Python’s popularity slip: Here’s what we know

Python faces new challenges from old rivals, but is it a blip or something more? In other news, we have goodies like easy-install instances of PostgreSQL, a peek at the state of the art in visual development for generative AI projects in Python, and sneaky tricks to share Python tooling across local projects. Top picks…

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Context Engineering Will Decide Enterprise AI Success, Says Cognizant CIO Neal Ramasamy

Artificial intelligence dominated discussions at Davos this year, but inside enterprises the conversation has shifted from excitement to execution. Organizations are moving quickly to deploy agents and automation. However, many are discovering that technology alone does not guarantee operational value.  Against that backdrop, Neal Ramasamy, Chief Information Officer at Cognizant, shared his perspective with BigDATAwire…

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The 200ms latency: A developer’s guide to real-time personalization

For engineers building high-concurrency applications in e-commerce, fintech or media, the “200ms limit” is a hard ceiling. It is the psychological threshold where interaction feels instantaneous. If a personalized homepage, search result or “Up Next” queue takes longer than 200 milliseconds to load, user abandonment spikes. There is a famous study from Amazon showing that…

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Community push intensifies to free MySQL from Oracle’s control amid stagnation fears

Pressure is building on Oracle to loosen its grip on MySQL, with a group of database veterans, developers, and long-time contributors urging the company to transition the open source database to an independent foundation model. The call, articulated in an open letter, reflects mounting concern about MySQL’s development velocity, roadmap transparency, and role in an…

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