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Fast Eventual Consistency: Inside Corrosion, the Distributed System Powering Fly.io
Innovative cloud solutions expert Somtochi Onyekwere recently presented at QCon London 2025, unveiling Corrosion—Fly.io's advanced open-source distributed system. By leveraging CRDTs and Rust, Corrosion enhances scalability and data synchronization, addressing latency challenges and ensuring rapid, consistent application deployment across a global network of 40+ regions.
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.NET Aspire 9.2 Released with Expanded Deployment Options and Dashboard Improvements
The .NET team has released version 9.2 of .NET Aspire, introducing updates to the dashboard experience, new integration capabilities, and deployment improvements. As stated in the official announcement, this release furthers the platform’s goal of simplifying application development and cloud-native deployment workflows.
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Docker Model Runner Aims to Make it Easier to Run LLM Models Locally
Currently in preview with Docker Desktop 4.40 for macOS on Apple Silicon, Docker Model Runner allows developers to run models locally and iterate on application code using the local models- without disrupting their container-based workflows.
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.NET AI Chat Web App Template Preview 2 Released with Qdrant and .NET Aspire Support
The second preview of the .NET AI Chat Web App template has been released, introducing several enhancements to streamline the development of AI-powered chat applications. This update includes support for .NET Aspire and integration with the Qdrant vector database, facilitating the creation of cloud-native applications.
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Java News Roundup: JDK 25 Schedule, Spring 7.0-M4, Payara Platform, JobRunr 7.5, Jox 1.0, Commonhaus
This week's Java roundup for April 14th, 2025, features news highlighting: the JDK 25 release schedule; the fourth milestone release of Spring Framework 7.0.0; the April 2025 edition of the Payara Platform; the release of JobRunr 7.5.0 and Jox 1.0.0; and Kroxylicious having joined the Commonhaus Foundation.
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OpenJDK News Roundup: Compact Source, Module Import Declarations, Key Derivation, Scoped Values
There was a flurry of activity in the OpenJDK ecosystem during the week of April 14th, 2025, highlighting eight new JEPs having been elevated from their JEP Drafts to Candidate status. Four of these will be finalized after their respective rounds of preview.
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Redis 8 Targets AI Applications with New Data Type for Vector Similarity
Redis has recently announced the addition of Vector Set, a data type designed for vector similarity and a new option for AI applications. This new data type marks the first major contribution from Salvatore Sanfilippo (aka ‘antirez’), the creator of Redis, since rejoining the company.
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How GitHub Built Sub-Issues into Its Issue Tracking System
Coinciding with the generally availability of sub-issues, GitHub engineer Shaun Wong shared insights about how they added support for hierarchical issue structures, the lessons learned during development, and the key role sub-issues played in their workflow.
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AWS Introduces MCP Servers for AI-Assisted Cloud Development
AWS has launched the open-source Model Context Protocol (MCP) Servers, revolutionizing AI-powered code assistants. These servers enhance development speed and security, ensuring adherence to AWS best practices. With features like automated Infrastructure as Code and cost insights, MCP democratizes AWS expertise and empowers developers to optimize cloud solutions effortlessly.
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QCon London 2025: Hybrid Cloud-Native Networking in Enterprise - Some Assembly Required
In an engaging talk at QCon London 2025, Louis Ryan, CTO of Solo.io and co-creator of Istio, addressed the complexities of hybrid cloud-native networking. He emphasized intentional assembly of network components, critical evaluation of tools, and treating networking as a primary focus to ensure reliability, observability, and security in today's intricate enterprise environments.
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.NET 10 Preview 3: C# 14 Extension Members, ASP.NET Core State Persistence and Other Improvements
Last week, the .NET Team announced the third preview release of .NET 10, introducing several enhancements across various components, including .NET Runtime, SDK, libraries, C#, ASP.NET Core, Blazor, .NET MAUI, and more.
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Shopify's React Native Journey: an In-Flight Retrospective
Five years into their journey with React Native, Shopify's mobile team has shared a wealth of insights from their experience, highlighting what worked, what didn't, and what lies ahead.
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The Open-Source Version of InfluxDB 3 Reaches GA
Two years after releasing the GA version of InfluxData’s enterprise edition, their open-source version also reached that level of maturity. Conceptualised for real-time workloads and ease of running, the core version leaves aside features like long-term storage optimisations, compaction or high availability (HA), read replicas, or fine-grained access controls.
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Compromised GitHub Action Highlights Risks in CI/CD Supply Chains
The popular tj-actions/changed-files GitHub Action used by thousands of repositories recently compromised those repositories, exposing a critical weakness in how open-source Actions are published and consumed.
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QCon London 2025: Applying Domain-Driven Design at Scale
At QCon London 2025, Vanderbijl unveiled how domain-driven design transformed a chaotic healthcare platform into a coherent business architecture. Through innovative strategies like "Take That" and "Robbie Williams," the team tackled architectural complexity, emphasizing adaptability and continuous improvement. This journey illustrates DDD as an evolving process essential for sustainable growth.