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November 30, 2022

Review: Appsmith shines for low-code development on a budget

Appsmith presents a full palette of low-code development features in an accessible drag-and-drop environment. It shines as a free, open source option, with extra bells and whistles available for a price. Read more ▶

Sponsored by Scudata: SPL: a database language featuring easy writing and fast running

Innovations against the shortcomings of SQL have been made to SPL. SPL redefines and extends many operations of structured data, specifically, it adds the discreteness, enhances ordered computation, implements a thorough set orientation, supports object references, and advocates stepwise operation. Learn more.

Where Microsoft’s open source policy went wrong

Instead of restricting which open source software can be sold, Microsoft should eliminate ambiguity in its Microsoft Store policy and reaffirm the rights of developers to sell their work.

3 key features in EDB PostgreSQL 15

Thoroughly tested on PostgreSQL 15.1, EDB’s new tools optimize performance, scalability, reliability, and operability. Here are the highlights.

Image: IT career roadmap: Web developer

IT career roadmap: Web developer

Web development is among the top IT jobs and a frequent entry-level role for developers who are starting out. Here's how one web developer parlayed her programming career into a tech consultancy.

Starburst Galaxy gets data discoverability updates

At AWS re:Invent 2022, the company also announced support for AWS Lake Formation via Starburst Enterprise suite to help joint customers implement data mesh architecture.

AWS SimSpace Weaver tackles large-scale spatial simulations

The new managed compute service, now generally, will allow enterprises to run complex, 3D simulations with more than a million objects, AWS said at re:Invent.

AWS Lambda kickstarts Java functions

AWS Lambda SnapStart cuts Java startup times by initializing Java functions ahead of time and caching a snapshot of the initialized execution environment.

AWS Glue upgrades Spark engines, backs Ray framework

Serverless data integration service in the Amazon cloud also adds support for built-in Pandas APIs and the Apache Hudi, Apache Iceberg, and Delta Lake formats.

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