Features

First look: Electrobun for TypeScript-powered desktop apps

Powered by the TypesScript-native runtime Bun, Electrobun improves Electron with a smaller application footprint and built-in update mechanisms.

By Serdar Yegulalp

Mar 11, 20267 mins

JavaScriptTypeScriptWeb Development

How to choose a data analytics and machine learning platform

A brief guide to data visualization, data analytics, and data science platform capabilities and differences, and seven steps to selecting the right data platform for your needs.

By Isaac Sacolick

Jun 17, 2024 11 mins

Data Science Enterprise Buyer’s Guides Machine Learning

4 highlights from EDB Postgres AI

New platform product supports transactional, analytical, and AI workloads.

By Aislinn Shea Wright

Jun 13, 2024 7 mins

Analytics Databases Generative AI

5 popular Rust web frameworks—which one is right for you?

From the simplicity of Poem to the full-featured speed of Actix, there’s a Rust web framework for most every user and need.

By Serdar Yegulalp

Jun 12, 2024 10 mins

Programming Languages Rust Web Development

Solving the data quality problem in generative AI

It’s no longer how good your model is, it’s how good your data is. Why privacy-preserving synthetic data is key to scaling AI.

By Alex Watson

Jun 11, 2024 8 mins

Data Governance Data Quality Generative AI

11 surprising ways developers are using Wasm

What can you do with Wasm? The list keeps growing. Here are some of the best ways developers are using WebAssembly today.

By Peter Wayner

Jun 10, 2024 8 mins

Data Science Java Web Development

How a data exchange platform eases data integration

Importing, transforming, and validating data from unmanaged external sources is a messy, complex process. A data exchange platform can help.

By David Boskovic

Jun 6, 2024 9 mins

Data Integration Data Management

Addressing workers’ concerns about AI

Successful integration of AI into daily operations hinges on front-line employees, yet the impact on their morale is often overlooked.

By Bill Surrette

Jun 4, 2024 9 mins

Artificial Intelligence Careers Generative AI

Advanced CI/CD: 6 steps to better CI/CD pipelines

There is CI/CD and then there is advanced CI/CD. Here are six ways devsecops teams can improve the security and performance of their software delivery process.

By Isaac Sacolick

Jun 3, 2024 10 mins

Build Automation Devops Software Development

How Kubernetes succeeded

Kubernetes started as one of many tools for container orchestration. Ten years later it’s the leading platform for cloud-native applications.

By Sergey Pronin

Jun 3, 2024 5 mins

Cloud Computing Software Development

What is model quantization? Smaller, faster LLMs

Reducing the precision of model weights can make deep neural networks run faster in less GPU memory, while preserving model accuracy.

By Martin Heller

May 31, 2024 8 mins

Artificial Intelligence Generative AI Software Development

How CPUs will address the energy challenges of generative AI

Balancing performance, energy efficiency, and cost-effectiveness, CPUs adeptly handle the less-intensive inference tasks that make up the lion’s share of AI workloads.

By Jeff Wittich

May 30, 2024 8 mins

Artificial Intelligence Generative AI Technology Industry

Why enterprises rely on JavaScript, Python, and Java

Three programming languages have remained the top choices for developers for nearly 30 years, and will for the foreseeable future.

By Simon Ritter

May 27, 2024 5 mins

Java JavaScript Python

10 big devops mistakes and how to avoid them

Devops adoption is on the rise and more organizations are reaping the rewards—and learning from their mistakes. Here’s what you need to know before getting started.

By Bob Violino

May 27, 2024 8 mins

Careers Devops Software Development

Architecting flexible back ends with GraphQL

More flexible and more efficient than REST, GraphQL enables a more streamlined API architecture. Use GraphQL with Ballerina and Choreo for seamless integration.

By Anupama Pathirage

May 23, 2024 9 mins

APIs Development Tools Libraries and Frameworks

Why you should use SQLite

Learn why this compact embedded relational database shines for many desktop, mobile, and edge computing applications

By Serdar Yegulalp

May 22, 2024 8 mins

Databases SQL Software Development

Responsible AI starts with democratizing AI knowledge

The average user of AI lacks an adequate understanding of the tools they increasingly depend on for decision-making and work. We need to change that.

By Peter Wang

May 21, 2024 4 mins

Generative AI Open Source Technology Industry

How to learn a programming language using AI

You can learn a lot about programming from AI assistants. Take advantage of these tips and techniques to improve your experience.

By Khalid Abuhakmeh

May 20, 2024 10 mins

Artificial Intelligence Generative AI Programming Languages

10 more bad programming habits we secretly love

Some bad habits are too good to quit—especially if you can make them work for you. Here are 10 supposedly bad programming habits that developers won’t lose.

By Peter Wayner

May 20, 2024 10 mins

Engineer Programming Languages Software Development

12 principles for improving devsecops

SaaS organizations lead the pack when it comes to application reliability, scalability, security, and customer satisfaction. Here are 12 principles devsecops leaders can adopt from SaaS.

By Isaac Sacolick

May 20, 2024 11 mins

Cloud Computing Devops SaaS

Kora: A cloud-native redesign of the Apache Kafka engine

Five key innovations that increased the performance, availability, and cost-efficiency of the engine at the heart of Confluent’s managed Apache Kafka service.

By Prince Mahajan

May 16, 2024 12 mins

Cloud Architecture Cloud Computing Software Development

SQL at 50: What’s next for the structured query language?not easy to learn

Even if generative AI hides SQL behind the curtain, it will continue to play a critical role in how we interact with and use data.

By Charly Batista

May 16, 2024 6 mins

Databases Programming Languages SQL

The limitations of model fine-tuning and RAG

Fine-tuning and retrieval augmentation are time-consuming and expensive. A better way of specializing LLMs is on the horizon.

By Jignesh Patel

May 14, 2024 8 mins

Artificial Intelligence Generative AI Software Development

Understanding the generative AI development process

Developing generative AI applications is very different from developing traditional machine learning applications. These are the steps.

By Martin Heller

May 13, 2024 15 mins

Artificial Intelligence Generative AI Machine Learning

Grafana: Shining a light into Kubernetes clusters

Grafana creator Torkel Ödegaard traces the open-source project’s journey to help developers visualize what’s going on inside distributed cloud-native infrastructure.

By Travis Van

May 13, 2024 7 mins

Cloud Computing Devops Software Development

Protecting LLM applications with Azure AI Content Safety

New tools for filtering malicious prompts, detecting ungrounded outputs, and evaluating the safety of models will make generative AI safer to use.

By Simon Bisson

May 9, 2024 7 mins

Artificial Intelligence Generative AI Microsoft Azure

Highlights from the Django Developer Survey 2024

Python developers still prefer Django but are exploring alternative frameworks to draw on specific features or adapt to changing project demands.

By Valeria Letusheva

May 9, 2024 6 mins

Libraries and Frameworks Python Web Development

What is Istio? The Kubernetes service mesh explained

Here’s what you need to know about Istio, Google’s open source service mesh platform for managing data sharing between microservices in a network.

By Serdar Yegulalp

May 8, 2024 6 mins

Open Source Software Development Technology Industry

How generative AI is redefining data analytics 

Generative AI not only makes analytics tools easier to use, but also substantially improves the quality of automation that can be applied across the data analytics life cycle.

By Asa Whillock

May 7, 2024 7 mins

Artificial Intelligence Generative AI

10 principles for creating a great developer experience

Tech leaders who maximize developer satisfaction and minimize frustration reap the rewards in hiring, retaining, and delivering results from their dev teams.

By Isaac Sacolick

May 6, 2024 12 mins

Engineer Software Development Technology Industry

3 pernicious myths of responsible AI

Responsible AI isn’t really about principles, or ethics, or explainability. It can be the key to unlocking AI value at scale, but we need to shatter some myths first.

By Kjell Carlsson

May 2, 2024 7 mins

Artificial Intelligence Generative AI Software Development

How TigerGraph CoPilot enables graph-augmented AI

Through natural language queries and graph-based RAG, TigerGraph CoPilot addresses the complex challenges of data analysis and the serious shortcomings of LLMs for business applications.

By Hamid Azzawe

Apr 30, 2024 8 mins

Artificial Intelligence Databases Generative AI

Do you need to repatriate from the cloud?

Repatriation is one route to cost savings. Switching development patterns from long-running services to WebAssembly-powered serverless functions is another.

By Matt Butcher

Apr 25, 2024 11 mins

Cloud Computing Serverless Computing Software Development

Using Inspektor Gadget for Kubernetes observability

An open-source collection of low-level tools helps you troubleshoot cloud-native applications by delivering key data from the heart of the Linux kernel.

By Simon Bisson

Apr 25, 2024 8 mins

Software Development

How RAG completes the generative AI puzzle

Retrieval-augmented generation brings to generative AI the one big thing that was holding it back in the enterprise.

By Chandini Jain

Apr 24, 2024 7 mins

Artificial Intelligence Generative AI Software Development

The dawn of intelligent and automated data orchestration

Enterprise workflows desperately need what iPhone and Android users have enjoyed for years—ready access to files wherever and whenever they’re needed, regardless of where the files are physically located.

By Trond Myklebust

Apr 23, 2024 11 mins

Cloud Storage Data Management

7 innovative ways to use low-code tools and platforms

Low-code platforms aren’t just for web forms and simple integrations anymore. Here are seven innovative ways small and large enterprises are stretching the limits of what low-code can do.

By Isaac Sacolick

Apr 22, 2024 10 mins

Business Intelligence Devops Generative AI

How to upstream code to open source projects

Upstreaming can improve your code, simplify development, and lighten your maintenance burden. Follow these best practices when donating code and reap the benefits.

By Allan Jude

Apr 18, 2024 7 mins

Open Source Software Development

Intro to Streamlit: Web-based Python data apps made easy

Streamlit lets you write web-based Python data applications without HTML, CSS, or JavaScript. Here’s a first look at Streamlit.

By Serdar Yegulalp

Apr 17, 2024 6 mins

Libraries and Frameworks Python Web Development

ECMAScript 2024 features you can use now

ECMAScript 2024 is expected to be finalized in June, but four new JavaScript features are already supported in browsers and Node.js. Here’s how to start using them today.

By Matthew Tyson

Apr 17, 2024 7 mins

JavaScript Programming Languages Software Development

SAS Viya and the pursuit of trustworthy AI

The key to reaping the benefits of AI while minimizing the risks is through responsible development and use. Here’s how SAS Viya puts ethical AI practices to work.

By Reggie Townsend

Apr 17, 2024 9 mins

Artificial Intelligence Generative AI Software Development

Better application networking and security with CAKESDeclarative configuration

How the CAKES stack, centered on Kubernetes, addresses API, networking, security, and compliance challenges while speeding up delivery and lowering costs.

By Christian Posta

Apr 16, 2024 22 mins

Application Security Software Development Technology Industry

VCS buyer’s guide: How version control systems are evolving for devops beyond Git

Version control is critical for managing changes to source code over time. Here’s how platforms like GitHub are evolving to meet the demand for agility, scalability, performance, and more.

By Bob Violino

Apr 15, 2024 10 mins

Devops Enterprise Buyer’s Guides Version Control Systems

Exploring the Apache ecosystem for data analysis

How Apache Arrow, Apache Parquet, Arrow Flight, and DataFusion bring enhanced data processing capabilities to large volumes of time series and other data.

By Anais Dotis-Georgiou

Apr 11, 2024 8 mins

Analytics Data Management Open Source

Choosing the right GPU for AI, machine learning, and more

Hardware requirements vary for machine learning and other compute-intensive workloads. Get to know these GPU specs and Nvidia GPU models.

By Kevin Cochrane

Apr 9, 2024 7 mins

Generative AI Machine Learning Technology Industry

Rapid B2B integrations with Ballerina and Choreo

How WSO2’s Ballerina language and Choreo platform can be used to quickly develop, test, and deploy partner-specific EDI processing modules.

By Chathura Ekanayake

Apr 8, 2024 10 mins

Libraries and Frameworks PaaS Programming Languages

How to talk to machines: 10 secrets of prompt engineering

Prompt engineering is the newest art of convincing machines to do what humans want. Here are 10 things you need to know about writing LLM prompts.

By Peter Wayner

Apr 8, 2024 7 mins

Data Science Generative AI Machine Learning

How to build a developer-first company

Like customer retention, developer retention comes down to not annoying your end user. But the approach is completely different.

By Gilad Shriki

Apr 4, 2024 6 mins

Software Development

Rust memory safety explained

What makes the Rust language one of the best for writing fast, memory-safe applications? Rust’s memory-safety features are baked into the language itself.

By Serdar Yegulalp

Apr 3, 2024 7 mins

C++ Programming Languages Rust

What is agile methodology? Modern software development explained

Everyone talks about agile development, but how does it really work? Learn how teams use scrum, kanban, and other agile methodologies to deliver better software.

By Isaac Sacolick

Apr 2, 2024 9 mins

Agile Development Devops Software Development