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When I first started working with multi-agent collaboration (MAC) systems, they felt like something out of science fiction. It’s a group of autonomous digital entities that negotiate, share context, and solve problems together. Over the past year, MAC has begun to take practical shape, with applications in multiple real-world problems, including climate-adaptive agriculture, supply chain manageme…

Name a language used for machine learning and artificial intelligence . The first one that comes to mind is probably Python , and you wouldn’t be wrong for thinking that. But what about the other big-league programming languages? C++ is used to create many of the libraries Python draws on, so its presence in AI/ML is established. But what about Java , Rust , Go , and C#/.NET ? All have a major pr…

Holy cow, things are moving fast in the software business—ideas are coming like an oil gusher, and keeping up is a challenge. Here are a few observations, amazements, puzzlements, and prognostications regarding AI and software development that have occurred to me recently. Vibe coding for the win Vibe coding has come a long way in the six months since I first tried it . I recently picked up the s…

The Spring Framework is possibly the most iconic software development framework of all time. It once suffered from a reputation of bloat, but it has long since shed that perception. In this article, we’ll take fresh look at Spring, including an overview of Spring Boot and how Spring handles standard application needs like persistence and security. You’ll also learn about newer features that moder…

Java Development Kit (JDK) 26, a planned update to standard Java due March 17, 2026, has gathered nine features so far. The latest slated for the release include ahead-of-time object caching , an eleventh incubation of the Vector API , second previews of lazy constants and cryptographic objects encodings , a sixth preview of structured concurrency , and warnings about uses of deep reflection to m…

There’s a lot of interest in and concern around the use of AI agents . For organizations grappling with whether and how to use agentic AI, I recommend considering the model from the perspective of complex—rather than complicated—systems. Indeed, accepting the fact that agentic AI is complex rather than complicated will be key to harnessing its power and applying necessary protections and controls…

When asked about their top devops practices , IT leaders often cite version control , automating deployments with CI/CD pipelines , and deploying with infrastructure as code . But many other devops practices are worth considering for organizations that want to improve the frequency, reliability, and security of software deployments. Over time, I have amassed a list of 40 devops practices that enc…

Why is vibe coding is called vibe coding? Vibe coding is a methodology in software development where the traditional act of writing code gives way to conversational instructions and collaboration with a generative AI tool. Rather than outlining detailed specifications and handing them off to engineers, product managers, domain experts — or anyone with an idea — can describe what they want in plai…

Recent trends make it clear that the one-cloud-fits-all approach is losing momentum. Enterprises and government agencies are increasingly adopting multicloud and hybrid environments to optimize costs, uptime, and workload flexibility. Although this adds operational and cost challenges, it reduces a critical risk—single points of failure—that no organization can afford today. The promise of cloud …

Google has added a new query builder to its Log Analytics tool to help developers, DevOps teams, and site reliability engineers (SREs) quickly craft complex SQL queries for monitoring and troubleshooting cloud workloads. Enterprises often rely on generating insights about cloud workloads to manage security and costs, such as avoiding data egress fees to third-party tools, and Log Analytics, part …

Humans (along with some other primates and small animals) are unique in that we can not only think, but we know we are thinking . This introspection allows us to scrutinize, self-reflect, and reassess our thoughts. AI may be working toward that same capability, according to researchers from Anthropic . They claim that the most advanced Claude Opus 4 and 4.1 models show “some degree” of introspect…

Google with its just-introduced Jules Extension for Gemini CLI seeks to boost creative coding workflows for developers by partnering the CLI with the Jules asynchronous coding agent. Introduced October 29 , the Jules extension for Gemini CLI allows developers to delegate tasks to Jules from the Gemini CLI. Jules works independently in the background to perform coding tasks like bug fixing, refact…

The Swift Android workgroup has announced nightly preview releases of the Swift SDK for Android, a tool kit for developing Android mobile applications with Apple’s Swift language. Instructions for getting started with the SDK, which was announced October 24 , can be found at swift.org . The Swift SDK for Android opens avenues for cross-development and acceleration of innovation across the mobile …

When tech giants like Netflix and Intuit adopted the data mesh architecture, it looked like the next big thing. A few short years later, disillusionment has set in, with companies turning their backs on data mesh and industry experts writing it off as a fad or declaring it dead . Amidst all of these conversations, if you are still thinking whether you should adopt the data mesh architecture and w…

Telecom networks are becoming more than just infrastructure, with network API exposure turning them into smart, programmable platforms. Developers from many fields, not just telecom, are now beginning to use these network capabilities, such as locating devices, detecting SIM swaps, running KYC (know your customer) matches, and requesting high-priority network speed through the Quality on Demand A…