When to choose a bare-metal cloud
I did something last week that I had not done for a while. I recommended a bare-metal cloud service to a client. They had a particular purpose, and it was the right technology to solve the problem. In a typical public cloud environment, most users int...
Visual Studio Code 1.98 shines on GitHub Copilot
Visual Studio Code 1.98 has arrived, featuring enhancements to the GitHub Copilot AI coding assistant, including previews of Copilot Next Edit Suggestions, Copilot agent mode improvements, and Copilot Edits support for notebook files. Otherwise known ...
.NET AI Template Now Available in Preview
Announcing the first preview of the .NET AI Template, for Visual Studio, Visual Studio Code, and the .NET CLI. Get started building amazing AI apps with .NET. The post .NET AI Template Now Available in Preview appeared first on .NET Blog.
How to handle type erasure in advanced Java generics
Generics programming in Java enhances type safety and code reusability by allowing developers to define classes and methods using type parameters. Advanced techniques like bounded types and wildcards support the creation of flexible data structures an...
Portkey: An open-source AI gateway for easy LLM orchestration
The explosion of open-source AI frameworks has given developers unprecedented flexibility in deploying AI models. Portkey, an open-source AI gateway, simplifies AI model orchestration by providing a unified API for multiple AI providers, reducing fric...
The key new features in .NET 10
The first preview of the next long-term support release of .NET is now available. Like previous even-numbered releases, .NET 10 builds on features introduced in the current short-term release, with a focus on performance and reliability improvements. ...
C++ founder emphasizes profiles for memory safety
C++ memory safety issues have come under heat recently, with rising interest in projects like TrapC and Safe C++ that attempt to tackle the issue. But C++ designer Bjarne Stroustrup remains steadfast in promoting profiles as essential for safety in C+...
C++ founder champions profiles for memory safety
C++ memory safety issues have come under heat recently, with rising interest in projects like TrapC and Safe C++ that attempt to tackle the issue. But C++ designer Bjarne Stroustrup remains steadfast in promoting profiles as essential for safety in C+...
How to boost Python program performance with Zig
Python might not be the fastest of languages, but it has many advantages. Users enjoy Python’s convenience and development speed, as well as its broad ecosystem of libraries. Something else people appreciate about Python is how it bridges language e...
The best Java and JVM language frameworks
Not long ago in this space, we compared the 10 best front-end JavaScript frameworks. Now we turn our piercing gaze to the ample supply of back-end frameworks, starting with frameworks built for Java and JVM languages. Learn about your options for stat...
Why you should use dependency injection
A few weeks ago, I wrote about how a good software team will defer decisions as long as possible. Smart teams will design and build systems that don’t lock them into any particular implementation until it is utterly necessary. (And even then, if the...
JDK 25 kicks off with a stable values API
While Java Development Kit 25 is not set to arrive until September, the first feature already has been proposed for it — a preview of a stable values API that promises to improve startup of Java applications. Stable values are objects that hold immu...
Improving intelligent document processing with generative AI
One of the earliest digital transformation drivers was digitalization, in which organizations converted paper-based processes to digitized workflows. In ideal circumstances, paper documents became web or mobile forms, and workflows replaced handoffs. ...
Why genAI-powered intelligent document processing is a big deal
One of the earliest digital transformation drivers was digitalization, in which organizations converted paper-based processes to digitized workflows. In ideal circumstances, paper documents became web or mobile forms, and workflows replaced handoffs. ...
Does Microsoft’s Majorana chip meet enterprise needs?
Microsoft’s Majorana 1 chip is billed as the company’s first quantum computing processor. The excitement surrounding this million-qubit dream, with its unique architecture and reliance on exotic materials like indium arsenide, seems like a watersh...
Teradata adds Enterprise Vector Store to augment RAG
Teradata is adding vector support to its platform in the form of a new Enterprise Vector Store, an in-database offering, to enable and augment use cases that require retrieval augmented generation (RAG), such as agentic AI. Other features of Enterpris...
TypeScript 5.8 reaches general availability
Microsoft’s TypeScript 5.8, the latest version of the company’s strongly typed superset of JavaScript, has reached general availability (GA). However, one new feature introduced at the beta stage, a limited form of checking against conditional typ...
Unlock new possibilities for AI Evaluations for .NET
Microsoft.Extensions.AI.Evaluations library is now open source, and a new Azure DevOps plug-in is available to make reporting in your CI pipelines easier than ever. The post Unlock new possibilities for AI Evaluations for .NET appeared first on .NET Blog.
