Planet Ingres

 ...to secure Java container images that incorporate Azul’s build of OpenJDK.

This is not something new for Chainguard. As we examined back in July 2024 in Chainguard Images Now Come With JCK Certified Java:

https://www.i-programmer.info/news/80-java/18193-azul-and-chainguard-team-up.html

 Agentic AI and MPC are coming to the database. We examine two options that will allow you to diagnose and tweak PostgreSQL, the modern way.

https://www.i-programmer.info/news/84-database/18191-agentic-ai-for-postgresql.html

 GitHub Copilot Adventures is a repository that, through fun and educational play, teaches how to use Copilot effectively.

https://www.i-programmer.info/news/90-tools/18184-take-part-in-githubs-copilot-adventures.html

 Just hot out of the oven, there's a new minor version release of the venerable programming language that is Perl.

https://www.i-programmer.info/news/222-perl/18163-perl-542-released-still-going-strong.html

 MCP has taken the industry by storm just one year after its appearance. And now we have an MCP Summit, run by the trend setters themselves!

https://www.i-programmer.info/news/99-professional/18170-mcp-developers-summit-the-talks.html

 The tools contradict each other; the first one allows you to write SQL instead of using Mongo's special syntax, while the other allows you to manipulate the database without having to write SQL and by just employing natural language.

https://www.i-programmer.info/news/90-tools/18151-two-tools-to-elevate-your-mongodb-experience.html

 This course, provided by Microsoft, is based on a Github repository full of invaluable information that introduces MCP, Model Context Protocol, to beginners

https://www.i-programmer.info/news/105-artificial-intelligence/18137-mcp-for-beginners-course.html

 pg_disatch is meant to be a TLE-compliant alternative to pg_later but built on top of pg_cron. What makes it different?

A couple of years back we've explored the pg_later extension which allows you to:

Run native async queries within PostgreSQL, thus shifting this functionality from the application layer to the database layer making it a feature of Postgres itself.

https://www.i-programmer.info/news/84-database/18129-pgdisatch-run-sql-queries-asynchronously-on-postgresql.html

 Microsoft has just released jaz, a JVM launcher optimized for Azure that promises to speed up your cloud-based applications.

As we've repeatedly stated, Java and cloud workloads go hand in hand, just loved by the enterprise. However one issue that still persists is how to tweak the JVM for better throughput, because in the cloud environment every milisecond counts.

https://www.i-programmer.info/news/80-java/18120-jaz-faster-java-for-the-cloud.html

 JetBrains has made special arrangements with Spring to facilitate the framework's better integration with the Kotlin language. What can we expect from this new partnership?

https://www.i-programmer.info/news/80-java/18113-kotlin-and-spring-a-love-story-unfolds.html