GitHub Enterprise Server adds deployment rollout controls
GitHub Enterprise Server 3.12, now generally available, introduces tag patterns for restricting deployment rollouts to GitHub Actions environments. The new release also introduces merge queues, a feature that automates pull request merges. Announced March 6, GitHub Enterprise Server can be downloaded from github.com. With the 3.12 version, developers can restrict deployment rollouts to select tag […]
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Kubernetes is (not) a cost optimization problem
Kubernetes has become the de facto way to schedule and manage services in medium and large enterprises. Coupled with the microservice design pattern, it has proved to be a useful tool for managing everything from websites to data processing pipelines. But the ecosystem at large agrees that Kubernetes has a cost problem. Unfortunately, the predominant […]
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Netlify AI analyzes failed deployments
Web development platform provider Netlify has added AI-enabled deploy assist capabilities to its Composable Web Platform. Unveiled March 7, AI-enabled deploy assist analyzes failed deployments and offers suggestions to correct errors. Netlify said the feature is intended to reduce the time developers spend manually reviewing logs and debugging failed builds, ensuring failed builds do not […]
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Google API brings LLMs to Android and iOS devices
Google has released an experimental API that allows large language models to run fully on-device across Android, iOS, and web platforms. Introduced March 7, the MediaPipe LLM Inference API was designed to streamline on-device LLM integration for web developers, and supports web, Android, and iOS platforms. The API provides initial support for four LLMs: Gemma, […]
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Are the different public clouds really that different?
In the rapidly evolving landscape of IaaS cloud computing, public cloud providers are increasingly reaching feature and function parity. This means they are beginning to look alike. Before you keyboard warriors remind me that some obscure feature in the object storage system on one provider is better than the object storage feature on another provider, […]
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Leadtools adds Excel API, MAUI support
Apryse, provider of the cross-platform Leadtools toolkit for building document and image processing capabilities into applications, has released Leadtools 23, which introduces a new Excel API and .NET MAUI support. Released March 5, Leadtools 23 features an Excel API that allows developers to build and save Microsoft Excel sheets programmatically, while the Excel Web Editor […]
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Stack Overflow opens API to Google’s Gemini
Stack Overflow, the popular question-and-answer portal for developers, has partnered with Google’s cloud computing arm to develop an API that will give Google’s Gemini AI model access to Stack Overflow’s knowledge base. Dubbed the Overflow API, the new offering will inform Gemini’s coding assistance capabilities for Google Cloud, delivered to developers via the Google Cloud […]
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The open source problem
Folks, we have an open source problem. And, no, it’s not the problem some think. You’ll hear people rail against corporations that falsely describe their code as open source. Sometimes they’re correct. You’ll hear others bemoan the influx of venture-backed companies that dilute the meaning of open source to fuel corporate gains. Sometimes they’re correct. But the […]
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Couchbase Server and Capella to gain vector support
NoSQL document-oriented database provider Couchbase on Thursday said that it was working to add support for vector capabilities to its database offerings, including its Capella managed database-as-a-service (DBaaS). The vector capabilities will include similarity search and retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), the company said, adding that the addition of these capabilities will also enhance the performance of the database as all […]
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Biden executive order protects personal data
President Joseph Biden has issued an executive order intended to protect Americans’ sensitive personal data from exploitation from countries of concern including China, Russa, Iran, and North Korea. Issued February 28, the order authorizes the attorney general to prevent the large-scale transfer of Americans’ personal data to countries of concern and offers safeguards around other […]
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