Python a shoo-in for Tiobe language of the year
High-flying Python is expected to win the Tiobe programming language of the year designation for 2024, as the language with the biggest ratings increase in Tiobe’s language popularity index during the year. Python also ranks as the most popular prog...
Gravatar Support Ending on accounts.eclipse.org
Gravatar Support Ending on accounts.eclipse.org As part of our migration to Drupal 10, we’ve decided to discontinue support for Gravatar on sites such as accounts.eclipse.org, blogs.eclipse.org, marketplace.eclipse.org, and newsroom.eclipse.org. This...
ThreadX: From Open Source to Safety-Critical Applications
ThreadX: From Open Source to Safety-Critical Applications An Interview with Frédéric Desbiens, Eclipse SDV ThreadX SIG Lead This year, the Eclipse Software Defined Vehicle Working Group founded a Special Interest Group (SIG) on Eclipse ThreadX, a v...
Why business teams must stay out of application development
In the last 10 years of building WaveMaker, the one thing we always hear are user expectations that low code will miraculously allow business users to develop feature-rich applications. Well, it can, but it most certainly shouldn’t. I’ll tell you ...
Surveying the LLM application framework landscape
Large language models by themselves are less than meets the eye; the moniker “stochastic parrots” isn’t wrong. Connect LLMs to specific data for retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) and you get a more reliable system, one that is much less likel...
Why AI coding assistants are best for experienced developers
Generative AI has hit the mainstream with software developers. According to a recent GitHub survey, more than one million developers actively use GitHub Copilot. More importantly, these developers increasingly use AI as “a new building block in deve...
Hashtag Jakarta EE #258
Hashtag Jakarta EE #258 Welcome to issue number two hundred and fifty-eight of Hashtag Jakarta EE! The ballot for Jakarta EE 11 Core Profile is complete! This means that the specification is ratified and can be released. This is a milestone on several...
Clarifai previews AI compute orchestration
AI platform provider Clarifai is publicly previewing compute orchestration for AI workloads that the company says works across any AI model on any compute, at any scale. Clarifai said its vendor-agnostic platform could build and orchestrate AI workloa...
OpenAI releases o1 LLM, unveils ChatGPT Pro
OpenAI has officially released its OpenAI o1 large language model (LLM), built for complex reasoning. The company also introduced ChatGPT Pro, a $200 monthly plan that includes unlimited access to OpenAI o1, o1-mini, GPT-4o, and advanced voice convers...
What is TypeScript? Strongly typed JavaScript
Originally developed by Microsoft as a way to adapt JavaScript as a tool to build enterprise-scale applications, TypeScript has become a widely popular programming language that combines JavaScript syntax with strong typing and object-oriented program...
Public cloud providers are fumbling the AI opportunity
Generative AI is exploding and will continue to do so. As such, both on-premises and public cloud providers have seen a boom in demand for their AI wares, which will likely continue for at least the next five years. Cloud is, of course, a core benefit...
Introducing the Updated Eclipse Foundation Security Policy
Introducing the Updated Eclipse Foundation Security Policy On November 20, 2024, the Board of Director of the Eclipse Foundation approved version 1.2 of its Security Policy. This update brings significant enhancements aimed at improving the management,...