In this issue, February 4, 2025 View it in your browser.

DeepSeek Janus, Data Mesh, Dragonfly v2.2.0, K8s Repatriation, AWS Glue 5.0, JetBrains AI, VR Potential, Spring Newse, Fluent Assertions, Vite 6, Google's Vertex AI, Medallion Architecture, Accessibility

Last chance to secure early bird pricing for QCon London 2025 (April 7-11). Register before Feb 11.

Get fresh ideas and insights from senior practitioners leading innovation in software development. Topics include AI, ML, security, fintech, leadership, architecture, productivity, modern data architectures, health tech, frontend, mobile, greener software, APIs, cloud, and more.
Register before Feb 11 and save with early bird prices. Group savings available. Register now!

 

Sponsored by ScyllaDB

Database Performance at Scale: A Practical Guide - Sponsored by ScyllaDB

Database Performance at Scale: A Practical Guide

Discover critical considerations and best practices for improving database performance based on what has worked, and failed, across thousands of teams in the field. This book provides guidance for understanding the opportunities & trade-offs while trying to optimize data-intensive applications. Download Now.

https://assets.infoq.com/newsletter/regular/en/assets/WeWantYourFeedback.png

Share Your Insights & Win a QCon London 2025 Video Access Pass (worth £435)

Help shape the future of InfoQ! Take our quick 3-minute survey to share which technologies are on your radar. Your input helps us create more relevant, valuable content for the InfoQ community. As a thank-you, you’ll have a chance to win 1 of 5 video access passes to QCon London 2025 (April 7-9). Take the Survey Now.

https://res.infoq.com/podcasts/human-factor-data-driven-decisions/en/smallimage/engineering-culture-podcast-logo-1737622753379.jpeg

The Human Factor in UX and Data-Driven Decisions

In this podcast Shane Hastie, Lead Editor for Culture & Methods spoke to John Heintz about the gap between technical expertise and user experience, highlighting the importance of understanding human psychology in data-driven decision-making. (Podcast)

TOP AI, ML & Data Engineering NEWS HEADLINES

  1. AMD and Johns Hopkins Researchers Develop AI Agent Framework to Automate Scientific Research Process

  2. DeepSeek Release Another Open-Source AI Model, Janus Pro

  3. Meta Open-Sources Large Concept Model, a Language Model That Predicts Entire Sentences

  4. Synthetic Data Generator Simplifies Dataset Creation with Large Language Models

Elevate Developer Experience with Generative AI Capabilities on AWS

This is a summary of a talk I gave at InfoQ Dev Summit Munich 2024. I discussed the transformative potential of generative AI in enhancing developer experiences, particularly through AWS. I’ll introduce key tools like Amazon Bedrock, Code Review Assistant, Agentic Code Generation, and Code Summarization in this article. (Article)

Scale out Batch Inference with Ray

Cody Yu discusses how to build a scalable and efficient batch inference stack using Ray. (Presentation with transcript included)

Data Mesh Architecture Applied to Complex Organizations

Nandakumar Heble looks at the basic construct of a data mesh and how one might go about applying it. (Presentation with transcript included)

TOP DevOps NEWS HEADLINES

  1. Dragonfly v2.2.0 Released: Rust Client, P2P Upgrades, and Enhanced Image Acceleration

  2. Git 2.48: Modernized with Meson Build System, Memory Leaks Fixed

  3. Kubernetes Cloud Repatriation Saves Millions for Data Platform Provider

Reducing Developer Overload: Offloading Auth, Policy, and Resilience to the Platform

Christian Posta discusses what developer pain looks like, how much it costs, and how Istio has solved these concerns by examining three real-life use cases. (Presentation with transcript included)

TOP Cloud NEWS HEADLINES

  1. AWS Glue 5.0 Introduces Spark 3.5.2 and Enhanced ETL Performance

Cloudflare Open Sources Documentation and Adopts Astro for Better Scalability

Cloudflare recently published an article detailing their upgrade of developer documentation by migrating from Hugo to the Astro ecosystem. All Cloudflare documentation is open source on GitHub, with opportunities for community contributions. (News)

TOP Development NEWS HEADLINES

  1. JetBrains AI Coding Agent Junie Provides Tight Integration with JetBrains IDEs

Unleashing the Potential of VR: Building Immersive Experiences with Familiar Tools

Ian Thomas discusses VR software development, how to create immersive VR apps using familiar tools like React and JavaScript, making VR development accessible to Frontend Developers. (Presentation with transcript included)

TOP Java NEWS HEADLINES

  1. Java News Roundup: Stable Values, Payara Platform, Oracle Critical Patch Update, GraalVM, BellSoft

Spring News Roundup: Milestone Releases of Boot, Framework, Data, Security, Integration, Modulith

There was a flurry of activity in the Spring ecosystem during the week of January 20th, 2025, highlighting milestone releases of: Spring Boot, Spring Framework, Spring Data, Spring Security, Spring Integration and Spring Modulith. (News)

Fluent Assertions Library v8 Abandons Apache Licensing

Fluent Assertions, a well-known .NET library that allows expressive asserts in unit tests, has launched version 8 with a proprietary license in partnership with Xceed, replacing the existing Apache 2.0 licence. The new license allows free non-commercial use, but any commercial use will require a paid license. The move has been negatively received by the developer community. (News)

Vite 6 Released: New Environment API Helps Supporting Edge Use Cases

The Vite team recently announced Vite 6, which they labeled as a significant major release. Vite 6 introduces the Environment API, a feature that targets framework authors. With the Environment API, authors may for instance support edge deployment cases and offer a dev experience closer to that of production. (News)

TOP Mobile and IoT NEWS HEADLINES

  1. Apple New In-App Purchases API for Creator Platforms and Large Catalogs

Google's Vertex AI in Firebase SDK Now Ready for Production Use

Three months after its launch in beta, the Vertex AI in Firebase SDK is now ready for production, says Google engineer Thomas Ezan, who further explores three dimensions that are essential for its successful deployment to production: abuse prevention, remote configuration, and responsible AI use. (News)

TOP Architecture & Design NEWS HEADLINES

  1. Inside Atlassian Lithium: How a Dynamic ETL Platform is Transforming Data Movement and Cutting Costs

The End of the Bronze Age: Rethinking the Medallion Architecture

A shift left approach to data processing relies on data products that form the basis of data communication across the business. This addresses many flaws in traditional data processing and makes data more relevant, complete, and trustworthy. (Article)

Creating Accessible Websites Using the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines

Web accessibility is about making web content available to users with disabilities. Development teams can use the success criteria of the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines to improve accessibility and create an inclusive website. (News)

InfoQ Call for Contributors

Write for InfoQ: Share knowledge, connect with the global software development community, and grow your career

Are you an experienced senior software engineer or technical leader that is passionate about innovation, adoption of technologies, and the learning and sharing of knowledge with your peers?

InfoQ content is written exclusively by software practitioners like yourself, with the goal of sharing inspiring content from real-world use cases, best practices used by innovator and early adopter companies, and news on emerging trends.

Join the InfoQ Writing Team

SPONSORED CONTENT

Latest Sponsored Resources

documentBoost developer experience with InfoQ’s Platform Engineering eMag — Download Now

documentArchitecture Through Different Lenses

documentDesigning Low-Latency Systems with Rust: An Architectural Deep Dive