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

Public clouds burnish their on-premises options

As enterprises embrace hybrid solutions to cut costs, scale AI workloads, and set the foundation for sustainable innovation, the hyperscalers adapt their offerings.

By David Linthicum

May 6, 2025 5 mins

Cloud Computing Hybrid Cloud Private Cloud

Why LLM applications need better memory management

Generative AI applications don’t need bigger memory, but smarter forgetting. When building LLM apps, start by shaping working memory.

By Andrew C. Oliver

May 6, 2025 6 mins

Artificial Intelligence Generative AI Software Development

Experiments in JavaScript: What’s new in reactive design

Catch up with the latest innovations in Angular and other leading UI frameworks, get a head start on the new React compiler, and behold the new Rust-based JS tools from the creator of Vue. It’s all here in this month's JavaScript Report.

By Matthew Tyson

May 2, 2025 3 mins

Application Security JavaScript Web Development

Public cloud providers get into the chip market

Microsoft, AWS, Google, and others are disrupting the CPU and GPU markets with custom silicon, and we should have seen this coming.

By David Linthicum

May 2, 2025 5 mins

Cloud Computing Computer Components Security Infrastructure

Redis bets big on an open source return

The company is hopeful that changing its license will allow it to better compete with the Valkey fork.

By Matt Asay

May 1, 2025 6 mins

Databases Open Source Technology Industry

Using the Model Context Protocol in Azure and beyond

Microsoft is rapidly rolling out support for MCP across its Azure cloud services and its AI development tools.

By Simon Bisson

May 1, 2025 8 mins

Artificial Intelligence Development Tools Microsoft Azure

Four essential ingredients of software development

No software project succeeds without attention to detail, teamwork, communication, and standard operating procedures. I learned this from the Navy.

By Nick Hodges

Apr 30, 2025 6 mins

Careers Engineer Software Development

5 ways generative AI boosts cloud and IT operations

Generative AI brings new opportunities to simplify cloud and IT operations. Here’s how IT leaders are using genAI in incident response, security, cloud infrastructure, and finops.

By Isaac Sacolick

Apr 29, 2025 9 mins

Application Security Devops Generative AI

Why hasn’t cheaper hardware lowered cloud prices?

Enterprises should look at cost-effective alternatives like private clouds, colocation, managed service providers, or hybrid solutions.

By David Linthicum

Apr 29, 2025 6 mins

Cloud Computing Data Management Digital Transformation

OpenSearch in 2025: Much more than an Elasticsearch fork

With aggressive improvements in performance and scalability, OpenSearch is following its public road map to widespread success.

By Matt Asay

Apr 28, 2025 7 mins

Amazon Web Services Open Source

Python and WebAssembly? Here’s how to make it work

The current state of tooling for Python-on-Wasm isn’t great, but we’ll walk you through a workaround. You’ll also learn how to set up Python on systems without Wi-Fi, discover the latest version of Django, and get started with AutoK

By Serdar Yegulalp

Apr 25, 2025 2 mins

Careers Programming Languages Python

Hype versus execution in agentic AI

Don’t be swept away by ambitious promises of limitless innovation. Review your business case and infrastructure while you wait for this technology to mature.

By David Linthicum

Apr 25, 2025 5 mins

Generative AI Machine Learning Technology Industry

Micro front ends on the Microsoft web platform

Can we treat front ends like microservices? Microsoft’s web frameworks and libraries lay the groundwork for a new generation of web applications.

By Simon Bisson

Apr 24, 2025 8 mins

Cloud-Native Development Tools

Cubicles are a software development anti-pattern

Developers don’t need open office spaces that foster spontaneous collaboration. They need a quiet place for deep concentration.

By Nick Hodges

Apr 23, 2025 4 mins

Careers Engineer IT Leadership

Breaking the cloud monopoly

Being all-in with the hyperscalers isn't working anymore. Enterprises are diversifying their data platforms for the AI era.

By David Linthicum

Apr 22, 2025 5 mins

Cloud Computing Multicloud Technology Industry

Vibe code or retire

Vibe coding is how we will all write code in the future. Start learning it now, or your career as a software developer will end.

By Andrew C. Oliver

Apr 22, 2025 6 mins

Development Tools Engineer Generative AI

What GitHub can tell us about the future of open source

The numbers of stars, forks, and commits make a strong case that open source is the basis for everything from containers and devops to machine learning and AI.

By Matt Asay

Apr 21, 2025 7 mins

Devops Machine Learning Open Source

Learning how to measure genAI’s impact

Measuring the performance boost from a new CPU is pretty straightforward, but how to measure the performance of an AI model? Developers, tech, and business leaders are being asked to quantify generative AI’s return on investment. Our top storie

By Josh Fruhlinger

Apr 18, 2025 2 mins

Business Intelligence Generative AI Machine Learning

How U.S. tariffs could impact cloud computing

Faced with political uncertainty and complex global supply chains and regulations, smart enterprises will be proactive with their cloud strategies.

By David Linthicum

Apr 18, 2025 6 mins

Digital Transformation IT Strategy Technology Industry

Headlamp: A multicluster management UI for Kubernetes

The new, extensible UI for managing Kubernetes deployments bridges the divide between developers and platform engineers.

By Simon Bisson

Apr 17, 2025 8 mins

Cloud-Native Devops Kubernetes and Containers

The programming language wars

‘Choose the right tool for the job’ never seems to satisfy the diehards who think their tool is the right tool for every job.

By Nick Hodges

Apr 16, 2025 5 mins

Careers Engineer Programming Languages

Measuring success in dataops, data governance, and data security

What metrics do business and tech leaders trust for measuring ROI on dataops, data governance, and data security? We asked the experts.

By Isaac Sacolick

Apr 15, 2025 12 mins

Business Intelligence Data Governance Data and Information Security

Google’s bold step toward hybrid AI integration

It’s about collaboration, not control, recognizing that enterprises need solutions that work across platforms and unique business situations.

By David Linthicum

Apr 15, 2025 5 mins

Generative AI Google Cloud Platform Hybrid Cloud

DeepSeek’s open source movement

DeepSeek, and the open source AI ecosystem surrounding it, has rapidly evolved from a ‘moment’ into an unstoppable global force.

By Matt Asay

Apr 14, 2025 6 mins

Generative AI Open Source Technology Industry

More and faster: New proposals changing Python from within

The dream of a faster Python isn’t here yet, but it’s closer than you might think. Also, get a first look at Python’s new lock file format for project dependencies, find out what to expect in Cython 3.1, and get the scoop on Python

By Serdar Yegulalp

Apr 11, 2025 2 mins

Programming Languages Python Software Development

A multicloud experiment in agentic AI: Lessons learned

Turns out you really can build a decentralized AI system that operates successfully across multiple public cloud providers. It’s both challenging and costly.

By David Linthicum

Apr 11, 2025 7 mins

Artificial Intelligence Generative AI Multicloud

Adding smarts to Azure data lakes with Fabric Data Agents

Conversational data agents in Microsoft’s big data platform bring enterprise data and insights into AI-powered business processes.

By Simon Bisson

Apr 10, 2025 9 mins

Artificial Intelligence Data Warehousing Microsoft Azure

Five things to consider before you deploy an LLM

Enthusiasm for large language models has outstripped capabilities. Before you leap into production, answer these five questions.

By Andrew C. Oliver

Apr 9, 2025 4 mins

Artificial Intelligence Generative AI Software Development

Four paradoxes of software development

Software development is full of paradoxes that are challenging to deal with. Our job is to ship despite them.

By Nick Hodges

Apr 9, 2025 10 mins

Careers Engineer Software Development

Why is cloud-based AI so hard?

Cloud providers are building castles in the sky while enterprises struggle with fundamentals. The gap between AI hype and real-world implementation contributes to misallocated resources and jeopardizes billions of dollars.

By David Linthicum

Apr 8, 2025 6 mins

Artificial Intelligence Cloud Computing Generative AI

AI will require more software developers, not fewer

Data show AI assistants make it significantly faster and easier to develop software, spurring companies to tackle more software projects—and hire more developers.

By Matt Asay

Apr 7, 2025 8 mins

Artificial Intelligence Development Tools Engineer

Blissfully fast and simple JavaScript frameworks

More simplicity, more speed. Dive into standout frameworks Astro, HTMX, and Alpine.js, catch up with React, Angular, and Bun, and feel the JavaScript love and unlove in this month’s JavaScript Report.

By Matthew Tyson

Apr 4, 2025 5 mins

JavaScript TypeScript Web Development

Enterprises are getting worse at multicloud

The rise of AI and GPU-focused clouds is pushing enterprises into chaos. Poor planning and fragmented strategies are jeopardizing the original innovation goals.

By David Linthicum

Apr 4, 2025 5 mins

Cloud Management Computer Components Multicloud

Hyperlight Wasm points to the future of serverless

Microsoft doubles down on its serverless ambitions with a new version of its micro-VM host that runs WebAssembly workloads.

By Simon Bisson

Apr 3, 2025 8 mins

Development Tools Serverless Computing Software Development

Making Python faster won’t be easy, but it’ll be worth it

Optimizing Python isn’t simple, because of the language’s dynamism. Here’s why optimization is still the best option for advancing Python.

By Serdar Yegulalp

Apr 2, 2025 6 mins

Programming Languages Python Software Development

The software industry has known for decades that rewriting a system from scratch is never the right solution. The bigger the system, the worse the mistake.

By Nick Hodges

Apr 2, 2025 4 mins

IT Leadership Software Development

How to start developing a balanced AI governance strategy

A strong AI governance defense does more than reduce risks: it drives the offense, and the offense is what delivers value.

By Isaac Sacolick

Apr 1, 2025 10 mins

Artificial Intelligence Generative AI IT Governance

Agentic AI won’t make public cloud providers rich

The hyperscalers are reeling from the slower-than-expected growth of generative AI on their platforms, and many are now placing bets on agentic AI. I have some bad news.

By David Linthicum

Apr 1, 2025 5 mins

Generative AI Hybrid Cloud Multicloud

How Terraform is evolving infrastructure as code

HashiCorp is successfully targeting the entire infrastructure life cycle, with strong integrations between Terraform and its other products.

By Matt Asay

Mar 31, 2025 6 mins

Cloud Computing Development Tools Devops

Thread-y or not, here’s Python!

There’s more than one way to thread (or not to thread) a Python program. We point you to several threading resources, a fast new static type checker from Astral, a monkey patch for Pandas that adds async support, and more in this month’s

By Serdar Yegulalp

Mar 28, 2025 2 mins

Concurrency Libraries and Frameworks Python

Are we creating too many AI models?

When training an LLM has enormous costs and environmental impact, it’s worth asking what we gain by creating another one—especially if it isn’t that different from other models.

By David Linthicum

Mar 28, 2025 5 mins

Artificial Intelligence Generative AI Technology Industry

What next for WASI on Azure Kubernetes Service?

Microsoft is sunsetting its own Kubernetes WebAssembly node pools feature in May and recommending two different options.

By Simon Bisson

Mar 27, 2025 8 mins

Cloud Computing Kubernetes and Containers Microsoft Azure

Vibe coding is groovy

Vibe coding is a new way of coding with AI, where you guide the model only through natural language. It’s going to change everything.

By Nick Hodges

Mar 26, 2025 5 mins

Artificial Intelligence Development Tools Generative AI

Google acquires Wiz: A win for multicloud security

With a holistic view geared toward preventing security breaches and integration with all major cloud providers, Wiz is a definite asset to the Google ecosystem.

By David Linthicum

Mar 25, 2025 5 mins

Cloud Security Google Cloud Platform Multicloud

OpenTofu becomes the real deal

With an engaged community, compatibility with big-name vendors, and innovative features, the Terraform fork is on an upward trajectory.

By Matt Asay

Mar 24, 2025 7 mins

Open Source Software Development

Everyone needs a genAI strategy now

Generative AI's popular appeal makes it difficult for companies to control the tools their employees are using, but that's only part of the story. This month's report looks at why having a generative AI strategy is important for everyo

By Josh Fruhlinger

Mar 21, 2025 2 mins

Artificial Intelligence Careers Generative AI

Bridging the digital skills gap

It’s time for enterprises to stop complaining about the lack of skilled IT workers and get to work fixing it. The companies that do will unlock billions in value.

By David Linthicum

Mar 21, 2025 5 mins

Careers IT Skills and Training Technology Industry

TypeScript gets Go-faster stripes

A new native compiler based on Go is 10x faster than the current TypeScript compiler, promising significant improvements in tools, developer experience, and developer productivity.

By Simon Bisson

Mar 20, 2025 8 mins

Development Tools Golang TypeScript

You can build it on a Chromebook

Two years ago, I ditched my Windows laptop and started using a Chromebook for software development. I haven’t looked back.

By Nick Hodges

Mar 19, 2025 4 mins

Careers Software Development

How to simplify app migration with generative AI tools

Migrating legacy code and applications to modern systems is risky and time-consuming, but often unavoidable. Here are seven ways genAI tools can make app migrations easier.

By Isaac Sacolick

Mar 18, 2025 10 mins

Artificial Intelligence Development Tools Generative AI