Google I/O 2025: All eyes on AI and Gemini
If you’re ready for a break from artificial intelligence, Google I/O won’t be your safe haven. The annual developer conference — which starts next week in Mountain View, Calif. — and also offers a large virtual option, is expected to focus hea...
Visual Studio previews agent mode for multi-step coding tasks
Microsoft has announced the general release of Visual Studio 2022 version 17.14, an update of the company’s flagship integrated development environment (IDE) that adds support for agent mode and other AI-assisted development features from GitHub Co...
Informatica extends MDM support to Microsoft Azure, Oracle
Informatica is partnering with Microsoft, Oracle, and Salesforce to extend support of its Master Data Management (MDM) service and extensions and help enterprises build applications for agentic and other generative use cases based on more accurate dat...
Cloud and IT strategies in a time of global upheaval
The influence of geopolitics on IT infrastructure is undeniable. Enterprises today operate across borders. They leverage cloud services from providers headquartered in countries thousands of miles away, host data in various regions, and deliver value ...
Programmers dig Python and Zig
Python’s popularity continues to outpace all competition. That’s why projects to make it faster are crucial, difficult as that may be. Plus, Python’s new, standardized dependency lockfile format is here. And if you’re a fan of Zig for speed an...
Uno Platform introduces unified rendering engine
Uno Platform 6.0, a major update to the open source tool kit for building cross-platform .NET applications from a single code base, introduces a new, unified rendering engine, called Skia, that gives developers a low-footprint, high-performance, hardw...
Accessibility in Microsoft Edge with ARIA and ARIA Notify
In the past decade or so, there’s been a push to put everything online. From customer service to interactions with local and national governments, we’ve moved away from the call center to the web and self-service. That push has streamlined interac...
LiteLLM: An open-source gateway for unified LLM access
The growing number of large language models (LLMs) from various providers—Anthropic, Google, Meta, Microsoft, Nvidia, OpenAI, and many others—has given developers a rich set of choices but also has introduced complexity. Each provider has its own ...
Boomi launches agentic AI tools, announces AWS collaboration
AI-driven automation platform vendor Boomi has unveiled products and partnerships to advance its enterprise automation AI strategy. The announcements at the Boomi World conference reflect a “commitment to business transformation through a unified, o...
The three refactorings every developer needs most
I have many good memories of attending the annual Borland Conference, back when Borland was still a high-flying tech company and developer conferences felt like rock concerts for nerds. I was an Object Pascal developer, so Delphi was my tool of choice...
How to use template strings in Python 3.14
The familiar formatted string, or f-string, feature in Python provides a convenient way to print variables as part of a string. But it doesn’t let you interact with the way strings are created from those variables. It’s hard, if not impossible, to...
Scala stabilizes named tuples
Scala 3.7.0, the latest version of the object-oriented, functional language with JVM, native, and JavaScript runtimes, stabilizes named tuples and brings a “crucial” fix that enhances its compatibility with Android. Scala 3.7.0 was announced May 7...
What ‘cloud first’ can teach us about ‘AI first’
In the early 2010s, enterprises enthusiastically embraced the “cloud first” ethos. Between 2010 and 2016, businesses aggressively migrated applications and data to the public cloud, spurred on by promises of lower costs, greater efficiency, and un...
Agentic mesh: The future of enterprise agent ecosystems
Every week, a new AI agent platform is announced, each promising to revolutionize how work gets done. The vision is compelling. Simply task an AI agent with a job, and it will autonomously plan, execute, and deliver flawless results. Industry leaders ...
