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Public Preview of the Arc Visual Studio Code Extension
Microsoft recently introduced the Arc Visual Studio Code Extension in public review. This extension improves the developer experience for both workloads that are running on the Edge and services that are built to be published on the Azure Marketplace.
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AWS Has Started Charging for Public IPv4 Usage
Since the beginning of February, AWS has been charging every public IPv4 address used by customers. While the 0.005 USD per hour charge might encourage developers to be more frugal with the usage of public IPv4 addresses, AWS is estimated to generate an extra annual revenue ranging between 400 million and 1 billion USD.
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Google Project IDX Integrates iOS and Android Emulator, Extends Templates Library, and More
Six months after its launch, Google has extended its experimental AI-powered, Cloud-based, shared workspace Project IDX with the introduction of integrated iOS simulator and Android emulator, new project templates, better integration with the Nix package manager, and more.
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Pinecone Introduces its Serverless Vector Database
Pinecone recently announced the public preview of its new serverless vector database, designed to reduce infrastructure management costs while improving the accuracy of generative AI applications.
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Java Enhances Pattern Matching with Primitive Type Support in JEP 455
JEP 455, Primitive Types in Patterns, instanceof, and switch (Preview), has been promoted from Proposed to Target to Targeted for JDK 23. This JEP, under the auspices of Project Amber, proposes to enhance pattern matching by allowing primitive type patterns in all pattern contexts, and extend instanceof and switch to work with all primitive types.
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Uno Platform 5.1 Release: Live Wizard, New UI Controls and Performance Improvements
Uno Platform released version 5.1, with the inclusion of a Solution Template Wizard for non-Visual Studio users. This highly requested feature has been extended to JetBrains Rider and VS Code users through the new LIVE Wizard version, which should simplify project setup steps. Other changes include Uno.Sdk for a smaller csproj footprint, three new controls and notable performance enhancements.
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How Continuous Mobile Development Can Benefit from Test Automation
Test automation can support continuous mobile software development by reducing manual testing efforts, minimizing human errors, and accelerating the release cycle. Burak Ergören shared his experiences from automating their mobile testing at QA Challenge Accepted 2023.
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Docker Now on AWS Cloudshell
AWS recently announced that AWS CloudShell now provides access to Docker Engine for its users. With this integration, containers can be locally prototyped and pushed to registries prior to deploying them on AWS.
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Kubernetes 1.29 Released with KMS V2 Improvements and nftables Support
The Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) released Kubernetes 1.29 named Mandala last month. The latest release introduces new features such as load balancer IP mode for services, mutable pod resources for Windows containers, and nftables for the kube-proxy.
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TornadoVM Launches TornadoInsight Plugin for IntelliJ IDEA
TornadoInsight is an open-source IntelliJ plugin released in December 2023 to improve developers’ experience while working with TornadoVM. Its key features include an on-the-fly static checker and a dynamic testing framework. The plugin is available on JetBrains Marketplace and is available to install and use with JetBrains IDE versions 2022.3 and above.
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Well-Architected Migration Lens for Streamlined Cloud Transition
AWS has introduced the AWS Well-Architected Migration Lens, an extension of the Well-Architected Framework. This extension incorporates best practices and implementation guidance that customers can utilize in their migration program across the three phases: Assess, Mobilize, and Migrate.
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Zonal Autoshift on AWS: Optimizing Infrastructure Reliability
Zonal autoshift, a new capability of Amazon Route 53 Application Recovery Controller, automatically shifts traffic away from an Availability Zone (AZ) when a potential failure is identified by the cloud provider. The service redirects the traffic back once the AZ failure is resolved.
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Java News Roundup: WildFly 31, Eclipse Store 1.1, Liberica NIK, Quarkus, JHipster Lite
This week's Java roundup for January 22nd, 2024 features news highlighting: WildFly 31.0.0, Eclipse Store 1.1.0, BellSoft Liberica Native Image Kit, multiple releases of Quarkus and JHipster Lite, and Jakarta EE 11 updates.
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How RevenueCat Manages Caching for Handling over 1.2 Billion Daily API Requests
RevenueCat extensively uses caching to improve the availability and performance of its product API while ensuring consistency. The company shared its techniques to deliver the platform, which can handle over 1.2 billion daily API requests. The team at RevenueCat created an open-source memcache client that provides several advanced features.
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Visual Studio GitHub Copilot Extension Introduces New Features and Enhancements
The latest release of the Visual Studio GitHub Copilot Chat Extension introduces two noteworthy productivity features, slash commands and context variables. Additionally, developers can explore preview features like the Exception Assistant, Test failure Analysis, Suggestions for Breakpoint Expressions, Commit message suggestions and many more.