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High-Performance Serverless with Rust: Insights from Benjamen Pyle’s Talk at QCon San Francisco
Benjamen Pyle's talk showcased the power of combining Rust with AWS Lambda for high-performance, scalable, serverless applications. He highlighted Rust's safety and efficiency and its ability to minimize cold start times and costs. Pyle emphasized best practices like multi-Lambda designs and infrastructure like code, enabling developers to build solutions that drive efficiency and sustainability.
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How Recall.ai Saved $1M on AWS by Eliminating WebSockets
Recall.ai recently shared their experience running a platform for building and managing meeting bots on AWS, where they uncovered that using WebSockets was adding an extra 1M USD per year in costs. The team describes how they developed an alternative high-bandwidth, low-latency inter-process communication (IPC) solution to resolve the issue.
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How Uber Sped up SQL-based Data Analytics with Presto and Express Queries
Uber uses Presto, an open-source distributed SQL query engine, to provide analytics across several data sources, including Apache Hive, Apache Pinot, MySQL, and Apache Kafka. To improve its performance, Uber engineers explored the advantages of dealing with quick queries, a.k.a. express queries, in a specific way and found they could improve both Presto utilization and response times.
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Java News Roundup: Spring Framework 6.2, OpenJDK JEPs, Micronaut 4.7, Gradle 8.11
This week's Java roundup for November 11th, 2024, features news highlighting: the release of Spring Framework 6.2.0; four JEPs that have been targeted for JDK 24; two JEPs that have been proposed to target for JDK 24; three new JEP candidates; and the release of Micronaut 4.7.0 and Gradle 8.11.0.
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KubeCon + CloudNativeCon NA 2024: Key Announcements and Projects Updates
Last week, the cloud-native community gathered in Salt Lake City, Utah, for KubeCon + CloudNativeCon North America 2024. Practitioners, tech leaders, and vendors explored the latest innovations and technologies defining cloud-native computing.
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GitHub Universe 2024 Unveils AI Innovations and Developer-Centric Tools
GitHub Universe 2024 unveiled groundbreaking updates emphasizing developer autonomy and AI capabilities. With multi-model support for Copilot, the introduction of AI-driven GitHub Spark, enhanced security features, and improved workflows in popular IDEs, GitHub aims to democratize coding and empower developers, regardless of skill level, to harness the full potential of artificial intelligence.
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Native Vector Support in Azure SQL Database in Public Preview
Azure SQL Database now supports native vector storage and processing, streamlining AI development by integrating vector search with SQL queries. This update simplifies database management, enhances data analysis, and boosts performance by eliminating data movement. Ideal for diverse applications, it empowers sectors like e-commerce and healthcare with advanced, context-aware functionalities.
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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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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 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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OpenJDK News Roundup: Instance Main Methods, Flexible Constructor Bodies, Module Import Declarations
There was a flurry of activity in the OpenJDK ecosystem during the week of November 4th, 2024, highlighting: five JEPs, having successfully completed their respective reviews, are now Targeted for JDK 24; five new JEPs have been Proposed to Target for JDK 24 and will be under review during the week of November 11th, 2024; and two JEP drafts that have been promoted to Candidate status.
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Microsoft Unveils Enhanced AI Tools for Developers at GitHub Universe
At GitHub Universe, Microsoft unveiled powerful integrations of Azure AI with GitHub and VS Code, empowering developers with context-aware tools like GitHub Copilot for Azure and AI App Templates. These innovations streamline workflows, enhance resource management, and simplify deployment, providing developers with robust features for efficient, secure application building and experimentation.
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Amazon Aurora Introduces Global Database Writer Endpoint for Distributed Applications
Amazon Aurora has recently introduced a Global Database writer endpoint to streamline routing for applications in disaster-recovery scenarios. This highly available global endpoint removes the need for application code changes to reestablish connectivity following a cross-region switchover or failover operation.
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Grab Employs LLMs for Conversational Data Discovery with GPT-4, Glean and Slack
Grab responded to the challenges of finding valuable datasets among 200k+ tables by enhancing Hubble, the data discovery tool, with new capabilities leveraging GenAI technologies. The company reduced the data discovery process by incorporating LLMs to generate dataset documentation and created a Slack bot to bring effective data discovery to data consumers.