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Go 1.21 Toolchain is Now Reproducible to Help Safeguard from Supply-Chain Attacks
Go 1.21 toolchain is the first Go toolchain to be perfectly reproducible. This makes it possible to reduce the risk that a malicious actor can tamper with the output binaries, explains Google engineer Russ Cox, to carry through a supply chain attack.
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AWS Introduces Dedicated Local Zones for Sovereignty Requirements
AWS has recently introduced Dedicated Local Zones, enabling customers to isolate sensitive workloads to meet their digital sovereignty requirements. This new option is designed for public sector and regulated industry customers who need dedicated infrastructure.
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Grafana Beyla Provides Auto-Instrumented Observability through eBPF
Grafana has released Grafana Beyla, an open-source eBPF auto-instrumentation tool for application observability. Beyla is able to report span information and RED metrics (Rate-Errors-Duration) for both Linux HTTP/S and gRPC services. This is accomplished without having to make code modifications for inserting probes.
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AWS Launches AWS Private CA Connector for Active Directory
AWS recently launched the AWS Private Certificate Authority (CA) Connector for Active Directory (AD). It is a new feature that allows enterprises to use AWS Private CA as a drop-in replacement for self-managed enterprise certificate authorities without the need to deploy, patch, or update local agents or proxy servers.
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.NET MAUI in .NET 8 RC 1: Quality Improvements and Xcode 15 Beta Support
Microsoft has recently released the first Release Candidate version of the .NET Multi-platform App UI (MAUI) framework in the .NET 8 roadmap. As reported, this release candidate version is focused on code quality, various UI improvements, and performance optimizations and it comes with Xcode 15 beta support for Apple SDKs.
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RustRover is a New Standalone IDE for Rust from JetBrains
JetBrains has announced its new standalone Rust IDE, RustRover, which is now accessible under an early access program and will bring Rust support on a par with other languages supported by JetBrains IDE, says the company.
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Enhanced Error Handling for Step Functions Provides Developers with Fine-Grained Control over Retry
AWS recently announced the availability of enhanced error handling capabilities in AWS Step Functions workflows allowing developers to identify errors more clearly and provide them with fine-grained control over their retry strategies.
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Windows Community Toolkit 8.0.0 Simplifies Code Portability on Windows Platform
Microsoft released version 8.0.0 of the Windows Community Toolkit in September 2023. The updated version unifies the namespaces for both WinUI 3 and UWP code, simplifying the code portability for developers.
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Azure Container Apps Workload Profiles, Dedicated Plans, More Networking Features, and Jobs GA
Microsoft recently announced the general availability of several Azure Container App features: workload profiles environment, dedicated plan, additional networking features, and jobs.
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Java News Roundup: JDK 22 Release Schedule, Project Babylon, Helidon 4.0-RC2, MicroProfile 6.1-RC1
This week's Java roundup for September 4th, 2023, features news from OpenJDK, JDK 22, JDK 21, GraalVM Native Build Tools 0.9.26, Quarkus 3.3.2, MicroProfile 6.1-RC1, MicroProfile Config 3.1-RC2, Helidon 4.0.0-M2, Open Liberty 23.0.0.9-beta, Hibernate Search 7.0.0.Beta1, Infinispan 14.0.17.Final, Eclipse Mojarra 4.0.4, JDKMon 17.0.71, JHipster 8.0.0-beta.3 and 7.9.4 and JavaZone 2023 Conference.
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AWS Lambda Deprecates Go Runtime
AWS Lambda is deprecating the go1.x runtime, announcing support for Go exclusively in the Amazon Linux 2 runtime. The announcement and the need to migrate by the end of the year to the custom provided.al2 runtime raised concerns in the Go community.
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Cross-Cloud Network: Google Introduces Platform to Connect Applications across Clouds
During the recent Google Cloud Next conference, the cloud provider announced Cross-Cloud Network, a solution to connect applications across different clouds. The new platform aims to simplify multi-cloud networking with a focus on speed and security.
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Uno Platform 4.10: MAUI Embedding, Hot Restart and Lightweight Styling
This week, Uno Platform released version 4.10. Developers can now easily integrate .NET MAUI-specific controls from top 3rd-party vendors, extending this capability across iOS, Android, MacOS, and Windows. Additionally, Uno Platform enables iOS app debugging with Hot Restart Support, control customization through Lightweight Styling, and more security support with Browser CSP for WebAssembly.
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Duet AI Integration for Google Apigee API Management and Application Integration
At its Cloud Next event, Google announced the introduction of Duet AI into its cloud services Apigee API Management and Application integration to support developers in building APIs, integration flows, and extensions that connect Vertex AI or ChatGPT to real-world data through APIs. These capabilities will come in a private preview through Google Cloud’s Trusted Tester program in the coming weeks
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Level-up on Emerging Software Trends: QCon London Software Development Conference, April 8-10, 2024
QCon London, the Software International Development Conference organized by InfoQ, returns to the city on April 8-10, 2024. Over the last 17 years, QCon has always focused on the people who create and work with future technologies. The Program Committee carefully curates the QCon topics based on the important trends and essential best practices you need to know about.