The current state of observability in the tech industry is marked by mass confusion - from what a trace is to the differences between logs, metrics, and traces. Open Telemetry, despite its power, contributes to this confusion by making complex distinctions between the three pillars of observability... read more  

OpenAI has revolutionized the AI industry with its chatbot competitor, Claude, which offers three state-of-the-art models: Haiku, Sonnet, and Opus. The launch of Claude by Anthropica, a startup founded by former OpenAI members, aims to provide high-quality AI solutions for a wide range of users and .. read more  

Exciting news for GitHub users! Secret scanning and push protection will now be automatically enabled for all new public repositories under personal accounts. This added security feature will help prevent sensitive information from being exposed... read more  

New update features in Visual Studio include tools for code review, improved collaboration, and enhanced extensibility. The update also introduces new text formatting options and performance improvements for the WinForm out-of-process designer... read more  

Accenture's Secure Cloud Foundation (SCF) is an innovative framework that addresses the challenge of establishing a well-defined and automated account provisioning process in AWS environments. SCF leverages Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and predefines best practices to automate security guardrails, b.. read more  

A new AI agent, SIMA, can follow natural-language instructions to carry out tasks in various video game settings, marking a shift towards general, instructable game-playing AI agents. By training SIMA on multiple games and using language input, researchers show potential for developing language-driv.. read more  

Linus Torvald postpones Linux merge window and flags future release as Ubuntu plans to use it as the basis for their next long-term release. Notable additions include driver support for Intel in-memory analytic accelerator and enhancements for PowerPC RISC architectures... read more  

The second annual AWS survey ran from January to February and had amazing community participation. Key insights include positive feedback on AWS services like Simple Queue Service (SQS) and the popularity of AWS Serverless Application Model (SAM) over other serverless frameworks... read more  

In the software development world, debugging is crucial for building strong applications. Eylon Basirtman, a Software Engineering Manager, shares his journey in transitioning from traditional logging to OpenTelemetry tracing for more efficient debugging in complex architectures. This shift has not o.. read more