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From prompts to specs: AWS’s Kiro signals the next phase of AI coding tools
AWS has previewed Kiro, a new agentic AI-driven integrated development environment (IDE) that the hyperscaler claims...
How to create your own RAG applications in R
One of the handiest tasks large language models can do for us is answer questions about a specific collection of...
Taking .NET Aspire for a spin
.NET Aspire is an interesting piece of the .NET ecosystem, providing a framework for building, testing, and deploying...
It is time to shift data left
When I started in this industry, there was a bad but common practice. Each new project started with a database schema....
.NET 10 Preview 6 brings JIT improvements, one-shot tool execution
A newly arrived sixth preview of Microsoft’s planned .NET 10 application development platform touts improved JIT code...
Qdrant Cloud adds service for generating text and image embeddings
Qdrant has launched Qdrant Cloud Inference, a managed service that allows developers to generate, store, and index...
Perforce unveils agentic AI test tool for web and mobile apps
Seeking to ease web and mobile app testing by leveraging AI, Perforce Software has unveiled Perfecto AI, an agentic AI...
[Launched] Generally Available: Azure Database for PostgreSQL flexible server: Indonesia Central
Now you can deploy Azure Database for PostgreSQL flexible server in the Indonesia Central region. Learn more.
AWS looks to cut storage costs for LLM embeddings with Amazon S3 Vectors
AWS is previewing a specialized storage offering, Amazon S3 Vectors, that it claims can cut the cost of uploading,...
[Launched] Generally Available: Azure Backup standard policies support for Trusted Launch virtual Machines
Trusted Launch support with standard backup policies enables seamless backup configuration for secure VMs, aligning...
4 tips for getting started with free-threaded Python
Until recently, Python threads ran without true parallelism, as threads yielded to each other for CPU-bound...
Oracle’s Java licensing shift sparks mass migration to open source
Nearly 8 in 10 organizations are moving away from Oracle Java, driven by rising costs and frustration over the...
Database design tips for developers
It is a universal truth that everything in software eventually rots. Things slowly get worse. What starts out as cool...
ECMAScript 2025: The best new features in JavaScript
This year’s update to the JavaScript specification covers a lot of ground. The headline addition is the new built-in...
Cognition agrees to buy what’s left of Windsurf
AI builders are starving for agentic integrated development environments (IDEs), which help developers code more...
Firebase Studio adds autonomous Agent mode, MCP support, Gemini CLI
Google’s Firebase Studio, an AI-powered development workspace hosted in the Google Cloud, has added new AI-assisted...
Retirement: Azure HDInsight – Enterprise Security Package
On July 31, 2026, Support for Enterprise Security Package on Azure HDInsight will end, clusters running ESP on...
Akka releases platform for agentic AI
Akka, provider of a popular framework for building reactive, distributed applications on the JVM, has introduced the...
JavaScript, MacOS lead usage in worldwide developer survey
JavaScript was the most-used language and MacOS the most-used desktop OS in a recent survey of nearly 9,000 developers...
[Launched] Generally Available: Mirroring Azure Databricks Unity Catalog to Microsoft OneLake in Fabric
Announcing the general availability of Mirroring for Azure Databricks Unity Catalog in Microsoft Fabric—a secure,...