Why JavaScript’s still on top in 2025
Welcome to a new year of programming and the brand new monthly list of JavaScript stories just for developers! Among the highlights so far: Svelte and SvelteKit have seen a slew of incremental improvements, Astro.js 5.0 just hit, and the Next.js team is working on a composable caching mechanism. Meanwhile, we revisit the old “Is […]
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The cloud cost wake-up call I predicted
A stark reminder of cloud complexity surfaced when one company was hit by a staggering $65 million cloud monitoring bill in just one quarter, underscoring the urgency for businesses to gain visibility into their spending. As I’ve consistently preached, “Control your costs or your costs will control you.” Organizations are finally recognizing the need to […]
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Researchers build a bridge from C to Rust and memory safety
“I think [this technique] could have a lot of value for developers coding in C since it can jumpstart the transition to Rust and also aid in helping these programmers learn Rust, which can be a challenging transition,” said Jim Mercer, program VP, software development, DevOps & DevSecOps at IDC. “It is not quite a […]
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Almost nothing remains of Software AG
The management of Software GmbH, which will continue to act as the holding company for ARIS, Adabas & Natural (A&N) and the central functions of the Software AG Group, has been transferred by financial investor Silver Lake Partners to Martin Biegel, Martin Clemm, Robin Colman and Toktam Khatibzadeh with immediate effect. Important contribution to development […]
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5 ways data teams must lead in AI-driven organizations
“Layers of IT and governance bureaucracy are slowing down data access and making it harder to speed new innovations, improve supply-chain logistics, and deploy innovative AI applications,” says Moritz Plassnig, chief product officer at Immuta. “With the acceleration and adoption of AI, killer apps are no longer the focus; data is the new app, and […]
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Intro to Ktor: The HTTP server for Kotlin
Now, if we want to generate more sophisticated content from that endpoint, like a list of quotes and their authors, we can switch to using Ktor’s HTML DSL. First, we need two more imports, which are already part of the project because we included the DSL in the generated project: import io.ktor.server.html.* import kotlinx.html.* And […]
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Fine-tuning Azure OpenAI models in Azure AI Foundry
You’re now ready to start training your fine-tuned model. This is a batch process, and as it requires significant resources, your job may be queued for some time. Once accepted, a run can take several hours, especially if you are working with a large, complex model and a large training data set. Azure AI Foundry’s […]
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3 forecasts about time-series forecasting
Forecasting expertise may shift towards approaches and algorithms for evaluating accuracy and model fairness. We’ve seen this shift in the large language model (LLM) space, where organizations looking to incorporate them need to validate models and ensure they’re free from systematic bias. We’ll need to do that same work in forecasting as it becomes easier […]
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My robot teacher: The challenge of AI in computer science education
In Supkis Cheek’s class, students are meant to learn the processes that real-world accounting professionals would follow, which might include AI. “The answer to me is not as important as the process by which the student got the answer,” she says, “and so I need them to use processes that are available to them in […]
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Critical warning from Microsoft: .NET install domains changing
There is no wiggle room in that date, nor is there any in the intermediate dates for locking of profiles (Jan. 3) and blocking an automatic migration to Azure Front Door (Jan. 6). Microsoft recommended that customers complete their migration off the Azure CDN from Edgio platform by Jan. 7, 2025, to avoid service disruptions. […]
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