Shashi Gandham

Dec 23, 2023 | thenewstack.io | David Eastman |Janakiram MSV |Cheney Zhang |Shashi Gandham

This year has been the breakout year for Large Language Models (LLMs). But developers are still at the early stages of working out how best to leverage their power. When I was told that a potential interview candidate had been caught using ChatGPT while answering web-based questions, I had mixed feelings. It felt a little like when students first had access to hand held calculators. Today, that is no longer considered a problem in math exams — they can be used freely.

Dec 21, 2023 | thenewstack.io | Loraine Lawson |Cheney Zhang |Shashi Gandham |Richard MacManus

The big news for JavaScript in 2023 was the broader adoption of Signals by frameworks and, in the React world, React Server Components (RSC). The number of meta frameworks that leverage Signals continue to grow, said Solid creator Ryan Carniato. Angular introduced Signals in May with version 16. Preact and Qwik had already adopted Signals and Vue also has signals-based rendering, Carniato said.

Dec 19, 2023 | thenewstack.io | Shashi Gandham |Richard MacManus |Andrew J. Brust |Rahul Pradhan

AI development holds a potential solution to some of the world’s most pressing challenges and could help create a better future for all. To build AI models and tackle these challenges, we need cutting-edge infrastructure, and networking is a significant component of this infrastructure. This important work includes optimizing these extensive networks that enable AI/ML computations, moving the technology forward for everyone.

Dec 12, 2023 | thenewstack.io | Joab Jackson |Cheney Zhang |Shashi Gandham |Richard MacManus

With more than 500 contributors from over 60 organizations, the Karmada project indicates a strong interest in making Kubernetes the de facto distributed workload orchestrator for cloud providers. This week, the Cloud Native Computing Foundation­’s Technical Oversight Committee (TOC) has voted to accept Karmada as a CNCF incubating project.

Dec 12, 2023 | thenewstack.io | Helen Greul |Cheney Zhang |Shashi Gandham |Richard MacManus

As modern software architectures become increasingly complex, platform engineering has emerged as a valuable practice to support the needs of software developers and provide the tools they need to manage their evolving infrastructures. Platform Engineering teams keep technological complexities at bay, unlock potential, and serve as the glue to create clean interfaces and contracts between teams.