Anthropic's Claude 2.1 LLM turbocharges performance, offers beta tool use
Anthropic has upped the ante for how much information a large language model (LLM) can consume at once, announcing on Tuesday that its just-released Claude 2.1 has a context window of 200,000 tokens. That’s roughly the equivalent of 500,000 words or more than 500 printed pages of information, Anthropic said. The latest Claude version also […]
Read MoreMicrosoft .NET 8 arrives with cloud-native stack preview
.NET 8, the latest version of Microsoft’s open-source, cross-platform, application development platform, has arrived, bringing with it thousands of performance, security, and stability improvements. Like .NET 7 before it, .NET 8 puts an emphasis on cloud-native development, the company said. Generative AI also is a focus. Announced November 14 and available at dotnet.microsoft.com for Windows, Linux, […]
Read MoreCloud security and devops have work to do
If there is anything that keeps cloud development leaders up at night, it’s the fact that the risk of an impending security breach is scarily high. If I go around the room at any enterprise development meeting, devops engineers, cloud developers, and cloud architects all see a company-debilitating breach as inevitable. Enterprise Strategy Group recently […]
Read More6 security best practices for cloud-native applications
The emergence of cloud-native architectures has dramatically changed the ways applications are developed, deployed, and managed. While cloud-native architectures offer significant benefits in terms of scalability, elasticity, and flexibility, they also introduce unique security challenges. These challenges often diverge from those associated with traditional, monolithic applications. Understanding these nuances is crucial for developers, particularly because […]
Read MoreProject Valhalla: A look inside Java’s epic refactor
Everything in Java is an object, except primitives like int. Turns out that small caveat has big implications for the language, which have compounded over the years. This seemingly minor design decision causes problems in key areas like collections and generics. It also limits certain performance optimizations. Project Valhalla, the Java language refactor, aims to correct these issues. […]
Read MoreWhat’s missing in cloud computing courses
My colleague Paul Krill does a great job rounding up the highest-paid cloud computing certifications you can obtain these days. In other words, by passing these courses, you’ll likely have no problem finding a well-paying job. While there are a few non-brand-related certifications on his list, most are specific to a cloud provider, focusing on […]
Read MoreReining in the BS in AI
Even people not in tech seemed to have heard of Sam Altman’s ouster from OpenAI on Friday. I was with two friends the next day (one works in construction and the other in marketing) and both were talking about it. Generative AI (genAI) seems to have finally gone mainstream. What it hasn’t done, however, is […]
Read MoreOracle open-sources Jipher for FIPS-compliant SSL
Oracle is open-sourcing Jipher, a Java Cryptography Architecture (JCA) provider built for security and performance that has been used by the company’s cloud platform, the company said on November 7. Jipher was developed for environments with FIPS (Federal Information Processing Standards) 140 requirements. Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) has seen dramatic performance improvements with Jipher, according […]
Read MoreIntro to virtual threads: A new approach to Java concurrency
One of the most far-reaching Java 19 updates was the introduction of virtual threads. Virtual threads are part of Project Loom, and have been officially part of the JVM since Java 20. How virtual threads work Virtual threads introduce an abstraction layer between operating-system processes and application-level concurrency. Said differently, virtual threads can be used to schedule […]
Read MoreAngular 17 previews control flow, better type checking
Angular 17, the latest version of Google’s TypeScript-based web app development framework, has arrived, featuring built-in control flow to improve the developer experience. Introduced via a bulletin on November 8, Angular 17 can be accessed from GitHub. Google with Angular 17 has released a block template syntax providing “powerful” features with simple, declarative UIs. This block […]
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