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Amazon Q Adds Inline Chat Support for Visual Studio Code and JetBrains IDEs
AWS recently announced that Amazon Q Developer now supports inline chat, enabling developers to discuss and resolve code issues directly within the editor. Combining the benefits of in-IDE chat with the ability to directly update codes, this feature is powered by Claude 3.5 and available in Visual Studio Code and JetBrains IDEs.
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Thoughtworks Technology Radar Oct 2024 - From Coding Assistance to AI Evolution
Thoughtworks recently published their Technology Radar Volume 31, providing an opinionated guide to the current technology landscape. As per the Technology Radar, Generative AI and Large Language Models (LLMs) dominate, with a focus on their responsible use in software development. AI-powered coding tools are evolving, necessitating a balance between AI assistance and human expertise.
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AWS Amplify and Amazon S3 Integration Simplifies Static Website Hosting
AWS has launched a seamless integration between Amplify Hosting and S3, revolutionizing static website deployment. This robust solution enables developers to quickly publish sites, configure custom domains, and manage updates effortlessly, all backed by Amazon's global CDN. Enjoy fast, secure hosting without complex setups—optimized for performance and efficiency.
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New "Laws" Announced at iSAQB Software Architecture Gathering
During a panel discussion on Tuesday evening at the iSAQB Software Architecture Gathering in Berlin, the topic of complexity in software led to a few eponymous "laws" to be proclaimed by Gregor Hohpe, Chris Richardson, and Diana Montalion.
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AWS CodeBuild Adds Support for Managed GitLab Runners
Recently, AWS CodeBuild introduced support for managed GitLab self-hosted runners, towards advancement in continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD) capabilities. This new feature allows customers to configure their CodeBuild projects to receive and execute GitLab CI/CD job events directly on CodeBuild's ephemeral hosts.
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Using DORA for Sustainable Engineering Performance Improvement
DORA can help to drive sustainable change, depending on how it is used by teams and the way it is supported in a company. According to Carlo Beschi, getting good data for the DORA keys can be challenging. Teams can use DORA reports for continuous improvement by analysing the data and taking actions.
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.NET Aspire 9.0 Now Generally Available: Enhanced AWS & Azure Integration and More Improvements
.NET Aspire 9.0 is now generally available, bringing several features aimed at improving cloud-native application development on both AWS and Azure. This release supports both .NET 8 (LTS) and .NET 9 (STS), giving developers flexibility in choosing the platform that best fits their projects.
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Google Cloud Boosts Observability Capabilities with Log Scopes
Google Cloud recently introduced log scopes for Cloud Logging, aimed at improving how organizations manage and analyze their logs. This enhancement addresses the common challenge of finding relevant data from the vast amount of information in observability tools.
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How Allegro Reduced the Cost of Running a GCP Dataflow Pipeline by 60%
Allegro achieved significant savings for one of the Dataflow Pipelines running on GCP Big Data. The company continues working on improving the cost-effectiveness of its data workflows by evaluating resource utilization, enhancing pipeline configurations, optimizing input and output datasets, and improving storage strategies.
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Java 24 to Reduce Object Header Size and Save Memory
JEP 450 (Compact Object Headers) has been targeted for delivery in JDK 24. This currently experimental feature optimizes heap utilization by shrinking the size of the mandatory object header in HotSpot. This should reduce overall heap size, improve density of deployments, and increase data locality.
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Hugging Face Launches SmolTools: Practical AI Apps Powered by SmolLM2 Model
Hugging Face has introduced SmolTools, a set of applications built on the recently launched SmolLM2 model, a compact 1.7-billion parameter language model. SmolTools includes specialized tools for summarization, rewriting, and task automation, bringing efficient AI functionality to a broader range of users.
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Google Debuts OpenAI-compatible API for Gemini
In an effort to make it easier for developers who adopted OpenAI for their LLM-based solutions to switch to Gemini, Google has launched a new endpoint for its Gemini API that allows them to easily switch from one service to the other. The new endpoint is still in beta and provides only partial coverage of OpenAI capabilities.
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Anthropic Releases New Claude Models and Computer Use Feature
Anthropic released two new models: Claude 3.5 Haiku and an improved version of Claude 3.5 Sonnet. They also released a new feature for Claude 3.5 Sonnet that allows the model to interact with a computer's GUI the same way a human user does.
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Java News Roundup: Spring Cloud, Project Loom, Open Liberty, Groovy, Jakarta EE 11 Update
This week's Java roundup for November 4th, 2024, features news highlighting: the first candidate release of Spring Cloud 2024; an update on Project Loom; the release of Open Liberty 24.0.0.11; point and milestone releases for Apache Groovy; and an update on Jakarta EE 11.
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Uber Achieves Significant Storage Savings with MyRocks Differential Backups
Uber has written about successfully implementing a new differential backup system for its distributed databases, which led to storage cost reductions of up to 70%. Uber engineers developed this solution in response to growing storage costs and lengthy backup completion times that emerged after Uber migrated storage services to MyRocks, a MySQL storage engine based on RocksDB.