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OpenAI's CriticGPT Catches Errors in Code Generated by ChatGPT
OpenAI recently published a paper about CriticGPT, a version of GPT-4 fine-tuned to critique code generated by ChatGPT. When compared with human evaluators, CriticGPT catches more bugs and produces better critiques. OpenAI plans to use CriticGPT to improve future versions of their models.
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Java News Roundup: Project Leyden Early-Access Builds, LangChain4j, JReleaser, Groovy
This week's Java roundup for July 1st, 2024 features news highlighting: the debut of the Project Leyden early-access builds, LangChain4j 0.32.0, JReleaser 1.13.0, Apache Groovy point and milestone releases and updates on Jakarta EE 11 and initial discussions on Jakarta EE 12.
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Project Leyden Announces Early Access Build: 2-3x Start-up Improvements for Java Applications
The OpenJDK has reached a milestone by announcing the Early Access (EA) build for Project Leyden. This build represents over a year of development efforts to enhance Java application performance, particularly focusing on start-up times. The preliminary testing has shown impressive results, with popular application frameworks experiencing a 2-3x improvement in start-up times.
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Microsoft Releases .NET 9 Preview 5
Last month, Microsoft released the fifth preview of .NET 9. This preview brings performance improvements and features such as enhanced AI capabilities, prioritized unbounded channel, substring searching with SearchValues, and more flexible active linking in OpenTelemetry.
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AWS Updates the Well-Architected Framework and Lens Catalog
AWS has recently announced updates to the Well-Architected Framework and Lens Catalog. With a significant focus on security and observability, the new release has expanded guidance on architectural best practices to build and maintain optimized, secure, and resilient workloads in the cloud.
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.NET 9 MAUI Preview 5: New Blazor Project Template, Android 15 Beta 2 Support
Microsoft released .NET 9 Preview 5 on June 11th 2024. This update brings a .NET MAUI Blazor Hybrid and Web App project template, Android API 35 Beta 2 support, and some performance and app size optimizations on the Android platform.
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Microsoft Announces General Availability of Data API Builder for Azure Cosmos DB
Microsoft recently announced the general availability of the Data API builder for Azure Cosmos DB. The open-source project provides REST and GraphQL endpoints to Azure databases and on-premises stores.
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.NET Upgrade Assistant Introduces Third-Party API and Package Map Support
.NET Upgrade Assistant tool received an update introducing Third-Party API and Package Map Support. This should help developers simplify the upgrade process by identifying and replacing outdated third-party APIs and packages with their updated versions. Microsoft states that the new feature aims to ease transitions between platforms, such as from UWP to WinUI or from Xamarin Forms to .NET MAUI.
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Terraform Fork OpenTofu 1.7.0 Brings State Encryption and More
OpenTofu 1.7.0 has been released. OpenTofu is an open-source infrastructure-as-code tool for declarative cloud infrastructure creation using various APIs. It was forked last year from HashiCorp's Terraform after changes to the latter's license. The new version introduces several significant features and improvements.
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Microsoft Releases Visual Studio 17.10.2
Last month, Microsoft released an update for Visual Studio 2022 version 17.10 for Windows. The new release contains multiple performance enhancements, such as quicker loading for Windows Forms designer and .NET solution, and reduced DLL overhead in specific scenarios. The second preview of the next Visual Studio 2022 (version 17.11) was also released, focusing on quality-of-life enhancements.
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Time Series Database QuestDB 8.0 Improves SQL Performance and Adds ZFS Compression
Version 8 of QuestDB, an open-source time series database designed for high-performance and efficient handling of time series data, has been released. This release includes a new VARCHAR data type as a default (over STRING) that aims to provide better compression and performance, a 50% improvement for SQL query performance, and data compression via system-level ZFS
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Transforming Software Product Teams into Tech Investors
The key responsibility of an organisation lies in balancing user value with profitability. In a product organisation, software product teams invest their own time. According to Fabrice des Mazery, software developers are much more than stakeholders; they are the main investors as they are part of the product teams.
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Java in Education Initiative Aims to Empower the Next Generation of Developers
The Java in Education, launched by the Java Community Process (JCP) Executive Committee, is making significant strides in promoting Java technology within educational institutions. This program seeks to bridge the gap between academia and industry, ensuring that Java remains a foundational skill for aspiring developers.
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Angular 18 Introduces Zoneless Change Detection
Angular recently announced the release of Angular 18, introducing zoneless change detection, a new developer hub, stable versions of several features, server-side rendering improvements, and more. This release focuses on stabilizing new APIs, addressing common developer requests, and enhancing the overall developer experience.
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Distill CLI: Amazon CTO Werner Vogels Unveils Rust-Powered Media Summarization Tool
Werner Vogels, CTO of Amazon, has recently launched Distill CLI, a personal project written in Rust. The open-source tool leverages Amazon Transcribe and Amazon Bedrock to generate summaries of audio recordings directly from the command line.