AI is killing cloud sustainability
Sustainability was once a highly touted advantage in public cloud computing. Enterprises and cloud providers flaunted their green initiatives, promoting data centers powered by renewable energy that would reduce carbon footprints. This topic has quiet...
TypeScript 5.7 improves error reporting
TypeScript 5.7, the latest planned release of Microsoft’s JavaScript variant with syntax for types, is now available as a beta release. With the update, the language’s type system is now able to report errors when variables have never been initial...
How to use Java generics to avoid ClassCastExceptions
Generics are used in Java to allow types or methods to operate on objects of various types while providing compile-time type safety. Generics address the problem of ClassCastExceptions being thrown at runtime as a result of code that is not type safe....
Drasi: A lightweight approach to event-driven programming
The Microsoft Azure Incubations team is one of the more interesting components of Microsoft’s hyperscale cloud. It is something between a traditional software development team and a research organization working to build solutions to the problems of...
Microsoft previews AI ‘building blocks’ for .NET
Microsoft is previewing packages geared to integrating generative AI services into .NET applications. Called Microsoft.Extensions.AI.Abstractions and Microsoft.Extensions.AI libraries, the packages are available in preview as of October 8. The package...
Deno 2.0 arrives, ready to battle Node.js
Deno 2.0, a major update to the open source Deno runtime for JavaScript, TypeScript, and WebAssembly, is now available as a production release. It emphasizes backward compatibility with the rival Node.js runtime and NPM and a stabilized standard libra...
Gemini Code Assist Enterprise woos enterprise developers
Google Cloud has announced Gemini Code Assist Enterprise, billed as an enterprise-grade tool that lets developers generate or transform code that is more accurate and relevant to their applications. Generally available on October 9, Gemini Code Assis...
Electron vs. Tauri: Which cross-platform framework is for you?
If there’s one thing developers agree on about cross-platform applications, it’s that it’s easier to create a GUI with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript than to use one of the many cross-platform frameworks out there. Frameworks like Electron give you t...
WebSockets under the hood with Node.js
WebSockets is a network communication protocol that enables two-way client-server communication. WebSockets are often used for applications that require instantaneous updates, using a persistent duplex channel atop HTTP to support real-time interactio...
Julia language adds lower-overhead Memory type
A new version of the dynamically typed, high-performance Julia language for numerical computing has been released. Julia 1.11 features a new Memory type, a lower-level container that provides an alternative to Array. Downloadable from julialang.org, J...
Embracing your inner on-premises self
In a significant development in the cloud computing industry, AWS, a leading hyperscaler, has recently acknowledged considerable competition from on-premises IT solutions. This admission counters the longstanding belief that enterprises seldom revert ...
California’s vetoed AI bill: Bullet dodged, but not for long
Artificial intelligence has the power to revolutionize industries, drive economic growth, and improve our quality of life. But like any powerful, widely available technology, AI also poses significant risks. California’s now vetoed legislation, SB 1...
SAP Build gains AI capabilities to help build autonomous agents
SAP wants developers to view its Build platform as the one extension solution for all of SAP’s applications, according to Michael Aneling, chief product officer for SAP Business Technology Platform (BTP). At its TechEd event this week it is showing ...
