Planet Ingres

 Just hot out of the oven, there's a new minor version release of the venerable programming language that is Perl.

https://www.i-programmer.info/news/222-perl/18163-perl-542-released-still-going-strong.html

 MCP has taken the industry by storm just one year after its appearance. And now we have an MCP Summit, run by the trend setters themselves!

https://www.i-programmer.info/news/99-professional/18170-mcp-developers-summit-the-talks.html

 The tools contradict each other; the first one allows you to write SQL instead of using Mongo's special syntax, while the other allows you to manipulate the database without having to write SQL and by just employing natural language.

https://www.i-programmer.info/news/90-tools/18151-two-tools-to-elevate-your-mongodb-experience.html

 This course, provided by Microsoft, is based on a Github repository full of invaluable information that introduces MCP, Model Context Protocol, to beginners

https://www.i-programmer.info/news/105-artificial-intelligence/18137-mcp-for-beginners-course.html

 pg_disatch is meant to be a TLE-compliant alternative to pg_later but built on top of pg_cron. What makes it different?

A couple of years back we've explored the pg_later extension which allows you to:

Run native async queries within PostgreSQL, thus shifting this functionality from the application layer to the database layer making it a feature of Postgres itself.

https://www.i-programmer.info/news/84-database/18129-pgdisatch-run-sql-queries-asynchronously-on-postgresql.html

 Microsoft has just released jaz, a JVM launcher optimized for Azure that promises to speed up your cloud-based applications.

As we've repeatedly stated, Java and cloud workloads go hand in hand, just loved by the enterprise. However one issue that still persists is how to tweak the JVM for better throughput, because in the cloud environment every milisecond counts.

https://www.i-programmer.info/news/80-java/18120-jaz-faster-java-for-the-cloud.html

 JetBrains has made special arrangements with Spring to facilitate the framework's better integration with the Kotlin language. What can we expect from this new partnership?

https://www.i-programmer.info/news/80-java/18113-kotlin-and-spring-a-love-story-unfolds.html

 A virtual conference packed with sessions on the intersection of software engineering and AI. Let's take a look at this year's conference.

AI Native DevCon is the conference subdivision of the AI Native Dev organization. It is an organization that aims to foster innovation by helping developers to adopt AI effectively in their engineering work; from speeding up coding and debugging to automating repetitive tasks.

https://www.i-programmer.info/news/169-robotics/18107-ai-native-devcon-2025-the-talks.html

 If you thought that legacy apps are not used anymore in this day and age, think again. With pre-4 version CheerpJ you could run legacy Java apps on browsers. With version 4+ you can run modern apps too.

https://www.i-programmer.info/news/80-java/18104-cheerpj-webassembly-based-jvm-version-41-is-here.html

 Subtitled "Ultimate Guide To Mastering RAG", this is a course for beginners to learn how to build AI apps utilizing Microsoft products and RAG.

It is the newest Microsoft's offering in the stream of AI
tutorials the likes of "AI Agents for Beginners" and "Generative AI for Beginners", and while MCP is currently occupying the headlines of the AI ecosystem, RAG is still going strong as it's the fundamental building block of GenAI applications.

https://www.i-programmer.info/news/105-artificial-intelligence/18092-microsofts-rag-time-.html