OpenAI launches GPT Store to expand user base and add revenue streams
OpenAI finally launched the much-awaited GPT store, which allows users to purchase and sell different GPTs based on OpenAI’s large language models. The store serves as a marketplace for personalized AI applications, allowing users to access various AI applications. Some examples of customized applications, shared by OpenAI, include Khan Academy’s Code Tutor for learning coding […]
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5 ways QA will evaluate the impact of new generative AI testing tools
In a recent article about upgrading continuous testing for generative AI, I asked how code generation tools, copilots, and other generative AI capabilities would impact quality assurance (QA) and continuous testing. As generative AI accelerated coding and software development, how would code testing and quality assurance keep up with the higher velocity? At that time, […]
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How finops can make the cloud more secure
Cloud finops is the discipline of accounting for and optimizing cloud computing spending. It’s a reaction to years of undisciplined cloud spending or a way to bring order back to using cloud resources. Overall, it is a step in the right direction. However, it’s rarely discussed as a path to enhanced security. The links to […]
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Intro to PyScript: Run Python in your web browser
Created by Anaconda and launched in April 2022, PyScript is an experimental but promising new technology that makes the Python runtime available as a scripting language in WebAssembly-enabled browsers. Every commonly used browser now supports WebAssembly, the high-speed runtime standard that languages like C, C++, and Rust can compile to. Python’s reference implementation is written […]
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Microsoft releases Azure Migrate assessment tool for .NET applications
Microsoft has unveiled AppCAT, an Azure Migrate tool intended to assist users in migrating their on-premises .NET applications to the company’s Azure cloud. Introduced January 3, the Azure Migrate application and code assessment tool for .NET, or AppCAT for short, lets users assess .NET source code, binaries, and configurations of an application to find potential […]
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What Microsoft’s custom silicon means for Azure
The history of modern software development has been a dance between what hardware can give and what software demands. Over the decades, the steps in this dance have moved us from the original Intel 8086, which we now consider very basic functionality, to today’s multi-faceted processors, which provide virtualization support, end-to-end access to encrypted memory […]
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What is TensorFlow? The machine learning library explained
Machine learning is a complex discipline but implementing machine learning models is far less daunting than it used to be. Machine learning frameworks like Google’s TensorFlow ease the process of acquiring data, training models, serving predictions, and refining future results. Created by the Google Brain team and initially released to the public in 2015, TensorFlow […]
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Microsoft unveils Fluid Framework 2.0
Microsoft has published a beta release of its Fluid Framework 2.0, an upgrade to the company’s open source platform for building collaborative applications. Unveiled January 8, the Fluid Framework 2.0 beta features an intuitive programming model for developers to synchronize shared state between clients in real time. General availability is planned for this summer. Fluid […]
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Flowpipe: A workflow engine for devops scripters
If you define your infrastructure as code, shouldn’t your workflow automation use the same as-code approach? That’s how Flowpipe works. Define workflows with HCL (HashiCorp configuration language), then run them using a single binary that you deploy locally, in the cloud, or in any CI/CD pipeline. Flowpipe embodies the same architectural ingredients you’ll find in […]
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Why most companies suck at digital transformation
Digital transformation (DX) is one of those buzzwords we don’t understand. It’s also being applied to most IT transformation projects. So, let’s look at the best definition of DX—mine. Digital transformation means making computer-based systems systemic to an organization’s products, processes, and strategies. The core idea is to bring value back to the business through […]
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