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Transitioning from a Software Engineering Role into a Management Role
Software engineers who want to become good at leading engineers can use everyday opportunities to practice management. Peter Gillard-Moss gave a talk at QCon London where he shared his experience with becoming a manager, and provided tips and ideas for engineers aiming to become a manager.
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Google Provides Extended Support for Cloud SQL MySQL and PostgreSQL End-of-Life Versions
Google Cloud has announced extended support for end-of-life Cloud SQL MySQL and PostgreSQL versions to help users maintain database operations and plan upgrades more efficiently. Starting February 1, 2025, versions such as MySQL 5.6, 5.7 and PostgreSQL 9.6 to 12 will enter an extended support phase, allowing customers to continue using these versions beyond their standard support dates.
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Generative AI Capabilities for Logic Apps Standard with Azure OpenAI and AI Search Connectors
Microsoft has announced that the Azure OpenAI and Azure AI Search connectors for Logic Apps Standard are now generally available, following an earlier public preview. These connectors are fully integrated into Azure Integration Services, providing developers with powerful tools to enhance application functionality with advanced AI capabilities.
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Xcode 16 Brings Predictive Code Completion Using Custom Model
At WWDC 2024, Xcode and Swift Playground senior manager Ken Orr presented the most salient features of the upcoming version of Xcode, Xcode 16, including predictive code completion and many bug fixes and improvements.
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WDL 1.2.0: Enhancing Workflow Description Language for Bioinformatics
The Workflow Description Language (WDL) team has announced the release of WDL 1.2.0, a significant update to improve workflow descriptions' flexibility and usability in bioinformatics. This new version introduces several key features and enhancements that promise to streamline workflow management and execution, making it easier for developers and researchers to implement and manage workflows.
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.NET Inline C# Action Feature in Logic Apps: More Flexibility and Control for Developers
Microsoft has announced a significant enhancement to its Azure Logic Apps service by introducing .NET C# inline code execution. This new feature enables developers to call C# code directly within their workflows, providing greater flexibility and control over custom logic and complex operations.
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Java News Roundup: Keycloak 25, Jakarta EE 11 Update, Spring Framework, Hibernate ORM, Vaadin 24.4
This week's Java roundup for June 10th, 2024, features news highlighting: Keycloak 25, release reviews for Jakarta Authentication 3.1 and Jakarta Security 4.0, Spring Framework 6.2.0-M4 and corresponding service releases, Spring Data service releases, Hibernate 6.6.0.CR1 and 7.0.0.Alpha3, and the release of Vaadin 24.4.
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Apple WWDC: iOS18 and Apple Intelligence Announcements
At WWDC 2024 Apple unveiled "Apple Intelligence," a suite of AI features coming to iOS 18, iPadOS 18, and macOS Sequoia. Apple’s aim with Apple Intelligence is to seamlessly integrate AI into the core of the iPhone, iPad, and Mac experience.
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Amazon EC2 U7i Instances: 896 vCPUs and up to 32 TiB of Memory for High Memory Workloads
AWS recently announced the general availability of high-memory U7i instances. Simplifying the vertical scaling of large workloads, these new U7i instances are designed to support large, in-memory databases such as SAP HANA, Oracle, and SQL Server.
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Docker Desktop 4.31 Brings Air-Gapped Containers, Faster Builds, and More
The latest release of Docker Desktop introduces air-gapped containers to improve security and compliance, better integration with Cloud-based builds to improve performance, a Compose configuration file viewer, and more.
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Elastic Automates SIEM Investigations with Tines
Elastic's information security team recently detailed their workflow automation using Tines, aimed at improving their ability to identify and respond to cybersecurity threats. The system automatically triages alerts from its Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) system, enhancing the ability to identify and prioritize real threats.
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OpenAI Releases Official .NET Library
Last week, OpenAI unveiled the first beta version of its official .NET library, which is available as a NuGet package for .NET developers to try. This release follows Microsoft's announcement at the Build 2024 conference, highlighting their collaboration with OpenAI to enhance the .NET ecosystem with advanced AI capabilities.
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Increased Popularity of Artist Platform Cara Led to Substantial Vercel Functions Expenses
Cara's web and mobile app, a platform for artists, combines the experience of Instagram and X. It provides a space for users to showcase their portfolios and share updates on their feeds. The app's serverless backend, powered by Vercel Functions, recently incurred a significant cost of $ 98,280 due to a sudden surge in usage.
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Azure Cosmos DB Integration with Vercel Now Generally Available
Microsoft announced the general availability of the Vercel and Azure Cosmos DB integration, following the public preview released about one year ago. Sajeetharan Sinnathurai, a product manager at Microsoft, announced upcoming features, including an AI template with integrated vector search capabilities, responding to community feedback.
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Improving Mobile Test Automation with Continuous Integration, Central Logging, and Metrics Analysis
Continuous integration can enhance automated mobile testing. Test data from multiple mobile devices running parallel tests can be consolidated to support monitoring. Jira tickets from manual testing can trigger the build process to ensure that testers will have the correct software version to do the manual testing.