How to build (real) cloud-native applications
Cloud-native applications are increasingly the default way to deploy in both public clouds and private clouds. But what exactly is a cloud-native application and how do you build one? It’s important to start with first principles and define what clo...
What software developers need to know about cybersecurity
In 2024, cyber criminals didn’t just knock on the front door—they walked right in. High-profile breaches hit widely used apps from tech giants and consumer platforms alike, including Snowflake, Ticketmaster, AT&T, 23andMe, Trello, and Life360. Mea...
Hashtag Jakarta EE #280
Hashtag Jakarta EE #280 Welcome to issue number two hundred and eighty of Hashtag Jakarta EE! This Monday I hosted Javaforum Malmö where we got an interesting presentation by Artur Skowroński about AI in the context of the JVM as he was passing by M...
Visual Studio Code beefs up AI coding features
Visual Studio Code 1.100, the latest release of Microsoft’s code editor, has arrived with several upgrades to its AI chat and AI code editing capabilities. Highlighting the list are support for Markdown-based instructions and prompt files, faster co...
Google AI for game developers
Revisit announcements from this year's Games Developer Conference (GDC). Explore how Gemma and Gemini models can aid in building AI experiences in games with the launch of Gemma 3, the Unity plugin, its application in a sample game, and scaling games w...
7 application security startups at RSAC 2025
The RSAC Early Stage Expo, the innovation hub of RSAC 2025, was created to spotlight emerging players in the information security space. Among the dozens of startups packed into the second-floor booth area, these VC-backed newcomers in API and applica...
Cloud repatriation hits its stride
For the past decade, the cloud was the ultimate destination for forward-thinking IT leaders. Hyperscale providers sold a compelling promise: agility, scalability, and always-on innovation. CIOs pushed cloud-first mandates and for a time, moving worklo...
Python popularity climbs to highest ever – Tiobe
Python continues to soar in the Tiobe index of programming language popularity, rising to a 25.35% share in May 2025. It’s the highest Tiobe rating for any language since 2001, when Java topped the chart. Python’s popularity increased roughly 2.2 ...
Gemini 2.5 Models now support implicit caching
The rollout of implicit caching in the Gemini API expands on the existing explicit caching API, providing an "always on" caching system which offers automatic cost savings to developers using Gemini 2.5 models and continued availability of the explicit...
Comparing the AI code generators
Every developer has now pasted code into ChatGPT or watched GitHub Copilot autocomplete a function. If that’s your only exposure, it’s easy to conclude that coding with large language models (LLMs) isn’t “there yet.” In practice, model quali...
Running PyTorch on an Arm Copilot+ PC
When Microsoft launched its Copilot+ PC range almost a year ago, it announced that it would deliver the Copilot Runtime, a set of tools to help developers take advantage of the devices’ built-in AI accelerators, in the shape of neural processing uni...
Sizing up the AI code generators
Every developer has now pasted code into ChatGPT or watched GitHub Copilot autocomplete a function. If that’s your only exposure, it’s easy to conclude that coding with large language models (LLMs) isn’t “there yet.” In practice, model quali...
Node.js 24 drops MSVC support
Node.js 24 has been released. The latest version of the open-source, cross-platform JavaScript runtime upgrades the Google V8 JavaScript engine to version 13.6 and the NPM package manager to version 11. Node.js 24 also drops support for MSVC, Microsof...
