Google adds natural language query capabilities to AlloyDB
Google is enhancing AlloyDB, its fully managed database-as-a-service (DBaaS), to help developers build applications underpinned by generative AI. Announced at Google’s annual Cloud Next conference, the updates could give the PostreSQL-compatible All...
Google Cloud introduces cloud app design center
Google Cloud has introduced Application Design Center, a service that helps platform administrators and developers design, deploy, and manage applications on the Google Cloud Platform. Application Design Center is in public preview. Application Design...
What is Kubernetes? Scalable cloud-native applications
Kubernetes is a popular open source platform for container orchestration—that is, for managing applications built from multiple, largely self-contained runtimes called containers. Containers have become increasingly popular since Docker launched in ...
Four paradoxes of software development
Civil engineers can rightfully claim that no two bridges are exactly alike. However, bridges share many known characteristics, and the materials they are built with have known characteristics. Building bridges involves many known knowns and not as m...
Five things to consider before you deploy an LLM
If the screwdriver were invented by the tech industry today, then it would be widely deployed for a variety of tasks, including hammering nails. Since the debut of ChatGPT, there has been growing fervor and backlash against large language models (LLMs...
Five things to consider before you deploy an LLM
If the screwdriver were invented by the tech industry today, then it would be widely deployed for a variety of tasks, including hammering nails. Since the debut of ChatGPT, there has been growing fervor and backlash against large language models (LLMs...
We’re in Kenya. Fedora at Murang’a University
On March 28, 2025, we brought Fedora to Murang’a University of Technology in Kenya. The event introduced students to open source, Fedora Linux, and the many ways they can participate in the global Fedora community. This wasn’t just another tech tal...
GitHub Copilot rolls out agent mode in Visual Studio Code
GitHub has rolled out agent mode and MCP (Model Context Protocol) support in GitHub Copilot for all Visual Studio Code users. The company is also releasing an open source GitHub MCP server, allowing developers to add GitHub functionality to any LLM th...
The Apache Software Foundation Welcomes 45 New Members
The ASF welcomes the following new Members who were elected during the annual ASF Members Meeting on 6 March 2025: Adam Saghy, Alina Kazi, Benjamin Marwell, Caleb Rackliffe, Daniel Augusto Veronezi Salvador, Dinesh Joshi, Dong Lin, Ed Espino, Eric...
WordPress 6.8 Release Candidate 3
WordPress 6.8 RC 3 is ready for download and testing! The scheduled final release date for WordPress 6.8 is April 15, 2025. Your help testing over the next week is vital to ensuring the final release is everything it should be: stable, powerful, and in...
Beware these 10 malicious VSCode extensions
Developers using Microsoft’s Visual Studio Code (VSCode) editor are being warned to delete, or at least stay away from, 10 newly published extensions which will trigger the installation of a cryptominer. The warning comes from researchers at Exte...
Beware these 10 malicious VS Code extensions
Developers using Microsoft’s Visual Studio Code (VSCode) editor are being warned to delete, or at least stay away from, 10 newly published extensions which will trigger the installation of a cryptominer. The warning comes from researchers at Exte...
