Cloud Computing

How to advance a tech career without managing

Engineers who love building, mentoring, and solving complex problems don’t need to manage people to keep growing. You can lead through influence instead.

By Ankush Dhar and Ashok Singamaneni

Feb 10, 20269 mins

Data ScientistDeveloperEngineer

Articles

Microsoft bumps .NET Framework 3.5 from Windows installers

Legacy .NET Framework version is now available as a standalone installer for applications that require it on newer versions of Windows.

By Paul Krill

Feb 6, 2026 1 min

Libraries and FrameworksMicrosoft .NETSoftware Development

Claude AI finds 500 high-severity software vulnerabilities

Anthropic is reporting the flaws to developers — but only after having humans verify them.

By Maxwell Cooter

Feb 6, 2026 2 mins

Generative AIVulnerabilitiesZero-Day Vulnerabilities

Windows PCs fade away

The era of true ownership is ending as cloud services and AI are transforming the PC. What does this mean for user control?

By David Linthicum

Feb 6, 2026 5 mins

Artificial IntelligenceIT StrategyTechnology Industry

Python everywhere! But are we there yet?

Which Python JIT compiles faster, what’s the easiest way to run PostgreSQL in Python, and can we run Python apps in Wasm yet? Find answers to these questions and more in this week’s report.

By Serdar Yegulalp

Feb 6, 2026 3 mins

PythonRustWebAssembly

What drives your cloud security strategy?

As cloud breaches increase, organizations should prioritize skills and training over the latest tech to address the actual root problems.

By David Linthicum

Jan 6, 2026 5 mins

CareersCloud SecurityIT Skills and Training

Google unveils API and MCP server for developer documentation

Developer Knowledge API and Model Context Protocol server. Together connect AI agents to Google’s developer and Google Cloud documentation.

By Paul Krill

Feb 5, 2026 2 mins

Development ToolsGenerative AIGoogle Cloud Platform

Visual Studio Code update shines on coding agents

Visual Studio Code 1.109 introduces enhancements for providing agents with more skills and context and managing multiple agent sessions in parallel.

By Paul Krill

Feb 5, 2026 3 mins

Development ToolsIntegrated Development EnvironmentsVisual Studio Code

Databricks adds MemAlign to MLflow to cut cost and latency of LLM evaluation

By replacing repeated fine‑tuning with a dual‑memory system, MemAlign reduces the cost and instability of training LLM judges, offering faster adaptation to new domains and changing business policies.

By Anirban Ghoshal

Feb 5, 2026 4 mins

Artificial IntelligenceSoftware Development

The ‘Super Bowl’ standard: Architecting distributed systems for massive concurrency

When millions click at once, auto-scaling won’t save you — smart systems survive with load shedding, isolation and lots of brutal game-day drills.

By Manoj Yerrasani

Feb 5, 2026 8 mins

Cloud ArchitectureConcurrencyDevelopment Approaches

How to reduce the risks of AI-generated code

Vibe coding is fast, useful, and here to stay. The freedom it brings must be matched with awareness that security is necessary and cannot be assumed.

By Crystal Morin

Feb 5, 2026 7 mins

Application SecurityDevSecOpsGenerative AI

What is context engineering? And why it’s the new AI architecture

While some consider prompting is a manual hack, context Engineering is a scalable discipline. Learn how to build AI systems that manage their own information flow using MCP and context caching.

By Josh Fruhlinger

Feb 5, 2026 11 mins

Artificial IntelligenceDeveloper

Deno Sandbox launched for running AI-generated code

Deno Sandbox works in tandem with Deno Deploy—now in GA—to secure workloads where code must be generated, evaluated, or safely executed on behalf of an untrusted user.

By Paul Krill

Feb 5, 2026 2 mins

Code SecurityJavaScriptTypeScript