Planet Ingres

 EuroPython 2026 was the 25th anniversary edition of Europe's longest running community Python conference. We provide an overview of this year's event.

Organized by volunteer teams and the EuroPython Society, the week long event took place in Kraków, Poland. It brought together over 1,300 Python developers, maintainers, researchers, core language maintainers, domain specific engineers and enthusiasts from around the world to share knowledge, collaborate and support the open source Python ecosystem. 

https://www.i-programmer.info/news/216-python/19219-what-happened-at-europython-2026.html

 pg-java is a modern pre-release PostgreSQL database driver specifically designed for Java 21+ and the JVM.

Developed primarily by AI with strict human architectural oversight, the project prioritizes PostgreSQL wire protocol efficiency and virtual thread friendly blocking I/O over legacy JDBC constraints. As such, the development of the driver was guided by several core design goals aimed at addressing the structural limitations of older drivers:

https://www.i-programmer.info/news/80-java/19216-pg-java-is-the-modern-jdbc-driver-for-postgresql.html

 This insightful interview with Tom Lane, a core developer celebrating twenty five years as a committer on the PostgreSQL project, looks at foundational architectural choices that have sustained the open source database over its thirty-year history

https://www.i-programmer.info/news/84-database/19204-thirty-years-that-shaped-postgres-architecture.html#google_vignette

 Token Meter is an open source, local first dashboard that helps developers monitor and optimize the resource consumption of AI coding agents.

https://www.i-programmer.info/news/90-tools/19202-token-meter-slashes-your-agents-token-cost.html

 The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security have issued instructions on how to secure K-12 schools in the USA against cyber attacks.

https://www.i-programmer.info/news/149-security/19195-cisas-k-12-cybersecurity-foundations.html

 We look at a Microsoft Learn course that provides a comprehensive introduction to artificial intelligence using Azure and the Foundry platform.

https://www.i-programmer.info/news/150-training-a-education/19179-ai-901-introduction-to-ai-in-azure.html

 Tenable has launched a open exchange for cybersecurity AI agents. Free and open-source it is a vendor-neutral, community-driven directory that allows security teams to discover, share and chain AI agents, skills, MCP servers and playbooks.

https://www.i-programmer.info/news/105-artificial-intelligence/19185-the-cyberagents-exchange.html

 We take a look at an independent conference that checks the state of software engineering, education and industry culture amidst the rapid rise of artificial intelligence.

https://www.i-programmer.info/news/99-professional/19170-what-happened-at-software-should-work-2026-conference.html

 Cloudflare OS is an open source productivity platform designed to integrate AI agents, custom applications and secure corporate workflows into a unified workspace.

https://www.i-programmer.info/news/105-artificial-intelligence/19162-cloudflare-os-an-open-ai-platform-for-enterprise-work.html

 Java 27 brings 9 official JDK Enhancement Proposals, comprising of 4 finalized features, 4 preview features, and 1 incubator feature, along with several notable runtime cleanups and performance improvements.

We break the release down:

https://www.i-programmer.info/news/80-java/19158-java-27-released-whats-new.html