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Amazon Q and Claude Code Let AI Control the Developer CLI
AWS recently announced an enhanced CLI (command-line interface) agent for Amazon Q Developer with advanced agentic capabilities. This upgrade allows developers to work with AI directly in their terminal. Meanwhile, Anthropic has launched Claude Code as a research preview. It is a terminal-based coding assistant that allows developers to work directly with Claude from the command line.
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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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Google DeepMind Introduces QuestBench to Evaluate LLMs in Solving Logic and Math Problems
Google DeepMind’s QuestBench benchmark helps in evaluating if LLMs can pinpoint the single, crucial question needed to solve logic, planning, or math problems. DeepMind team recently published an article on QuestBench which is a set of underspecified reasoning tasks solvable by asking at most one question.
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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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QCon London: AI Agents Can Work Together to Make Humans Better
In a well-received closing keynote at QCon London 2025, independent AI consultant Hannah Foxwell challenged the common narrative about AI making us more productive and helping us to do more, instead arguing that AI agents should be designed to eliminate mundane work for us rather than replace human jobs.
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Google Go Module Mirror Served Backdoor for 3+ Years
In February 2025, researchers at Socket uncovered a significant supply chain attack within the Go programming ecosystem. A malicious package, named github.com/boltdb-go/bolt, was discovered impersonating the legitimate and widely-used BoltDB module.
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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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Architecture is Designing Knowledge Flow – Diana Montalion at Explore DDD
At the Explore DDD conference, Diana Montalion said software architecture is about designing for knowledge flow, with the goal of software teams learning more about the system they are building. This contrasts with the traditional focus on knowledge stock, which is about information that is already known. She sees effective architects as librarians, helping disseminate knowledge.
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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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Amazon VPC Route Server Generally Available, Providing Routing Flexibility and Fault Tolerance
AWS has recently announced the general availability of Amazon VPC Route Server. This new option simplifies dynamic routing in a VPC, allowing developers to advertise routing information via Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) from virtual appliances and dynamically update the VPC route tables associated with subnets and internet gateways.
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Learning from Embedded Software Development for the Space Shuttle and the Orion MPCV
Software development is much different today than it was at the beginning of the Space Shuttle era because of the tools that we have. But the art and practice of software engineering has not progressed that much since the early days of software development. Compilers are much better and faster, and debuggers are now integrated into development tools, making the task of error detection easier.