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AI, ML, and Data Engineering InfoQ Trends Report 2024

One of the regular features of InfoQ are the trends reports, which each focus on a different aspect of software development. These reports provide the InfoQ audience with a high-level overview of the topics to pay attention to this year. In this episode, members of the InfoQ editorial staff and friends of InfoQ are discussing the current trends in the domain of AI, ML and Data Engineering. (Podcast)

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Continuous Delivery, Psychological Safety and Inclusive Leadership in Software Engineering

This is the Engineering Culture Podcast, from the people behind InfoQ.com and the QCon conferences. In this podcast Shane Hastie, Lead Editor for Culture & Methods spoke to Hannah Foxwell about her journey in the DevOps community, emphasizing the importance of continuous delivery, psychological safety and inclusive leadership in engineering practice. (Podcast)

TOP AI, ML & Data Engineering NEWS HEADLINES

  1. MariaDB Introduces Open-Source Vector Preview, Aiming to Become Default MySQL Option

  2. University of Pennsylvania Researchers Develop Processorless Learning Circuitry

Incremental Data Processing with Apache Hudi

The presenters discuss an introduction to incremental data processing, contrasting it with the two prevalent processing models of today - batch and stream data processing. (Presentation with transcript included)

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TOP DevOps NEWS HEADLINES

  1. Uber Drives Apache Kafka's Tiered Storage Feature; Sparks Efficiency Debate

OpenTelemetry Adopts Continuous Profiling; Elastic Donates Their Agent

OpenTelemetry has announced that it has incorporated continuous profiling as a core telemetry signal, and Elastic has donated its continuous profiling agent to the OpenTelemetry project. (News)

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Kubernetes in 2024: Pivotal Updates

The cloud experts at DoiT cover the 5 most significant Kubernetes updates of 2024: Gateway API, Pod in-place resizing, Container resource-based autoscaling, Support for Swap, and User Namespaces. Listen now.

TOP Cloud NEWS HEADLINES

  1. AWS Graviton-Based EC2 Instance Hibernation: Cost Efficiency and Faster Operations

Cloud Waste Management: How to Optimize Your Cloud Resources

The 2024 "State of FinOps" survey results of the FinOps Foundation mentioned that organizations' top priorities have shifted to reducing cloud waste or unused resources. This article delves into understanding how to manage cloud waste. (Article)

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The Home Computer That Roared: How the BBC Micro Shaped Our World

Jeremy Ruston explores what made the BBC Micro attractive and what can be learned from it today. (Presentation with transcript included)

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ABAC provides fine-grained API security, going beyond traditional role-based models and protecting against vulnerabilities like broken authorization. Learn more.

TOP Java NEWS HEADLINES

  1. Null-Restricted and Nullable Types for Java

  2. Java News Roundup: JDK 23 RC1, New HotSpot JEP, Hibernate and Tomcat Releases, GlassFish 8.0-M7

  3. JSpecify 1.0.0 and Nullability in Java

WebAssembly the Safer Alternative to Integrating Native Code in Java

Developers typically choose between porting the code or dynamic linking to run native code on the JVM. This article examines these approaches, using SQLite as an example, and introduces a third option: Chicory Wasm runtime. This alternative combines the advantages of traditional methods while addressing their limitations, potentially offering a more secure solution to integrate native code. (Article)

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Comparing PostgreSQL Compatible Databases

Learn about the key capabilities and levels of PostgreSQL compatibility of well-known databases like Amazon RDS and Azure Database for PostgreSQL, semi-distributed databases like Aurora and AlloyDB, as well as distributed databases like Google Spanner and YugabyteDB. Learn More.

TOP .NET NEWS HEADLINES

  1. .NET Aspire 8.1: Enhanced Container Image Building and Python Orchestrating Support

Support for Microsoft .NET 6 Ends in November 2024

The long-term-support (LTS) version 6 of Microsoft .NET Framework is slated to go out of support on November 12, 2022. Microsoft recommends upgrading .NET 6 applications to .NET 8 to stay supported for the future. (News)

Es-Toolkit, a Modern Lodash Alternative

Es-toolkit is a modern JavaScript utility library that offers a preformant, type-safe alternative to Lodash. (News)

TOP Mobile and IoT NEWS HEADLINES

  1. Google Launches Pigweed SDK for Embedded Development on Pi Picos and Other Microcontrollers

Android 15 Beta 4 Now Available for Developers to Bring their Apps Up to Date

Google released the last scheduled Android 15 beta, which brings stable developer APIs and allows developers to update their apps and publish them on Google Play before non-beta users get access to the official Android version. (News)

Thinking Like an Architect

Gregor Hohpe reflects on two decades working as an architect, ranging from the executive penthouse to the serverless engine room. (Presentation with transcript included)

TOP Culture & Methods NEWS HEADLINES

  1. Experiences from Doing DORA Surveys Internally in Software Companies

Prepare to Be Unprepared: Investing in Capacity to Adapt to Surprises in Software-Reliant Businesses

Incidents are often perceived as extraordinary aberrations, unconnected to "normal" work. For over twenty years, the field of Resilience Engineering has aimed at flipping this approach around — by understanding what makes incidents so rare (relative to when and how they do not happen) and so minor (relative to how much worse they can be) and deliberately enhancing what makes that possible. (Article)

Building Organizational Resilience Through Documentation and InnerSource Practices

David Grizzanti discusses how communication is more effective through writing, documentation helping drive clarity and alignment across teams, and where InnerSource practices can speed up development. (Presentation with transcript included)

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