GlassFish update fixes restart hangs, random 403 responses
The Eclipse Foundation has released GlassFish 7.0.21, an update of the enterprise Java application server that focuses on fixing a few tenacious bugs. The release also brings improved connection pool lookup messages and improved error messages on depl...
Pairs not taken
So we all know about twisted-pair ethernet, huh? I get a little frustrated with a lot of histories of the topic, like the recent neil breen^w^wserial port video, because they often fail to address some obvious questions about the origin of twisted-pair...
An operating system in 1000 lines
Hey there! In this book, we’re going to build a small operating system from scratch, step by step. You might get intimidated when you hear OS or kernel development, the basic functions of an OS (especially the kernel) are surprisingly simple. Even Li...
Oracle offers price-performance boost with Exadata X11M update
The new version of Oracle’s Exadata platform, X11M, is now generally available, and promises improved performance on generative AI tasks such as retrieval augmented generation (RAG) for the same price as the old version. Exadata is Oracle’s hardwa...
Web Engineering: Hack Week 2024
At Canonical, the work of our teams is strongly embedded in the open source principles and philosophy. We believe open source software will become the most prevalent method of software development and delivery in the future. Being open source is more t...
Building generative AI applications is too hard, developers say
When everyone touts the benefits of generative artificial intelligence, telling the world how much easier it will make all of our lives, many developers who actually have to build those miracle apps are of a different opinion, according to a new surve...
Why the C programming language still rules
The C programming language has been alive and kicking since 1972, and it still reigns as one of the essential building blocks of our software-studded world. But what about the dozens of newer languages that have emerged over the last few decades? Some...
Intro to Ktor: The HTTP server for Kotlin
Kotlin is a modern general-purpose language that brings together object-oriented and functional programming power in a sleek syntax. Ktor is the official HTTP server for Kotlin, leveraging Kotlin’s expressiveness for building endpoints and other ser...
Tumbleweed Monthly Update - December 2024
Tumbleweed continues to exemplify a solid rolling release and December 2024 wraps up a year of several snapshots and large array of updates! KDE Gear 24.12 improves app usability, SQLite introduces innovative query features and snapshots brought critic...
