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Es-Toolkit, a Modern Lodash Alternative
Es-toolkit is a modern JavaScript utility library that offers a preformant, type-safe alternative to Lodash.
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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.
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AWS Graviton-Based EC2 Instance Hibernation: Cost Efficiency and Faster Operations
AWS recently announced that customers can hibernate their EC2 instances (M3, M4, M5, C3, C4, C5, R3, R4, and R5) powered by AWS Graviton processors. According to the company EC2 instance, hibernation helps customers achieve significant cost savings and faster startup times by enabling them to pause and resume their running instances at scale.
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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.
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Null-Restricted and Nullable Types for Java
Draft JEP 8303099 was recently made public. This JEP discusses Null-Restricted and Nullable Types, and aims to bring optional nullness-marking to the Java language, in a similar way to that seen in other programming languages (such as Kotlin).
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Google Launches Pigweed SDK for Embedded Development on Pi Picos and Other Microcontrollers
Recently launched by Google in developer preview, the Pigweed SDK aims to make it easier to develop, debug, test, and deploy embedded C++ applications. At the heart of the SDK lies Bazel, Google's own build system, which has been extended to better support workflows and requirements typical of embedded development.
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Java News Roundup: JDK 23 RC1, New HotSpot JEP, Hibernate and Tomcat Releases, GlassFish 8.0-M7
This week's Java roundup for August 5th, 2024, features news highlighting: the first release candidates of JDK 23 and Gradle 8.10; JEP 483, Ahead-of-Time Class Loading & Linking, a new HotSpot feature; the releases of Hibernate ORM 6.6, Hibernate Search 7.2, Hibernate Reactive 2.4; multiple Apache Tomcat point and milestone releases; and GlassFish 8.0.0-M7.
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JSpecify 1.0.0 and Nullability in Java
The JSpecify collective has made its first release. The group's mission is to define common sets of annotation types for use in JVM languages, to improve static analysis and language interoperation. The first release is centred on nullability, and aligns with a recently announced Draft JEP that is exploring this issue at language level.
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MLow: Meta Introduces Audio Codec for Low-End Devices
Meta has recently announced the Meta Low Bitrate (MLow) audio codec, aimed at enhancing real-time communication (RTC) on low-end devices and slow-speed connections. This new codec is designed to deliver efficient, high-quality audio streaming, even under low bandwidth conditions.
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GitHub Models Brings New AI Playground and Tight Integration with Other GitHub Tools
GitHub has launched GitHub Models, a free capability aimed at letting developers explore various AI models from within the GitHub tool ecosystem and make it easier to deploy AI-based services using Azure AI. GitHub Models includes both private and public models and is currently in closed preview.
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Vaadin 24.4.0 Introduces Vaadin Copilot and a Unified Vaadin Platform
Vaadin, an open-source web application development platform for Java developers, released version 24.4 in June 2024. The release aims to improve and simplify the developer experience by unifying the Hilla framework with the Vaadin platform, introducing the Vaadin Copilot, and several enhancements to the design system.
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Rust 1.80 Adds Support for Lazy Statics, Extends Ranges in Patterns, and More
Rust 1.80 stabilizes LazyCell and LazyLock, two new types that can be used to delay initialization of data until the first time they are accessed. It also brings support for exclusive ranges as well as a couple of related lint warnings. Additionally, it allows variadic functions without a named parameter for compatibility with C23, stabilizes many APIs, and more.
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Netflix Adopts Virtual Threads: a Case Study on Performance and Pitfalls
Netflix, a long-time Java adopter, recently upgraded to Java 21. They are now harnessing new features such as generational ZGC and virtual threads to improve performance across their extensive microservices fleet. While virtual threads, designed for high-throughput concurrent applications, showed early promise, they also brought unique challenges in real-world scenarios.
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Avalonia 11.1 Release: Major Enhancements in Performance, UI/UX, and Cross-Platform Support
At the end of July, Avalonia 11.1 was released. It is labeled as a point release, but as stated in the official release post, the volume of improvements suggests a major upgrade for developers. The project changes are related to Performance Optimizations, UI and UX Improvements, Developer Productivity, Graphics and Animation Enhancements, and more.
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Spring Boot 3.3 Boosts Performance, Security, and Observability
VMware released Spring Boot 3.3 on May 23, 2024, with significant performance, security, and observability improvements. These include Class Data Sharing (CDS) for faster startup and reduced memory usage, virtual thread support for websockets, enhanced security with JWT authentication auto-configuration, and Software Bill of Materials (SBOM) support for better supply chain security.