The ActiveState catalog grew to 40 million components in mid 2025 when it introduced coverage for Java and R in addition to Python, Perl, Ruby, and Tcl. As of January 2026, the company has expanded ...

Most developers don’t wake up and say “I choose OpenJDK 11 because it’s my comfort runtime.” Let’s be real. If you’re still on 11 in 2025, it’s usually not because you want to be. It’s because ...

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Just like algae blooms in the ocean and pollen in the spring, there’s been an explosion in the past year or two of new software, related tools and lingo from the IT and mainstream/consumer side. Some ...

Enterprises seeking to make good on the promise of agentic AI will need a platform for building, wrangling, and monitoring AI agents in purposeful workflows. In this quickly evolving space, myriad ...

Bob van Luijt, Co-Founder and CEO of Weaviate—which he launched as an open-source vector search engine in March 2019—shared launch insights. "Weaviate Agent Skills bridges the gap between ...

The thick client is making a comeback. Here’s how next-generation local databases like PGlite and RxDB are bringing ...

Investors wiped $40 billion from IBM's market cap after Anthropic released COBOL translation tools. Analysts say the market ...

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Scottie Scheffler captured his first career PGA Tour victory at the Waste Management Phoenix Open in 2022. Almost exactly four years to the day, the three-time defending PGA Tour Player of the Year ...

Free AI tools Goose and Qwen3-coder may replace a pricey Claude Code plan. Setup is straightforward but requires a powerful local machine. Early tests show promise, though issues remain with accuracy ...