Planet Ingres

April 26, 2026

Nikos Vaggalis - GitHub Copilot CLI For Beginners - The Course

 It's a full curriculum that lives solely on its Github repository. And it's really full; it spans from installation basics to advanced production workflows which also include Agent Skills for automating team standards, specialized agents for targeted expertise, and the Model Context Protocol (MCP) for connecting the AI to external data sources like GitHub repositories and live documentation.

https://www.i-programmer.info/news/150-training-a-education/18824-github-copilot-cli-for-beginners-the-course-.html

by Nikos Vaggalis (noreply@blogger.com) at April 26, 2026 09:17 AM

April 22, 2026

April 20, 2026

Nikos Vaggalis - The Future of Agentic AI: MongoDB With LangChain

 A collaboration with LangChain establishes MongoDB Atlas as a unified backend for managing vector searches, persistent agent memory, and automated observability.

https://www.i-programmer.info/news/84-database/18813-the-future-of-agentic-ai-mongodb-with-langchain.html

by Nikos Vaggalis (noreply@blogger.com) at April 20, 2026 04:10 PM

April 17, 2026

Nikos Vaggalis - Jfokus 2026 - The Highlights

 Jfokus is a large and well-established Java developer conference, held in Stockholm, Sweden, since 2007. We check this year's highlights.

https://www.i-programmer.info/news/80-java/18809-jfokus-2026-the-highlights.html

by Nikos Vaggalis (noreply@blogger.com) at April 17, 2026 04:01 PM

April 16, 2026

April 12, 2026

Nikos Vaggalis - Java 26 Released With Focus On AI Workloads

 The release of JDK 26 marks a significant milestone in the Java ecosystem, introducing ten JDK Enhancement Proposals that prioritize performance, security, and modernization. Key technical updates include the introduction of HTTP/3 support, significant throughput improvements for the G1 Garbage Collector, and the final removal of the long-deprecated Applet API.

https://www.i-programmer.info/news/80-java/18791-java-26-released-with-focus-on-ai-workloads.html

by Nikos Vaggalis (noreply@blogger.com) at April 12, 2026 05:09 PM

April 06, 2026

Nikos Vaggalis - Auto-Tune PostgreSQL With Gold Lapel

 Gold Lapel is a self-optimizing PostgreSQL proxy designed to automatically tune, improve query performance and replace external services without requiring any changes to your application's code.

https://www.i-programmer.info/news/80-java/18783-auto-tune-postgresql-with-gold-lapel-.html

by Nikos Vaggalis (noreply@blogger.com) at April 06, 2026 05:07 PM

March 31, 2026

Nikos Vaggalis - Automating Kali Linux With The Model Context Protocol

 Introducing an implementation of the Model Context Protocol within Kali Linux to create AI-driven cybersecurity workflows.

MCP just about dominates the current tech news. MCP servers and clients are released for every possible tool and application. Now it's time for pentesters to rejoice as a server has been released that automates the most tedious pentesting tasks with the availability of MCP Kali Server (MKS),  a lightweight API bridge that connects MCP clients (such as Claude Desktop or 5ire) to an API server which allows executing commands on a Linux terminal.


https://www.i-programmer.info/news/90-tools/18776-automating-kali-linux-with-the-model-context-protocol.html

by Nikos Vaggalis (noreply@blogger.com) at March 31, 2026 06:43 PM

Nikos Vaggalis - Major Update To JHpister

 JHipster, the Java framework that unifies the Java and JavaScript build toolchains, has had a major release, bringing it to version 9.0.0. Let's check out what's new.

https://www.i-programmer.info/news/182-frameworks/18767-major-update-to-jhpister.html

by Nikos Vaggalis (noreply@blogger.com) at March 31, 2026 09:05 AM

March 27, 2026

Nikos Vaggalis - CIDR Conference 2026 Looks At Future of Databases

 The Conference on Innovative Data Systems Research (CIDR), is a gathering for researchers and practitioners from both academia and industry to discuss the latest visionary ideas in the database field. We look into what this year's conference was about.

https://www.i-programmer.info/news/84-database/18761-cidr-conference-2026-looks-at-future-of-databases.html

by Nikos Vaggalis (noreply@blogger.com) at March 27, 2026 07:12 PM