Don’t be a victim of high cloud costs
Cloud computing has significantly transformed how businesses manage their IT systems by providing scalability and flexibility, along with access to cutting-edge technology solutions. However, many companies are increasingly dissatisfied due to the ris...
SQL slips in language popularity index
Structured Query Language, the standard means of manipulating and querying data in relational databases since the 1980s, has dropped out of the Tiobe index top 10 in recent months and now ranks 12th, its lowest-ever position. The Tiobe index for June ...
The AI platform wars will be won on the developer experience
As much as we like to imagine technology repeatedly presents us with something novel, the reality is that tech history usually repeats itself. Whether mobile, cloud, or another technology trend, the platform that wins developers ends up owning the mar...
9 APIs you’ll love for AI integrations and automated workflows
The world is awash in data and all you need to do is ask for it. Of course, you also need to ask in the right way, and in the world of software development, that means using an API. Given the right combination of XML and JSON, there are thousands of A...
Hashtag Jakarta EE #284
Hashtag Jakarta EE #284 Welcome to issue number two hundred and eighty-four of Hashtag Jakarta EE! I am now on my way home from Tokyo and JJUG CCC 2025 Spring. You can read about that trip in my post from yesterday. Time to start celebrating! All the ...
JJUG CCC 2025 Spring
JJUG CCC 2025 Spring I’m back in Tokyo again. This time for JJUG CCC 2025 Spring. This Cross Community Conference (CCC) is organised in twice a year and attracts around 1000 attendees every time. I was a speaker at the Fall edition last November, and...
Spring Java creator unveils AI agent framework for the JVM
Embabel, an open source framework for authoring AI agentic flows on the JVM, has been launched by Spring Framework founder Rod Johnson. Johnson aims for Embabel to become the natural way to integrate generative AI into Java applications, especially th...
JavaScript innovation and the culture of programming
Something surprising about software is its vibrant and enduring culture. Far from being a sidebar to engineering, how programmers collaborate and learn from each other is often the heart of the story. JavaScript is, of course, one of the best examples...
Decentralized mesh cloud: A promising concept
Cloud computing and cloud infrastructure systems are evolving at an unprecedented rate in response to the growing demands of AI tasks that test the limits of resilience and scalability. The emergence of decentralized mesh hyperscalers is an innovation...
Snowflake: Latest news and insights
Snowflake (NYSE:SNOW) has rapidly become a staple for data professionals and has arguably changed how cloud developers, data managers and data scientists interact with data. Its architecture is designed to decouple storage and compute, allowing organi...