Features

How to choose the best LLM using R and vitals

Use the vitals package with ellmer to evaluate and compare the accuracy of LLMs, including writing evals to test local models.

By Sharon Machlis

Apr 6, 202624 mins

Generative AIMachine LearningR Language

3 great new features in Postgres 17

Highly optimized incremental backups, expanded SQL/JSON support, and a configurable SLRU cache are three of the most impactful new features in the latest PostgreSQL release.

By Tom Kincaid

Sep 26, 2024 6 mins

Analytics Databases Software Development

How to get LLM-driven applications into production

Five of the most common and complex challenges organizations face in putting large language models into production and how to tackle them.

By Subutai Ahmad

Sep 26, 2024 7 mins

Artificial Intelligence Generative AI Software Development

What you need to know about AI governance

As more organizations embrace AI, it is vital to document the policies and procedures that govern its use. Here are seven questions that define effective AI governance.

By Isaac Sacolick

Sep 23, 2024 13 mins

Data Governance Generative AI Software Development

How do you govern a sprawling, disparate API portfolio?

The API revolution wasn’t televised. Now, enterprises must figure out how to weave together a patchwork of API styles, standards, and gateways.

By Bill Doerrfeld

Sep 23, 2024 19 mins

APIs Cloud Computing Devops

Why vector databases aren’t just databases

Vector databases don’t just store your data. They find the most meaningful connections within it, driving insights and decisions at scale.

By David Myriel

Sep 23, 2024 5 mins

Artificial Intelligence Databases Generative AI

Text in, docs out: Popular Markdown documentation tools compared

Documentation tools mdBook, Quartz, MkDoc, and HonKit all support Markdown and work with a variety of other languages and formats. Here’s a quick guide to each tool’s standout features and best uses.

By Serdar Yegulalp

Sep 18, 2024 9 mins

JavaScript Python Rust

How Cloud Custodian conquered cloud resource management

Acquiring cloud infrastructure is easy, but controlling cost and usage is hard. Here’s how open-source project Cloud Custodian flipped the script with policy as code.

By Travis Van

Sep 18, 2024 8 mins

Cloud Computing Cloud Management Devops

Can Java rival Python in AI development?

Java proponents see the language gaining traction in AI and machine learning as AI becomes incorporated into business logic.

By Paul Krill

Sep 18, 2024 4 mins

Generative AI Java Programming Languages

Overcoming AI hallucinations with RAG and knowledge graphs

Combining knowledge graphs with retrieval-augmented generation can improve the accuracy of your generative AI application, and generally can be done using your existing database.

By Dom Couldwell

Sep 17, 2024 6 mins

Artificial Intelligence Databases Generative AI

9 hacks for a better nightly build

The build pipeline is the engine of your software development lifecycle, so it pays to keep it tuned up and running right. Here are nine newer and better ways to build code.

By Peter Wayner

Sep 16, 2024 11 mins

Build Automation Java Python

3 common misconceptions around biometrics and authentication

Biometric authentication isn’t invulnerable, but it’s significantly more secure than traditional passwords. Here’s why.

By Rishi Bhargava

Sep 16, 2024 8 mins

Access Control Application Security Authentication

Oracle CloudWorld 2024: Conference news and insights

Oracle CloudWorld 2024 saw Oracle focusing its energies on providing IT infrastructure that can help developers and enterprises take advantage of generative AI in their operations. Here is our complete coverage.

By Anirban Ghoshal

Sep 16, 2024 7 mins

Cloud Computing

Finding the right large language model for your needs

LLMs are powering breakthroughs and efficiencies across industries. When choosing a model, enterprises should consider its intended application, speed, security, cost, language, and ease of use.

By Amanda Saunders

Sep 10, 2024 5 mins

Artificial Intelligence Generative AI Software Development

How to implement a headless data architecture

A headless data architecture can unlock unparalleled data access across your entire organization. It starts with a shift left.

By Adam Bellemare

Sep 9, 2024 12 mins

Data Architecture Data Management Software Development

What software supply chain security really means

In the beginning, we identified two major types of software supply chain attacks and nine minor types. The world keeps insisting on a broader definition.

By John Speed Meyers

Sep 5, 2024 7 mins

Application Security Software Development

PostgreSQL tutorial: Get started with PostgreSQL 16

Get up and running—and avoid the setup pitfalls—with this enterprise-class, open-source database available for all major platforms.

By Serdar Yegulalp

Sep 4, 2024 11 mins

Databases Software Development

What is HTTP/3? The next-generation web protocol

HTTP/3 breaks from HTTP/2 by adopting the QUIC protocol over TCP. Here’s a first look at the new standard and what it means for web developers.

By Matthew Tyson

Sep 4, 2024 8 mins

Software Development Web Development

Dealing with ‘day two’ issues in generative AI deployments

Once you get your retrieval-augmented generation system working effectively, you may face new challenges in scalability, user experience, and operational overhead.

By Dom Couldwell

Sep 3, 2024 8 mins

Artificial Intelligence Data Management Generative AI

The future of Kubernetes and cloud infrastructure

New development approaches and open-source tools are set to address the complexity and scaling challenges of Kubernetes and evolve cloud infrastructure as we know it today.

By Bill Doerrfeld

Sep 2, 2024 12 mins

Cloud Computing Cloud-Native Kubernetes and Containers

Getting map data right and keeping it right

With digital maps and vast databases, there’s no limit to how rich and real-time maps can get. Accuracy and consistency will come from a system of unique identifiers called GERS.

By Marc Prioleau

Sep 2, 2024 7 mins

Data Management Open Source Software Development

What AI regulations mean for software developers

Both the US and the EU have mandated a risk-based approach to AI development. Whatever your risk level, ultimately it’s all about transparency and security.

By Ram Movva and Aviral Verma

Aug 27, 2024 6 mins

Artificial Intelligence Generative AI Software Development

Developing agile ETL flows with Ballerina

The extract, transform, and load phases of ETL typically involve multiple tasks, each of which can be executed independently. This means you can develop each task as a microservice.

By Chathura Ekanayake

Aug 26, 2024 12 mins

Data Integration Data Management Software Development

State of JavaScript: Insights from the latest JavaScript developer survey

The annual State of JavaScript survey is one of the best ways to keep your finger on the pulse of what’s new and noteworthy in the world of JavaScript. Here’s the rundown from the most recent survey.

By Matthew Tyson

Aug 21, 2024 9 mins

JavaScript Programming Languages Software Development

3 languages changing data science

Python, Julia, and Rust are three leading languages for data science, but each has different strengths. Here’s what you need to know.

By Serdar Yegulalp

Aug 21, 2024 8 mins

Data Science Python Rust

API security starts with API discovery

You can’t just fire up a web browser and explore all your APIs running in production. We need discovery tools built for APIs.

By Rob Dickinson

Aug 21, 2024 7 mins

APIs Application Security Software Development

Use the AI S-curve to drive meaningful technological change

Understanding the lumpy pattern of technological evolution is essential for organizations that want to make informed decisions about when to invest in and adopt new technologies.

By Kyle Crum

Aug 20, 2024 8 mins

Artificial Intelligence Generative AI

How to bring runaway cloud costs under control

Don’t let runaway cloud costs take you by surprise. Here are seven ways to keep cloud costs under control while making the most of cloud services.

By Bob Violino

Aug 19, 2024 10 mins

Cloud Computing Software Development

Cutting Kubernetes costs with virtual clusters

vCluster creates lightweight virtual Kubernetes clusters within physical Kubernetes host clusters, dramatically reducing resource consumption—and increasing agility and control.

By Travis Van

Aug 19, 2024 10 mins

Cloud Computing Cloud-Native Kubernetes and Containers

The magic of RAG is in the retrieval

Any leading large language model will do. To succeed with retrieval-augmented generation, focus on optimizing the retrieval model and ensuring high-quality data.

By Chandini Jain

Aug 15, 2024 7 mins

Artificial Intelligence Generative AI Software Development

iPaaS in an AI-driven world

A modern AI-enabled iPaaS solution that supports collaborative workflow design and management can break down silos between IT and business teams and propel automation initiatives forward.

By Rich Waldron

Aug 13, 2024 6 mins

Artificial Intelligence Data Integration Generative AI

Practical strategies for mitigating API security risks

For effective API security, build a collaborative defense across development, operations, and business teams and take advantage of these proven strategies for strengthening defenses.

By Christopher Davey

Aug 12, 2024 6 mins

APIs Application Security DevSecOps

What generative AI can do for sysadmins

For IT admins, engineers, and architects, language models will save time and frustration and increase confidence in troubleshooting, configuration, and many other tasks. Here are six ways they’ll make operations easier.

By Scott McCarty

Aug 7, 2024 13 mins

Artificial Intelligence Generative AI

GitHub Copilot: Productivity boost or DORA metrics disaster?

With the rise of AI-generated code, development teams must become smarter about how they conduct code reviews, apply security tests, and automate their testing.

By Madhup Mishra

Aug 6, 2024 6 mins

Artificial Intelligence Generative AI Software Development

11 reasons the new JavaScript isn’t like the old JavaScript

JavaScript is one of the most successful and versatile programming languages in the world, but it certainly didn’t start out that way. Here are 11 ways that JavaScript today is nothing like the language its inventors envisioned.

By Peter Wayner

Aug 5, 2024 9 mins

JavaScript Programming Languages Software Development

A developer’s guide to the headless data architecture

A headless data architecture means no longer having to coordinate multiple copies of data and being free to use whatever processing or query engine is most suitable for the job. Here’s how it works.

By Adam Bellemare

Aug 5, 2024 9 mins

Data Architecture Data Management Software Development

Why Apache Iceberg is on fire right now

Apache Iceberg provides an open table format for interoperability across data lakes, showing the importance of a true open standard.

By James Malone

Jul 31, 2024 5 mins

Cloud Computing Data Warehousing Databases

How AI will transform data analytics

Just as AI-powered programming assistants make developers more productive, AI will streamline workflows for data analysts. It will also bring vast benefits to business users.

By Maksim Krivobok

Jul 30, 2024 7 mins

Artificial Intelligence Generative AI Software Development

Get ready for more Java licensing changes

The license for Oracle JDK 17 will revert to the Oracle Technology Network License Agreement in September, and users will have some decisions to make.

By Simon Ritter

Jul 29, 2024 5 mins

Java Programming Languages Software Development

What is GraphQL? Better APIs by design

Learn how the open standard for querying data is different from REST and Swagger, and how you can use it to build more flexible and responsive APIs.

By Serdar Yegulalp

Jul 24, 2024 8 mins

APIs Open Source Web Development

How to create an operational data store with TiDB

Take advantage of an operational data store to consolidate data from across your organization and transform it for use in real time.

By Li Shen

Jul 24, 2024 10 mins

Analytics Databases Software Development

Retrieval-augmented generation refined and reinforced

By integrating domain-specific data, RAG ensures that the answers of generative AI systems are richly informed and precisely tailored. More sophisticated techniques are on the horizon.

By Paul Yu-Chun Chang and Bernhard Pflugfelder

Jul 23, 2024 9 mins

Artificial Intelligence Generative AI Software Development

10 more big devops gotchas to watch out for

Think you’re ready for the devops rollout? Be sure to check these common bloopers off your list first.

By Bob Violino

Jul 22, 2024 9 mins

Devops Software Development

How to master multi-tenant data management

Success with a multi-tenant architecture requires the close alignment of design, use case, and underlying technology. Let’s dive into the key design patterns, their benefits, and their challenges.

By Li Shen

Jul 16, 2024 16 mins

Cloud Architecture Cloud Computing Databases

How platform teams lead to better, faster, stronger enterprises

Platform teams have emerged as critical enablers of innovation and efficiency because of their ability to provide a solid foundation for the development, deployment, and scaling of new technologies.

By Mohan Atreya

Jul 10, 2024 7 mins

Cloud Computing Kubernetes and Containers Software Development

8 reasons developers love Go—and 8 reasons they don’t

Like all great languages, Golang has its fans and critics. Turns out, some of the reasons we love Go are the very same reasons we’d like to chuck it.

By Peter Wayner

Jul 8, 2024 10 mins

Golang Programming Languages Software Development

How evolving AI regulations impact cybersecurity

Getting in front of AI risks includes understanding evolving regulations. Here’s what that means for cybersecurity leaders.

By Ram Movva and Aviral Verma

Jul 2, 2024 8 mins

Application Security Data Governance Generative AI

How to install Python the smart way

Learn how to get Python up and running on Windows, macOS, or Linux—and avoid the biggest pitfalls along the way.

By Serdar Yegulalp

Jun 26, 2024 10 mins

Python Software Development

How eBPF is shaping the future of Linux and platform engineering

eBPF allows users to load and safely run custom programs within the Linux kernel, without requiring direct changes to the kernel itself. The possibilities are endless.

By Travis Van

Jun 26, 2024 11 mins

Cloud Computing Cloud-Native Kubernetes and Containers