Amazon DocumentDB Serverless is now available

Today, we’re announcing the general availability of Amazon DocumentDB Serverless, a new configuration for Amazon DocumentDB (with MongoDB compatibility) that automatically scales compute and memory based on your application’s demand. Amazon DocumentDB Serverless...

Basic and advanced pattern matching in Java

Pattern matching is a way to simplify your code by checking if a value fits a certain structure or type, without having to write messy, repetitive checks. Instead of using multiple if statements and manual type casting, you can simply let Java do the heavy lifting....

Why MCP matters – and how to secure it

Every new protocol introduces its own complexities. When a new protocol shows up, the first question to ask is whether it is truly necessary. So, let’s ask that question about the Model Context Protocol (MCP). The current wave of agentic apps, sparked by tools like...

Managing Azure VMs with Project Flash

Microsoft has a long history of turning its internal tools into products, especially as part of Azure. That’s not surprising: The company is building and running the same cloud-native applications as its customers, with the same requirements and the same problems,...