Bringing databases and Kubernetes together

Running databases on Kubernetes is popular. For cloud-native organizations, Kubernetes is the de facto standard approach to running databases. According to Datadog, databases are the most popular workload to deploy in containers, with 45 percent of container-using organizations using this approach. The Data on Kubernetes Community found that production deployments were now common, with the…

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Yael Nardi Names Minimus as Chief Business Officer to Head Growth Strategy

Minimus, a provider of hardened container images and secure container images designed to reduce CVE risk, today announced the appointment of Yael Nardi as Chief Business Officer (CBO). In this newly created role, Nardi will lead the company’s next phase of operations, overseeing top-of-funnel growth strategy, strategic operations, and future corporate development. As the market…

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Visual Studio Code 1.115 introduces VS Code Agents app

Visual Studio Code 1.115, the latest release of the Microsoft’s extrensible code editor, previews a companion app called Visual Studio Code Agents, optimized for agent-native development. Additionally, the agent experience in the editor is improved for running terminal commands in the background, according to Microsoft. Introduced April 8, Visual Studio Code 1.115 can be downloaded…

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Visual Studio Code 1.115 introduces VS Code Agents app

Visual Studio Code 1.115, the latest release of the Microsoft’s extrensible code editor, previews a companion app called Visual Studio Code Agents, optimized for agent-native development. Additionally, the agent experience in the editor is improved for running terminal commands in the background, according to Microsoft. Introduced April 8, Visual Studio Code 1.115 can be downloaded…

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Microsoft announces end of support for ASP.NET Core 2.3

Microsoft’s ASP.NET Core 2.3, a version of the company’s open source web development framework for .NET and C#, will reach end of life support on April 7, 2027. Following that date, Microsoft will no longer provide bug fixes, technical support, or security patches for ASP.NET Core 2.3, the company announced on April 7, exactly a…

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AWS turns its S3 storage service into a file system for AI agents

Amazon Web Services is making its S3 object storage service easier for AI agents to access with the introduction of a native file system interface. The new interface, S3 Files, will eliminate a longstanding tradeoff between the low cost of S3 and the interactivity of a traditional file system or of Amazon’s Elastic File System…

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Z.ai unveils GLM-5.1, enabling AI coding agents to run autonomously for hours

Chinese AI company Z.ai has launched GLM-5.1, an open-source coding model it says is built for agentic software engineering. The release comes as AI vendors move beyond autocomplete-style coding tools toward systems that can handle software tasks over longer periods with less human input. Z.ai said GLM-5.1 can sustain performance over hundreds of iterations, an…

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