Oracle extends support for on-prem Oracle Database 19c

by | Feb 19, 2025 | Cloud

As the status of an on-premises version of Oracle Database 23ai remains in limbo, the company has tossed a bone to its on-prem Oracle Database 19c customers in the form of an extension of Premier Support to Dec. 31, 2029, and Extended Support to Dec. 31, 2032. This...

Generative AI vs. the software developer

by | Feb 19, 2025 | Cloud

If you aren’t aware of the tectonic shift that is generative artificial intelligence, then I can only assume your phone has been on Airplane mode for the last year. You can’t swing a laptop bag these days without knocking over four startups doing something with...

Intro to Elixir: A fresh take on functional programming

by | Feb 19, 2025 | Cloud

Elixir is one of the most interesting stories in the world of programming languages right now. Built on the Erlang ecosystem, Elixir offers a fresh take on functional programming and new ways of thinking about concurrency and fault tolerance. We’ll start with a quick...

How to use asyncio: Python’s built-in async library

by | Feb 19, 2025 | Cloud

Python’s asynchronous programming functionality, or async for short, allows you to write programs that get more work done by not waiting for independent tasks to finish. The asyncio library is a set of tools included with Python for asynchronously processing disk or...