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Apr 4, 2024 | 
codeproject.com | Loraine Lawson |Jeffrey Burt |Alex Williams |Tim Davis
JetBrains Launches AI Code Completion on Local MachinesImage by kirill from Pixabay. VOXPOP Try our new 5 second poll. It's fast. And it's fun! What Is our P(doom) Level? P(doom) is Silicon Valley’s latest hot metric, an approximation of how worried you are that AI, once fully cognizant, will destroy humanity. Inversely proportional to e/accs (the “effective accelerationists”). 0-25: AI will usher in a new age of utopianism. 51-75: We’ll probably be OK with some government oversight.
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Apr 4, 2024 | 
thenewstack.io | Alex Williams |Jeffrey Burt |Tim Davis |Yujian Tang
The story about the Linux xz backdoor exploit transforms our open source world into a human drama as compelling as any fiction. Our story begins with a mysterious maintainer who has planted a backdoor. The backdoor only works under certain circumstances, but when it does, access gets granted to a place where they are not supposed to enter — at all. As Joab Jackson writes, think of it as someone whose home got robbed. Except they have no clue when it happened or what was stolen.
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Apr 4, 2024 | 
thenewstack.io | Jeffrey Burt |Alex Williams |Tim Davis |Yujian Tang
The skyrocketing innovation and adoption of generative AI that took off almost immediately after OpenAI released its ChatGPT chatbot was followed closely by concerns about the security around the emerging technology. The worries stretch from what large language models (LLMs) can do to how they can be manipulated and abused.
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Apr 4, 2024 | 
thenewstack.io | Lawrence Hecht |Heather Joslyn |Alex Williams |Tim Davis
Platform engineering has gained a firm foothold in organizations that have adopted the practice, with 78% having a dedicated platform teams for at least three years, according to a new report. However, that doesn’t mean that those organizations are settling on a homogeneous set of tools. Three-quarters of survey participants said they use at least three IDPs, internal self-service platforms, within their organization.
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Apr 3, 2024 | 
thenewstack.io | Tim Davis |Darryl Taft |David Cassel |David Eastman
The future of AI — who shapes it, and who ultimately benefits from it — is at a pivotal moment, as the industry grapples with challenges that demand our immediate attention. The AI industry, currently witnessing a generative AI boom, is in a race for computational power. This surge in demand has led to GPU scarcity and skyrocketing costs for electricity, propelling the costs of innovation to unprecedented levels. This is problematic for the future of the industry.
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Mar 27, 2024 | 
thenewstack.io | David Cassel |Tim Davis |Yujian Tang |Gorkem Ercan
It’s an institution. Every month more than 100 million people visit Stack Exchange sites — with over 22 million visiting Stack Overflow for its programming-related content. But with the recent success of ChatGPT, it has been feeling the competitive pressures. So after 16 years, the company is trying something brand new — another way to solicit helpful information outside of the site’s long-standing question-and-answer format.
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Mar 26, 2024 | 
thenewstack.io | Jack Wallen |Tim Davis |Yujian Tang |Gorkem Ercan
Ah, the underscore, the “_” that connects multiple words when a blank space. A character that can mean nothing and something all at the same time. Once upon a time, I used underscores in Linux file names, like image_1.jpg or test_file.txt. That was back when spaces in file names could wreak havoc within the command line. Although things have changed with that, I still use the underscore now and then.
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Mar 26, 2024 | 
thenewstack.io | Jon Udell |BYTE Magazine's.. |Tim Davis |Yujian Tang
I once taught expository writing and have long felt that software tools ought to be able to help people learn how to write more clearly and effectively. In a previous post I applied core principles — omit needless words, use active voice, avoid jargon and cliche, cite specific examples — to a typical badly-written press release.
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Mar 24, 2024 | 
thenewstack.io | David Cassel |Tim Davis |Yujian Tang |Gorkem Ercan
It’s been six months since JetBrains launched a dedicated IDE for Rust. But it’s become a milestone — a symbolic sign that Rust‘s developer community has achieved a new level of maturity. 🚀 Let’s hear it for RustRover – our new dedicated Rust IDE! We’re announcing a free public preview and encourage you to check it out. Enjoy this IntelliJ-based IDE with on-the-fly analysis, code completion, and debugger.
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Mar 23, 2024 | 
thenewstack.io | Jack Wallen |Tim Davis |Yujian Tang |Gorkem Ercan
With Linux, there are always numerous routes to wind up at the same location. That’s actually part of the strength of this operating system: It’s up to you how to get from point A to point B. Think of it as the “Mad Libs” of operating systems. Take, for instance, the ability to run commands on remote machines. There are plenty of options, such as Red Hat Ansible, Puppet and Chef, which are all amazing platforms but may be a bit overkill for what you need.
