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The End of Programming as We Know It

O'Reilly Media - Ideas

Theres a lot of chatter in the media that software developers will soon lose their jobs to AI. I dont buy it. It is not the end of programming. It is the end of programming as we know it today. That is not new. The first programmers connected physical circuits to perform each calculation. They were succeeded by programmers writing machine instructions as binary code to be input one bit at a time by flipping switches on the front of a computer.

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Goodbye digital transformation, hello AI-first business transformation

CIO

Perhaps we got digital transformation wrong this whole time. Instead of focusing on the transformation part, we did a lot less transforming and a lot more digitalization. Instead of seeing digital as a new paradigm for our business, we over-indexed on digitizing legacy models and processes and modernizing our existing organization. As a result, most businesses remain saddled with complexity, department silos, and old ways of doing things.

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OTC hearing aid eyeglasses available soon in US following FDA approval

Dion Hinchcliffe's Web 2.0 Blog

Nuance Audio showcased its glasses with built-in hearing aids at CES 2025. Now that the product is FDA-approved, it will be available in the US in the coming months.

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Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG)

Martin Fowler

A pre-trained GenAI model lacks recent and specific information about a domain. Bharani Subramaniam and I explain how Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) can fill that gap.

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How to Achieve High-Accuracy Results When Using LLMs

Speaker: Ben Epstein, Stealth Founder & CTO | Tony Karrer, Founder & CTO, Aggregage

When tasked with building a fundamentally new product line with deeper insights than previously achievable for a high-value client, Ben Epstein and his team faced a significant challenge: how to harness LLMs to produce consistent, high-accuracy outputs at scale. In this new session, Ben will share how he and his team engineered a system (based on proven software engineering approaches) that employs reproducible test variations (via temperature 0 and fixed seeds), and enables non-LLM evaluation m

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ECS Fargate Persistent Storage: EFS Access Points vs. Lambda Workarounds

Xebia

When running a Docker container on ECS Fargate, persistent storage is often a necessity. I initially attempted to solve this by manually creating the required directory on EFS using a Lambda-backed custom resource. While this worked, it introduced unnecessary complexity. Through experimentation, I discovered a more elegant solutionusing EFS access points.

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Spanish police arrest dangerous hacker behind attacks on NATO and US army

Ooda Loop

Spanish police have arrested an individual wanted in connection with several cyber attacks against NATO. Spanish police have arrested an individual wanted in connection with several cyber attacks against NATO and US military infrastructure. The police were able to identify him after he launched a cyber attack against the Spanish civil guard. Police also seized […] The post Spanish police arrest dangerous hacker behind attacks on NATO and US army appeared first on OODAloop.

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Panel at goto Copenhagen: "Where is SW development Going

Martin Fowler

was on a panel at goto Copenhagen last September with Holly Cummings, Trisha Gee, Dave Farley, and Daniel Terhorst-North. We discussed the current state of software development and where it was heading. Given the timing, there was much discussion about the role AI would play in our profession's future.

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The 10 Biggest Rounds Of January: Infinite Reality Tops Busy Month

Crunchbase News

This is a monthly feature that runs down the months top 10 funding rounds in the U.S. Check out Novembers biggest rounds here. The year started strong for huge rounds, as the first month saw a trio of billion-dollar raises and a slew of others of more than $250 million. Venture money wasnt concentrated in just one sector, as VCs invested in everything from artificial intelligence to biotech to energy. 1.

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When digital literacy fails, IT gets the blame

CIO

In 2022, McKinsey published a report called, The data-driven enterprise of 2025. The report highlighted seven key characteristics of successfully data-driven companies, each of which lands firmly on the desks of CIOs, who are expected to provide leadership for the data-driven enterprise. These include: Data embedded in every decision and process Data processed and delivered in real-time Usable and integrated data Dedicated data product teams Expansion of the chief data officer (CDO) role Data-s

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Zero Trust Mandate: The Realities, Requirements and Roadmap

The DHS compliance audit clock is ticking on Zero Trust. Government agencies can no longer ignore or delay their Zero Trust initiatives. During this virtual panel discussion—featuring Kelly Fuller Gordon, Founder and CEO of RisX, Chris Wild, Zero Trust subject matter expert at Zermount, Inc., and Principal of Cybersecurity Practice at Eliassen Group, Trey Gannon—you’ll gain a detailed understanding of the Federal Zero Trust mandate, its requirements, milestones, and deadlines.

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Leading in the Age of Non-Stop VUCA

Next Level Blog

Back in the early days of the COVID pandemic, I wrote a post on how to lead under volatile, uncertain, complex, and ambiguous conditions. You may know those four words by their common acronym VUCA. To be honest, I didnt think that things could get any more VUCA than they were during the pandemic. Im beginning to think I was wrong about that. Practically every week over the past year theres been a new breakthrough or application in the field of artificial intelligence.

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OPA Gatekeeper Bypass Reveals Risks in Kubernetes Policy Engines

Aqua Security

Implementing Kubernetes securely can be a daunting task. Fortunately, there are tools in the K8s toolshed that provide out-of-the-box solutions using a single click. One such tools is OPA Gatekeeper. It is a great out-of-the-box security checkpoint to enforce security policies on Kubernetes. But are users using it correctly? Do they understand its limitations?

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Why Tax Compliance Is Vital For A Successful Exit

Crunchbase News

By Jimmy Fitzgerald With the outlook for IPOs remaining slim, startups are increasingly turning to the M&A market to cash in on recent success, with M&A deal volume for venture-backed startups rising 7% in 2024. For startup founders planning a lucrative exit, the priority is on growing their business, refining the product and reaching profitability to make themselves more attractive to acquirers.

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CIOs are bullish on AI agents. IT employees? Not so much.

CIO

Most CIOs and CTOs are bullish on agentic AI, believing the emerging technology will soon become essential to their enterprises, but lower-level IT pros who will be tasked with implementing agents have serious doubts. While 53% of tech execs see AI agents being core to business operations in the next two years, only 29% of IT practitioners see that coming to pass, according to a new survey from uptime monitoring vendor PagerDuty.

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Enterprise ABM Marketing Tools: A Marketers Guide

Savvy B2B marketers know that a great account-based marketing (ABM) strategy leads to higher ROI and sustainable growth. In this guide, we’ll cover: What makes for a successful ABM strategy? What are the key elements and capabilities of ABM that can make a real difference? How is AI changing workflows and driving functionality? This Martech Intelligence Report on Enterprise Account-Based Marketing examines the state of ABM in 2024 and what to consider when implementing ABM software.

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Dynatrace Extends AI Reach to Bridge DevOps Divide

DevOps.com

Dynatrace, today at its Perform 2025 conference, extended the reach of its Davis artificial intelligence (AI) engine to provide predictive and generative capabilities that complement the causal analytics already provided.

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Cybersecurity Snapshot: Cyber Agencies Offer Best Practices for Network Edge Security, While OWASP Ranks Top Risks of Non-Human Identities

Tenable

Check out recommendations from CISA and others on how to protect network edge devices and applications. Plus, OWASP has published the 10 risks associated with non-human identities. In addition, find out why ransomware payments plunged in 2024. And a new U.K. non-profit will categorize cyber incidents severity. And much more! Dive into six things that are top of mind for the week ending Feb. 7. 1 - New cyber guides unpack how to secure network edge wares Looking for insights and best practices fo

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Advertising Startup StackAdapt Snags Massive $235M Round

Crunchbase News

Advertising technologies do not interest investors as they once did, however, when you mix in artificial intelligence they take note. StackAdapt raised a $235 million growth round led by Teachers Venture Growth the late-stage venture and growth investment arm of Ontario Teachers Pension Plan with participation from Intrepid Growth Partners and four other unnamed investors.

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Why GreenOps will succeed where FinOps is failing

CIO

Global IT spending is expected to soar in 2025, gaining 9% according to recent estimates. This surge is driven by the rapid expansion of cloud computing and artificial intelligence, both of which are reshaping industries and enabling unprecedented scalability and innovation. The implications for cloud adoption are profound, as businesses increasingly rely on these technologies to drive digital transformation, optimize operations and gain competitive advantages.

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Revolutionize QA: GAPs AI-Driven Accelerators for Smarter, Faster Testing

GAP's AI-Driven QA Accelerators revolutionize software testing by automating repetitive tasks and enhancing test coverage. From generating test cases and Cypress code to AI-powered code reviews and detailed defect reports, our platform streamlines QA processes, saving time and resources. Accelerate API testing with Pytest-based cases and boost accuracy while reducing human error.

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Support joins in update_all for PG and SQLite and more

Ruby on Rails

Hi, Wojtek here presenting you this weeks changes in the Rails codebase. Clio joins the Rails Foundation Were excited to welcome Clio as the newest Contributing Member of the Rails Foundation. Support joins in update_all for Postgresql and SQlite Previously when generating update queries with one or more JOIN clauses, Active Record would use a sub query which would prevent to reference the joined tables in the SET clause, for instance: Comment. joins ( :post ). update_all ( "title = posts.title"

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Build A Stateless Microservice With GitHub Copilot in VSCode

Dzone - DevOps

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella recently announced that GitHub Copilot is now free for all developers in VSCode. This is a game-changer in the software development industry. Github Copilot is an AI code assistant that helps developers finish their coding tasks easily and quickly. It also helps suggest code snippets and autocomplete functions. In this article, we will learn how to use GitHub Copilot using VSCode in a step-by-step manner for creating the first stateless flask microservice.

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OpenAI’s Operator Signals The Agentic Era Of Commerce Is Here

Crunchbase News

By Scott Friend With the release of OpenAI Operator (yes, even as a research preview), were yet another giant step closer to the Agentic Commerce Era becoming the new reality for shoppers and merchants alike. With launch partners including consumer services such as DoorDash and Uber , and online marketplaces like Priceline and StubHub , Operators introduction validates the potential value of generative AI taking agency on behalf of shoppers.

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MicroStrategy goes big on BI and Bitcoin as rebranding drops ‘Micro’

CIO

The rebranding of business intelligence (BI) platform vendor MicroStrategy that will see the firm aggressively plug Bitcoin comes with significant risks as a result of the digital currencys volatility and the regulatory uncertainties surround the cryptocurrency market, an industry analyst said Thursday. The organization will now be known as Strategy, and, according to a release , as well as focusing on BI, it will also be the worlds first and largest Bitcoin Treasury Company.

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Prevent Data Breaches With Zero-Trust Enterprise Password Management

Keeper Security is transforming cybersecurity for people and organizations around the world. Keeper’s affordable and easy-to-use solutions are built on a foundation of zero-trust and zero-knowledge security to protect every user on every device. Our next-generation privileged access management solution deploys in minutes and seamlessly integrates with any tech stack to prevent breaches, reduce help desk costs and ensure compliance.

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World’s first scalable, connected, photonic quantum computer prototype developed

Ooda Loop

A team of engineers, physicists and computer specialists at Canadian company, Xanadu Quantum Technologies Inc., has unveiled what they describe as the world’s first scalable, connected, photonic quantum computer prototype. In their paper published in the journal Nature, the group describes how they designed and built their modularized quantum computer, and how it can be […] The post World’s first scalable, connected, photonic quantum computer prototype developed appeared first

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GenAI Patterns: RAG Limitations and Hybrid Retriever

Martin Fowler

Today Bharani Subramaniam and I outline four limitations to the simple RAG from yesterday, and the pattern that addresses the first of these: Hybrid Retriever. This tackles the inefficiencies of embeddings-based search by combining it with other search techniques.

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Customizing Data Exports: Dynamic Excel Updates with Power Apps, Power Automate, and Office Scripts

Perficient

Modern business workflows often require flexible and efficient ways to export, transform, and share data. By combining the capabilities of Power Apps, Power Automate, and Office Scripts, you can create a seamless process to dynamically customize and update Excel files with minimal effort. This guide demonstrates how to dynamically export data from Power Apps, process it with Power Automate, format it in Excel using Office Scripts, and send the updated file via email.

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Los CIO son optimistas respecto a los agentes de IA; los empleados de TI, no tanto

CIO

La mayora de los directores de sistemas de la informacin (CIO, por sus siglas en ingls) y directores de tecnologa (CTO) son optimistas respecto a los agentes de inteligencia artificial (IA), y creen que la tecnologa emergente pronto ser esencial para sus empresas. Sin embargo, los profesionales de TI de nivel inferior que tendrn la tarea de implementar agentes tienen serias dudas.

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15 Modern Use Cases for Enterprise Business Intelligence

Large enterprises face unique challenges in optimizing their Business Intelligence (BI) output due to the sheer scale and complexity of their operations. Unlike smaller organizations, where basic BI features and simple dashboards might suffice, enterprises must manage vast amounts of data from diverse sources. What are the top modern BI use cases for enterprise businesses to help you get a leg up on the competition?

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Bill Gates Sees Quantum Computing’s Potential Arrival in Three to Five Years

Ooda Loop

Bill Gates, co-founder and former CEO of Microsoft, believes that quantum computing, a technology that could revolutionize industries from medicine to materials science, may be closer than some experts think. In a recent interview on Yahoo Finances Opening Bid podcast, Gates suggested that useful quantum computers could arrive in as little as three to five […] The post Bill Gates Sees Quantum Computings Potential Arrival in Three to Five Years appeared first on OODAloop.

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Mastering the Transition: From Amazon EMR to EMR on EKS

Dzone - DevOps

Amazon Elastic MapReduce (EMR) is a platform to process and analyze big data. Traditional EMR runs on a cluster of Amazon EC2 instances managed by AWS. This includes provisioning the infrastructure and handling tasks like scaling and monitoring. EMR on EKS integrates Amazon EMR with Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (EKS). It allows users the flexibility to run Spark workloads on a Kubernetes cluster.

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Design in Pharmacies – A Commitment to Social Responsibility

Perficient

Universal design in pharmacies is not only about creating accessible environments for all but also about demonstrating a commitment to social responsibility. By implementing universal design principles, pharmacies can play a significant role in fostering inclusivity and promoting the well-being of their communities. This blog post explores the importance of universal design in pharmacies for social responsibility, provides practical examples, and discusses why it matters.

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