We take a look at a repository containing a wealth of advanced Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) resources that also includes RAG techniques for the latest trend of Agentic systems.

AWS has announced that AWS CodeBuild now supports the use of Fastlane for macOS environments. Fastlane is an open source tool suite designed to automate various aspects of mobile application development.

Using a new benchmark, OpenAI researchers have revealed a significant shortcoming in the ability of the latest LLMs to perform real-world software engineering tasks. These AI tools may improve productivity, but they are nowhere near ready to take over our jobs.

The introduction of Rust into the staunchly C enclave of Linux kernel development cannot avoid being controversial and indeed things have been heated. The anti-Rust revolt has been rumbling on for a few weeks now, but the top maintainers are dismantling the barricades.

Edera has launched Edera Protect AI, which offers out-of-the-box GPU configuration and security through auto detection, driver isolation, and GPU virtualization. The company has also announced a further round of funding that will be used to fund product expansion to include support for AI infrastructure.

We revisit a course that aims to take you from basic to advanced SQL skills using PostgreSQL, the highly popular open source SQL database.

Apollo GraphOS has been updated, with production ready REST APIs, a faster native query planner, and enhancements to the Visual Studio extension.

ChartDB is an open-source database diagrams editor that can be self-hosted or used in the Cloud, for free.

The Governor of California, Gavin Newsom,  has announced that the state has chosen Steve Jobs, co-founder of Apple, as the person to represent California on the American Innovation Coin.

Take a break and catch up with the latest articles, book reviews and news posted on this site. In an extract from Programmer's Python, Mike James explains how files and paths should be used when processing data. Our second feature is The Magic Number Seven And The Art Of Programming by Sue Gee. Plus the week's news and books.

The Free Software Foundation (FSF) turns 40 this year and, as part of the celebrations, is holding a virtual memorabilia auction that will include the original drawing of the iconic GNU head.

Squid Game is a free challenge inspired by the popular Netflix series with the same name. Instead of engaging in bloodthirsty games, you progress to the next level by solving SQL puzzles.

Apache has released version 4.0 of WSS4J, its Java implementation of the primary security standards for Web Services. This release adds upgrades to OpenSAML v5 and XML Security 4.0.0.

CUDA is of course NVIDIA's toolkit and programming model which provides a development environment for speeding up computing applications by harnessing the power of GPUs. It's not easy to conquer, but here's a few resources to help.

The Rust Foundation conducted its annual survey between December 5th and 23rd, 2024. As in previous years, it was focused on gathering insights and feedback from Rust users which are now presented in its report. 

Neural Networks are great at learning patterns and this makes them potentially very good at controlling difficult things. For example, a neural network can learn to balance a pole on its point. But do we want a neural network to take control of something serious like a power station or a reactor? It turns out that controlling a motor proves its potential.