let’s explore.

By Nick Hodges

Jan 15, 2025 5 mins

Software Development

The cloud cost wake-up call I predicted

Effective financial management requires a comprehensive understanding of the hidden costs of cloud computing. A multicloud strategy makes vigilance even more critical.

By David Linthicum

Jan 14, 2025 5 mins

Cloud Management Cloud-Native Kubernetes and Containers

Yes, you should use AI coding assistants—but not like that

Use of AI has increased both the amount of code delivered and the amount of code that needs reworking. Don’t use more AI than you can handle.

By Matt Asay

Jan 13, 2025 5 mins

Artificial Intelligence Development Tools Generative AI

Why JavaScript’s still on top in 2025

Some say JavaScript is half-baked—we call it dynamic. Here's your monthly roundup of the best JavaScript updates, tutorials, and resources for developers.

By Matthew Tyson

Jan 10, 2025 3 mins

JavaScript Libraries and Frameworks TypeScript

Ephemeral environments in cloud-native development

Ephemeral environments promise cost savings and increased productivity, but only if enterprises are prepared to manage their complexity and potential pitfalls.

By David Linthicum

Jan 10, 2025 5 mins

Cloud Computing Cloud-Native Development Approaches

Working with minimal APIs in .NET

Build smaller microservices with a flexible, easy to use way to build HTTP APIs without excess overhead.

By Simon Bisson

Jan 9, 2025 7 mins

APIs Cloud-Native Microsoft .NET

5 ways data teams must lead in AI-driven organizations

The future of work requires data teams to lead with data governance, ops, and products that make data reliable and discoverable for business users and use cases.

By Isaac Sacolick

Jan 7, 2025 9 mins

Data Architecture Generative AI Software Development

Cloud providers are running out of ‘next big things’

As cloud computing providers hit the innovation wall, enterprises need to adjust their strategies to concentrate on the tricky problems of their own businesses.

By David Linthicum

Jan 7, 2025 5 mins

Cloud Computing Generative AI Technology Industry

Someone needs to make AI easy

Is anyone building practical, reliable AI applications for workaday developers? Right now success in AI requires the skills of a tech alpha who enjoys tinkering with primitive tools.

By Matt Asay

Jan 6, 2025 5 mins

Artificial Intelligence Generative AI Technology Industry

Write Python like it’s 2025

Leap into the new year with our top picks for the best features and tutorials for forward-looking Pythonistas.

By Serdar Yegulalp

Jan 3, 2025 2 mins

Programming Languages Python Software Development

The cloud architecture renaissance of 2025

An enterprise cloud revolution is coming in 2025, and there will be winners and losers. Here’s your practical blueprint for success.

By David Linthicum

Jan 3, 2025 5 mins

Cloud Architecture Cloud Computing Technology Industry

Fine-tuning Azure OpenAI models in Azure AI Foundry

Microsoft Azure’s new AI toolkit makes it easy to customize OpenAI large language models for your applications.

By Simon Bisson

Jan 2, 2025 10 mins

Artificial Intelligence Generative AI Microsoft Azure

The long-term impacts of AI on networking

Analyzing AI traffic flows is critical in choosing cluster network hardware, say enterprise IT professionals who found they knew little about AI network needs until they ran their own trials.

By Tom Nolle

Dec 30, 2024 1 min

Artificial Intelligence

The future of open source will be messy

Meta and other leading makers of ‘open’ AI models aren’t willing to cede policing of the term ‘open source’ to the Open Source Initiative. And developers don’t seem to care.

By Matt Asay

Dec 30, 2024 5 mins

Generative AI Open Source Technology Industry

The exciting new world of Redis

With its founder returning and new developments in generative AI, the company is forging a different future than its Valkey fork.

By Matt Asay

Dec 23, 2024 6 mins

Databases Generative AI Open Source

Cost-conscious cloud repatriation strategies

Companies are reassessing their cloud strategies as they pursue cost-effective solutions and operational efficiency on premises.

By David Linthicum

Dec 20, 2024 5 mins

Cloud Management Hybrid Cloud Technology Industry

Getting started with Azure Managed Redis

Azure’s new fully managed, in-memory database service based on Redis Enterprise brings capabilities and performance beyond its Azure Cache for Redis offering.

By Simon Bisson

Dec 19, 2024 8 mins

Kubernetes and Containers Microsoft Azure Serverless Computing

You have a license to code

You don’t need a computer science degree, a college education, a state license, or anyone’s permission to write code. Just do it.

By Nick Hodges

Dec 18, 2024 5 mins

Careers Engineer Software Development

Smarter devops: How to avoid deployment horrors

Every deployment carries risks, but smarter devops teams know how to balance speed with preparedness to avoid deployment horrors.

By Isaac Sacolick

Dec 17, 2024 9 mins

Devops Software Development

Does AWS have a complexity problem?

The cloud computing giant has finally realized it must deal with complexity, by adopting a six-step framework it calls ‘simplexity.’ It doesn’t scale.

By David Linthicum

Dec 17, 2024 6 mins

Amazon Web Services Cloud Computing Multicloud

Weaponizing generative AI

The security of genAI models is iffy and takes a back seat to other issues, but with developers increasingly using genAI for code, it needs to become a priority.

By Matt Asay

Dec 16, 2024 4 mins

Artificial Intelligence Generative AI Security

The Python AI library hack that didn’t hack Python

There are some critical takeaways from the Ultralytics AI Python library hack, but they're not the ones you might expect. Also, 10 tips for making Python faster and a look at uv—the all-in-one Python project management tool that replaces p

By Serdar Yegulalp

Dec 13, 2024 2 mins

Programming Languages Python Software Development

Chicago flunks cloud economics

The city’s cynical plan to increase cloud computing taxes during a billion-dollar budget shortfall will drive away the businesses it needs to succeed.

By David Linthicum

Dec 13, 2024 6 mins

Cloud Computing Technology Industry

Azure hardware innovations and the serverless cloud future

Microsoft Azure CTO Mark Russinovich’s annual presentation on Azure hardware revealed a lot about the future of Microsoft’s cloud.

By Simon Bisson

Dec 12, 2024 9 mins

Generative AI Kubernetes and Containers Microsoft Azure

3 takeaways from the Ultralytics AI Python library hack

The Ultralytics AI library hack points to critical vulnerabilities in the Python ecosystem—but not where you might think. Here's what developers need to know.

By Serdar Yegulalp

Dec 11, 2024 5 mins

Application Security Python Version Control Systems

The makers and takers of WordPress

It was bound to happen. There was just too much money involved.

By Nick Hodges

Dec 11, 2024 5 mins

Open Source Software Development Technology Industry

5G never delivered for cloud computing

As we focus on the next generation of network communications, we’d be wise to remember what an expensive distraction 5G turned out to be.

By David Linthicum

Dec 10, 2024 5 mins

Cloud Computing Technology Industry

Why business teams must stay out of application development

Citizen development enabled by low-code and no-code tools works for apps that are simple, independent, internal, and low-risk. But real apps should be built by real developers.

By Venugopal Jidigam

Dec 9, 2024 6 mins

Careers Engineer No Code and Low Code

Why AI coding assistants are best for experienced developers

Generative AI tools write code quickly, but need constant supervision and correction. They can be more harmful than helpful in the hands of junior engineers.

By Matt Asay

Dec 9, 2024 5 mins

Artificial Intelligence Development Tools Generative AI

Public cloud providers are fumbling the AI opportunity

Their current success and growth are thanks to AI adoption, but unsustainable costs and viable alternatives may turn enterprises away in the longer term.

By David Linthicum

Dec 6, 2024 5 mins

Artificial Intelligence Generative AI Technology Industry

Get started with Azure AI Content Understanding

Microsoft’s new generative AI-powered, multimodal, content analysis service is a next-generation version of its existing Cognitive Services platform.

By Simon Bisson

Dec 5, 2024 8 mins

Analytics Generative AI Microsoft Azure

Just say no to JavaScript

JavaScript gives you too many ways to shoot yourself in the foot. Just what you’d expect from a programming language that was created in a week.

By Nick Hodges

Dec 4, 2024 7 mins

JavaScript Programming Languages TypeScript

How AI agents will transform the future of work

AI agents are already reengineering software development, business processes, and customer experiences. Here's what you need to know.

By Isaac Sacolick

Dec 3, 2024 12 mins

Artificial Intelligence Generative AI Software Development

Open-washing and the illusion of AI openness

Cloud AI providers brag that their generative AI and large language models are open, and enterprises are falling for it.

By David Linthicum

Dec 3, 2024 6 mins

Generative AI Open Source Technology Industry

The dangers of fashion-driven tech decisions

Following the crowd can be an expensive mistake—just ask the developers trying to make Kubernetes or AI fit.

By Matt Asay

Dec 2, 2024 5 mins

Generative AI Kubernetes and Containers Technology Industry

Python 3.14 is a rational constant

Python 3.14, named after a famous irrational constant, has arrived in preview. Plus new goodness in Cython 3.1, using Python’s structural pattern matching, querying the NanoCube, and more.

By Serdar Yegulalp

Nov 29, 2024 2 mins

Programming Languages Python Software Development

Are we worse at cloud computing than 10 years ago?

Growing cloud complexity, undisciplined planning, and a shrinking talent pool lead to more failures than successes. Here’s how to avoid becoming another cautionary tale.

By David Linthicum

Nov 29, 2024 6 mins

Cloud Computing Cloud Management IT Skills and Training

Copilot Studio Agents get a major upgrade via Microsoft 365 Copilot

Microsoft uses Ignite 2024 to set out its vision for agentic AI in business.

By Simon Bisson

Nov 28, 2024 7 mins

Development Tools Generative AI Microsoft Azure

A software developer gives thanks

10 people and technologies software developers should celebrate this Thanksgiving, from Alan Turing, Anders Hejlsberg, and Tim Berners-Lee to OOP, REST, and GPS.

By Nick Hodges

Nov 27, 2024 5 mins

Development Tools Programming Languages Software Development

Are cloud units a good measure of cloud value?

Finops uses cloud units to connect cloud costs with business value. But applying a simple and generic metric to complex and unique business uses leaves me with a lot of questions.

By David Linthicum

Nov 26, 2024 6 mins

Cloud Architecture Cloud Computing Cloud Management