Planet Ingres

June 24, 2025

Nikos Vaggalis - pg_disatch - Run SQL Queries Asynchronously On PostgreSQL

 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

by Nikos Vaggalis (noreply@blogger.com) at June 24, 2025 07:01 PM

June 19, 2025

Nikos Vaggalis - jaz - Faster Java For The Cloud

 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

by Nikos Vaggalis (noreply@blogger.com) at June 19, 2025 08:02 PM

June 17, 2025

Nikos Vaggalis - Kotlin And Spring - A Love Story Unfolds

 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

by Nikos Vaggalis (noreply@blogger.com) at June 17, 2025 11:43 AM

June 14, 2025

Nikos Vaggalis - AI Native DevCon 2025 - The Talks

 A virtual conference packed with sessions on the intersection of software engineering and AI. Let's take a look at this year's conference.

AI Native DevCon is the conference subdivision of the AI Native Dev organization. It is an organization that aims to foster innovation by helping developers to adopt AI effectively in their engineering work; from speeding up coding and debugging to automating repetitive tasks.

https://www.i-programmer.info/news/169-robotics/18107-ai-native-devcon-2025-the-talks.html

by Nikos Vaggalis (noreply@blogger.com) at June 14, 2025 08:02 PM

June 12, 2025

Nikos Vaggalis - CheerpJ WebAssembly-based JVM Version 4.1 Is Here

 If you thought that legacy apps are not used anymore in this day and age, think again. With pre-4 version CheerpJ you could run legacy Java apps on browsers. With version 4+ you can run modern apps too.

https://www.i-programmer.info/news/80-java/18104-cheerpj-webassembly-based-jvm-version-41-is-here.html

by Nikos Vaggalis (noreply@blogger.com) at June 12, 2025 07:30 PM

June 06, 2025

Nikos Vaggalis - Microsoft's RAG Time

 Subtitled "Ultimate Guide To Mastering RAG", this is a course for beginners to learn how to build AI apps utilizing Microsoft products and RAG.

It is the newest Microsoft's offering in the stream of AI
tutorials the likes of "AI Agents for Beginners" and "Generative AI for Beginners", and while MCP is currently occupying the headlines of the AI ecosystem, RAG is still going strong as it's the fundamental building block of GenAI applications.


https://www.i-programmer.info/news/105-artificial-intelligence/18092-microsofts-rag-time-.html

by Nikos Vaggalis (noreply@blogger.com) at June 06, 2025 05:54 PM

June 03, 2025

May 30, 2025

Nikos Vaggalis - 2025 Java Conferences Galore Part 4

 Continuing the series highlighting conferences you may have missed we come right up to date with Spring I/O and KotlinConf, both of which took place during May 2025.

https://www.i-programmer.info/news/99-professional/18074-2025-java-conferences-galore-part-4.html

by Nikos Vaggalis (noreply@blogger.com) at May 30, 2025 08:11 PM

May 28, 2025

Nikos Vaggalis - MCP For Debugging And Reverse Engineering

 Model Context Protocol is now taking control over Windbg and Ghidra to automate the tedious tasks that reverse engineers have to go through in their day-to-day work.

https://www.i-programmer.info/news/90-tools/18066-mcp-for-debugging-and-reverse-engineering-.html

by Nikos Vaggalis (noreply@blogger.com) at May 28, 2025 11:29 AM

May 23, 2025

Nikos Vaggalis - Early 2025 Java Conferences Galore Part 3

 We continue the lowdown on Java conferences. Having looked initally at sessions from three Voxxed events, last week we explored two Devoxx events and JavaOne. This week it's the turn of JChampions and JDConf.

https://www.i-programmer.info/news/80-java/18060-early-2025-java-conferences-galore-part-3.html

by Nikos Vaggalis (noreply@blogger.com) at May 23, 2025 03:58 PM