Open-source Java platform provider Azul just announced the winners of its first-ever Azul Java Hero Awards, which recognizes exceptional achievements in Java deployments worldwide. The company named 17 organizations and individuals who "who achieved innovative world-class results with Java to help their businesses become more cost-effective, successful and efficient."
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Posted by John K. Waters on September 3, 20240 comments
Low-code/no-code AI platform provider Sway AI announced this week the integration of its namesake offering with Microsoft Azure, giving Azure customers a unique way to build and deploy secure AI and machine learning (ML) applications directly within the Azure ecosystem.
Sway AI is a fascinating application of low-code/no-code (LCNC) development. It's not a traditional development environment used for writing and managing code. Instead, it serves as a dev platform specifically for creating AI-driven solutions. It's not about coding, debugging, or version control, but developing AI models, performing data analysis, and deploying AI applications. Users can develop AI models by selecting pre-built algorithms, configuring them, and training them on their data, all without writing code.
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Posted by John K. Waters on August 20, 20240 comments
It has been said that coding can sometimes feel like trying to explain quantum physics to a cat. If any dev tool maker understands this, it's JetBrains, which is no doubt why they’ve supercharged their AI Assistant in the 2024.2 updates for their suite of IDEs. The latest version introduces advanced and faster code completion for Java, Kotlin, and Python, alongside a smarter AI chat powered by GPT-4o.
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Posted by John K. Waters on August 6, 20240 comments
I read a lot of industry reports based on surveys of one group or another, mostly developers, but it's not often I lay my eyes on one that makes me laugh and shudder at the same time.
The report, "Know the Enemy: What Execs Need to Understand to Secure their Software Supply Chain," was sent to me by the folks at JFrog, best known for Artifactory, a universal DevOps solution for hosting, managing, and distributing binaries and artifacts, but currently billed more expansively as a universal software supply chain platform for DevOps, Security, and MLOps. The report organizes the findings of a global survey of C-level and senior executives, managers, and individual contributors (analysts, specialists, developers, programmers, engineers, etc.) conducted by Atomik Research on behalf of the company.
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Posted by John K. Waters on July 24, 20240 comments
Software development tools maker JetBrains has announced the availability of a self-hosted version of its Qodana code quality platform. An extension of the cloud version launched last summer, this release is also based on the static code analysis engine of JetBrains' IDEs. The platform supports native integration with both those IDEs and VS Code, allowing developers to build quality gates in any CI environment, which helps to enforce coding standards enterprise-wide.
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Posted by John K. Waters on July 10, 20240 comments
When I hear the word "infotainment," I automatically think of TV shows like "Animal Planet" or "The Daily Show." But it's also a term of art in the auto industry referring to in-car systems that combine entertainment, such as radio and music, with driving information, such as navigation. Modern in-vehicle infotainment systems connect with smart automotive technologies, such as Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS) and Vehicle-to-Everything (V2X) technology, which use sensors, cameras, and wireless connectivity to allow cars to connect to and communicate with their drivers and surroundings.
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Posted by John K. Waters on June 26, 20240 comments
The folks at the Eclipse Foundation, in collaboration with the Adoptium Working Group, recently unveiled the latest release of Eclipse Temurin, the working group's OpenJDK distribution. This is the largest release to date; it with support for 54 version/platform combinations and five major OpenJDK versions, highlighting a commitment to diverse and comprehensive builds across Linux, Mac, Windows, and various architectures, including x64, ARM, and RISC-V.
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Posted by John K. Waters on June 4, 20240 comments
Last month, Oracle dropped Java 22, adding a fresh batch of performance, stability, and security features to the venerable programming platform. This latest iteration introduces 12 JDK Enhancement Proposals (JEPs) aimed at refining everything from the Java language to its array of development tools. Though not a long-term support (LTS) release (the next LTS is Java 23), this release is a significant upgrade that includes new features focused on better enabling the use of Java for building AI applications.
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Posted by John K. Waters on April 10, 20240 comments
When I first began using the term "prompt engineering" last year, I thought the eye rolling would knock the planet off its axis. I got a similar reaction a dozen years earlier when I proposed writing a book on "social media" to an east coast publisher. And don't get me started on the initial feedback on "the cloud."
Technology nomenclature is a writhing beast, and prompt engineering hit the zeitgeist like a breaching humpback soaking eager whale watchers. This discipline, essentially undifferentiated before the precipitous rise of ChatGPT and other advanced machine learning large language models (LLMs) we're calling "AI," is now commanding a salary range of between $250k and $375k USD, according to Forbes
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Posted by John K. Waters on October 9, 20230 comments