What’s your plan for the cloud skills gap?
Guess what? 95% of IT decision-makers say their team has been negatively impacted by the cloud skills gap. If that’s not bad enough news, by 2030, more than 85 million roles could remain vacant because there aren’t enough skilled people to fill them. Of course, these are not new figures. We’ve been hemorrhaging skills for the past 15 […]
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JetBrains releases RustRover IDE for Rust development
JetBrains has released RustRover, a dedicated IDE for the Rust programming language that combines an integrated Rust toolchain with support for AI assistance through an optional plugin and subscription. Announced May 21, RustRover is positioned to simplify the Rust coding experience while “unlocking the language’s full potential,” JetBrains said. Capabilities include real-time feedback, code suggestions, […]
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JetBrains stabilizes Compose Multiplatform resources API
JetBrains has updated its Compose Multiplatform declarative UI framework, stabilizing the multiplatform resources API, upgrading support for iOS and Web targets, and introducing an experimental navigation library based on Jetpack Compose Navigation. Compose Multiplatform 1.6.10 was announced May 23. Instructions on getting started can be found at jetbrains.com. The multiplatform resources API, now stable, provides […]
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Microsoft unveils third-party extensions for GitHub Copilot
Microsoft at its Build 2024 developer conference introduced Copilot Extensions, third-party add-ons to the GitHub Copilot AI-powered coding assistant. Copilot Extensions, as the name suggests, are extended capabilities of GitHub Copilot that help with specific databases, SDKs, or APIs in the software development workflow. GitHub Copilot was released for the first time in October 2021, […]
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The cloud repatriation tempest in a teacup
The tech industry is buzzing with talk of cloud repatriation, partly due to some articles I have written here. What frustrates me about this industry is the lack of nuance. People make everything seem like drastic shifts. The last example of this was edge computing. Many articles I read claimed that “the shift is to the […]
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Microsoft Build 2024: Cosmos DB for NoSQL gets vector search
Microsoft released multiple updates to its database offerings at its Build 2024 conference. One of the major updates to its database offerings includes the addition of vector search to Azure Cosmos DB for NoSQL. Azure Cosmos DB for NoSQL, which is a non-relational database service, is a part of the larger Azure Cosmos DB database […]
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Why you should use SQLite
Lift the hood on most business applications, and you’ll find they have some way to store and use structured data. Whether it’s a client-side app, an app with a web front end, or an edge-device app, chances are a business application needs a database. In many cases, an embedded database will do. Embedded databases are […]
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Angular 18 arrives with server-side rendering improvements
Google has published Angular 18, a major upgrade of Google’s TypeScript-based web app development framework that brings server-side rendering improvements and experimental support for zoneless change detection. The release also moves deferrable views and declarative control flow out of developer preview to a stable stage. Angular 18 was released May 22. It can be accessed […]
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Microsoft Azure AI gains new LLMs, governance features
Microsoft today at its annual Build conference introduced several updates to Azure AI, the company’s cloud-based platform for building and running AI applications. Azure AI competes with similar offerings from rival cloud providers such as AWS, Google, and IBM. The updates include the addition of new governance features, new large language models (LLMs), and Azure […]
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GitLab unveils GitLab 17, AI for devsecops
GitLab has unveiled GitLab 17, a major update of its devsecops platform that brings a CI/CD catalog of reusable pipeline components and an AI impact dashboard. The company also announced GitLab Duo Enterprise, an AI-powered assistant that helps detect vulnerabilities in code and resolve CI/CD bottlenecks. GitLab Duo Enterprise, the subject of a virtual launch […]
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