The power of genAI plus multicloud architecture
The rapid evolution of generative AI is poised to influence the significant adoption and expansion of multicloud architecture. What is most interesting is that multicloud is occurring mainly behind the scenes, without much fanfare, taking a backseat to the hype around generative AI. I believe it’s just as important, and enterprises need to pay attention. Everyone […]
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How Kubernetes succeeded
June 6th is the official 10th anniversary of the launch of Kubernetes. Kubernetes was built as a container management and orchestration platform that would make it easier to manage all of the software containers within microservices applications. Based on Borg, Google’s internal container management service that handled thousands of instances, Kubernetes eventually was released as […]
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What is model quantization? Smaller, faster LLMs
If ever there were a salient example of a counter-intuitive technique, it would be quantization of neural networks. Quantization reduces the precision of the weights and other tensors in neural network models, often drastically. It’s no surprise that reducing the precision of weights and other parameters from, say, 32-bit floats to 8-bit integers, makes the […]
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Java inheritance vs. composition: How to choose
Inheritance and composition are two programming techniques developers use to establish the relationship between classes and objects. Whereas inheritance derives one class from another, composition defines a class as the sum of its parts. Classes and objects created through inheritance are tightly coupled because changing the parent or superclass in an inheritance relationship risks breaking […]
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Azul CEO sees Java’s AI future as bright
Azul Systems specializes in providing Java technologies ranging from supported OpenJDK builds to Azul Intelligence Cloud, offering actionable intelligence from Java runtime data. The company maintains both technical and competitive relationships with Oracle, the Java steward. InfoWorld Editor at Large Paul Krill recently interviewed Azul CEO Scott Sellers. The following interview touches on Java’s place […]
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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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