Python to C: What’s new in Cython 3.1
Cython is the most convenient way to bridge C and Python languages and tools in Python programs. Developers use it to write C extensions or wrap C libraries for use in Python. Now, a major new release is on the way. While it’s in early stages, Cytho...
Kotlin for Java developers: Concurrency with coroutines
The ability to perform multiple operations simultaneously is one of the most important aspects of any programming language. Orchestrating multiple paths of execution is inherently complex and there are various approaches to taming this complexity. K...
A software developer gives thanks
Tomorrow, we in the US celebrate Thanksgiving. So today seemed like a good time for me to recognize the people and technologies in the software development world that I’m most thankful for. I’m thankful for Alan Turing and computer programming I d...
Kotlin to lose scripting features
JetBrains plans to drop some scripting-related technologies from the Kotlin language, including REPL functionality, an obsolete API for Java scripting, the KotlinScriptMojo Maven plugin, and the kotlin-scripting-ide-services library for implementing c...
Anthropic introduces the Model Context Protocol
Anthropic today released a new open source protocol to let all AI systems, not just its own, connect with data sources via a standard interface. Model Context Protocol (MCP), the company said in its announcement, lets developers build secure two-way c...
Are cloud units a good measure of cloud value?
If we’ve learned anything from the constant evolution of cloud computing and its integration into enterprise operations, it’s that generic metrics are rarely good at measuring success. Don’t get me wrong, cloud units are better than no metrics. ...
USPTO petitioned to cancel Oracle’s JavaScript trademark
Deno Land, maker of the Deno runtime for JavaScript, has petitioned the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) to cancel Oracle’s ownership of the JavaScript trademark. The petition argues that Oracle has abandoned the trademark, because ...
PHP updates DOM API
PHP 8.4.1, an update to the longstanding server-side web scripting language, has been released with features including an updated DOM API that makes it easier to work with HTML5 documents. Accessible from php.net, PHP 8.4.1 was released November 21. T...
3 data engineering trends riding Kafka, Flink, and Iceberg
Apache Kafka, Apache Flink, and Apache Iceberg are among the most popular technologies in the data ecosystem. While Kafka enables you to move data around in real time, Flink allows you to process data according to your needs and Iceberg helps you a...
GitHub Copilot: Everything you need to know
In 2014, Microsoft Research released an experimental Bing Code Search add-on for Visual Studio and the web. It was a code snippet search tool for C# with a natural language interface, using an index of code from Stack Overflow, MSDN, Dotnetperls, and ...
Speed is the killer app
Why do enterprises so often choose to run applications in the cloud even when it may not be the cheapest option? Why do they turn to open source even if it’s not the most feature-complete choice? And why is generative AI so frothy hot even though, a...
