C# 14 introduces file-based apps
Taking a lesson from scripting languages such as Python and JavaScript, Microsoft has introduced a file-based apps capability for the C# language, which is intended to streamline C# development. Introduced in .NET 10 Preview 4, the new feature allows ...
3 keys to successful cloud migrations
Moving to the cloud is often portrayed as the key to embracing change and enhancing operational effectiveness. However, most companies approach cloud migration by focusing on immediate wins without fully grasping the profound strategic investments req...
Real-time analytics with StarTree Cloud and Apache Pinot
I started using APL for data analysis around 1972. The powerful language, based on a 1962 book by Ken Iverson, A Programming Language, was and is notable for three things: its use of Greek letters and mathematical symbols, requiring a special APL keyb...
3 cloud migration secrets
Moving to the cloud is often portrayed as the key to embracing change and enhancing operational effectiveness. However, most companies approach cloud migration by focusing on immediate wins without fully grasping the profound strategic investments req...
7 ways to improve your AI coding results
Leaders are calling for more AI use in favor of hiring additional engineers, expecting developers to “10x” themselves. But there’s an art to actually being productive using AI coding assistants. For starters, AI coding assistants have known stre...
Demystifying serverless in the modern data and AI landscape
Serverless computing has proliferated across cloud platforms, yet its core principles are widely misunderstood and misused. Much of the industry treats serverless as being synonymous with infrastructure abstraction or automation, but this is a limited...
Private cloud still matters—but it doesn’t matter most
For all the hype about “cloud-first” strategies, the enterprise data center is far from extinct. In fact, roughly half of enterprise workloads still run outside the public cloud, residing in on-premises data centers or private clouds. Industry sur...
CheerpJ WebAssembly JVM previews Java 17 support
Leaning Technologies has released CheerpJ 4.1, an update of its WebAssembly-based JVM for the browser that previews support for Java 17 and improves support for mobile devices. Introduced May 28, CheerpJ 4.1 follows last month’s CheerpJ 4.0 release,...
Angular v20 arrives with eyes on generative AI development
Angular v20 is now available. The new version of Google’s web framework stabilizes APIs and features such as incremental hydration, promotes Zoneless (which removes ZoneJS as a dependency) to developer preview, improves debugging, and improves suppo...
F-strings with superpowers: What’s new in Python 3.14 beta
Are you ready for Python Pi? The 3.14 beta is out now, and we’ve got the rundown on what’s so great about it, including the new template strings feature, or “f-strings with superpowers.” You can also learn how to deploy Python (and other langu...
A wake-up call for real cloud ROI
Enterprise adoption of public cloud platforms has been skyrocketing. More than half of all enterprise workloads are now running in public clouds, with spending projected to rise by nearly a third this year alone. Many organizations are allocating more...
