PERL,INGRES,PROGRAMMING

How to Train Your GPT - A Comprehensive LLM Guide

noreply@blogger.com (Nikos Vaggalis) — Mon, 29 Jun 2026 16:53:38 +0000

We look at a Github repository that provides a comprehensive, step-by-step guide for constructing a modern Large Language Model from the ground by up using Python and PyTorch.

https://www.i-programmer.info/news/105-artificial-intelligence/18970-how-to-train-your-gpt-a-comprehensive-llm-guide.html

What Happened At JNation 2026

noreply@blogger.com (Nikos Vaggalis) — Fri, 26 Jun 2026 16:31:09 +0000

JNation Conference is a software development event held annually in Coimbra, Portugal, that covers various topics relevant to the software development industry.

https://www.i-programmer.info/news/80-java/18966-what-happened-at-jnation-2026-.html

Redis Iris - Real Time Context Engine For AI Agents

noreply@blogger.com (Nikos Vaggalis) — Tue, 23 Jun 2026 18:21:04 +0000

Redis has released Iris, a specialized real-time context engine designed to optimize the performance and reliability of AI agents.

https://www.i-programmer.info/news/105-artificial-intelligence/18956-redis-iris-real-time-context-engine-for-ai-agents.html

Melonjs - Browser Based 2D Game Engine

noreply@blogger.com (Nikos Vaggalis) — Fri, 19 Jun 2026 19:36:10 +0000

melonJS is an open-source, lightweight HTML5 game engine designed for building 2D and 2.5D games using JavaScript and TypeScript. The framework offers a Canvas2D-inspired API that simplifies rendering while providing a powerful WebGL backend with automatic fallback capabilities.

https://www.i-programmer.info/news/167-javascript/18949-melonjs-browser-based-2d-game-engine.html

Perplexity Releases The Bumblebee Supply Chain Security Scanner

noreply@blogger.com (Nikos Vaggalis) — Thu, 18 Jun 2026 18:00:11 +0000

Bumblebee is an open-source security tool developed by Perplexity AI to identify software supply chain vulnerabilities on developer workstations.

https://www.i-programmer.info/news/90-tools/18945-perplexity-releases-the-bumblebee-supply-chain-security-scanner.html

Stanford's CME296 Diffusion & Large Vision Models

noreply@blogger.com (Nikos Vaggalis) — Tue, 16 Jun 2026 17:08:09 +0000

The full materials of the recent Stanford CME296 lecture series, which constitutes a comprehensive technical deep dive into generative modeling, are now available to all and for free.

https://www.i-programmer.info/news/150-training-a-education/18939-stanfords-cme296-diffusion-a-large-vision-models.html

Vercel's Deepsec Scans Your Code With Agentic AI

noreply@blogger.com (Nikos Vaggalis) — Mon, 15 Jun 2026 17:04:04 +0000

Vercel has launched Deepsec, an open-source security tool designed to find complex vulnerabilities in large codebases using autonomous AI agents.

https://www.i-programmer.info/news/90-tools/18936-vercels-deepsec-scans-your-code-with-agentic-ai.html

Aurora DSQL Gets Change Data Capture

noreply@blogger.com (Nikos Vaggalis) — Thu, 11 Jun 2026 18:36:17 +0000

Aurora DSQL is Amazon's serverless, fully managed, distributed relational database service optimized for transactional (OLTP) workloads. A significant new capability is the Change Data Capture (CDC) preview, which streams real-time database modifications directly to Amazon Kinesis Data Streams.

https://www.i-programmer.info/news/144-graphics-and-games/18930-aurora-dsql-gets-change-data-capture.html

Spring I/O 2026 Sessions Now Available Online

noreply@blogger.com (Nikos Vaggalis) — Sun, 31 May 2026 06:20:00 +0000

This year's premier Spring developer community conference, Spring I/O, ran in Barcelona on 13-15 April; 3 days packed with 60 talks and 9 workshops, 80 speakers and 1200+ attendees. Its sessions are now available online. We pick out some highlights.

https://www.i-programmer.info/news/80-java/18901-spring-io-2026-sessions-now-available-online.html

The Agent Toolkit For AWS

noreply@blogger.com (Nikos Vaggalis) — Sun, 31 May 2026 06:19:00 +0000

The Agent Toolkit for AWS is a comprehensive suite of developer tools designed to help AI coding agents build, deploy, and manage cloud applications more effectively.

https://www.i-programmer.info/news/141-cloud-computing/18898-the-agent-toolkit-for-aws.html

Monocle: A Framework for Tracing GenAI Application Code

noreply@blogger.com (Nikos Vaggalis) — Mon, 25 May 2026 18:07:50 +0000

Monocle is a community-driven, open-source framework designed to monitor and trace generative AI applications by capturing data compliant with the OpenTelemetry ecosystem.

Governing its development through the Linux Foundation, the project provides specialized tools for developers and platform engineers to instrument code in Python and TypeScript without requiring extensive manual code decoration.

https://www.i-programmer.info/news/80-java/18892-monocle-a-framework-for-tracing-genai-application-code.html

Integrating Neo4j and Gemini CLI

noreply@blogger.com (Nikos Vaggalis) — Fri, 22 May 2026 15:37:29 +0000

We explore a combination that opens new ways of interacting with the Neo4j Graph database.

The Neo4j Gemini CLI extension integrates Gemini's capabilities directly into your terminal by bundling four Neo4j Model Context Protocol servers. This integration bridges the AI's reasoning engine with Neo4j, allowing you to deploy infrastructure, write queries, and build GraphRAG applications using natural language without leaving your terminal.

https://www.i-programmer.info/news/90-tools/18886-integrating-neo4j-and-gemini-cli-.html

PgCache is a wire-compatible, transparent Postgres proxy that caches read data, then keeps it fresh using PostgreSQL Logical Replication.

noreply@blogger.com (Nikos Vaggalis) — Thu, 21 May 2026 15:23:47 +0000

PgCache is designed to accelerate PostgreSQL performance by providing a transparent caching layer between applications and the database. By utilizing Change Data Capture (CDC) through logical replication, the system ensures data remains current without requiring manual cache invalidation or application code modifications. This approach entirely eliminates the need to sprinkle cache invalidation logic throughout your application code or guess at appropriate Time-to-Live (TTL) settings.

https://www.i-programmer.info/news/84-database/18884-pgcache-transparent-postgresql-query-caching-and-cdc-maintenance.html#google_vignette

Massachusetts' Institute of Technology Introduction to Deep Learning

noreply@blogger.com (Nikos Vaggalis) — Tue, 19 May 2026 17:47:19 +0000

The full materials of the MIT 6.S191 lecture which took place just this March are now available for free and for all. This lecture is a comprehensive overview of deep learning architectures, specifically focusing on Convolutional Neural Networks (CNNs), Recurrent Neural Networks (RNNs), and Transformers.

https://www.i-programmer.info/news/150-training-a-education/18878-massachusetts-institute-of-technology-introduction-to-deep-learning.html

Jupyter Notebooks MCP Server

noreply@blogger.com (Nikos Vaggalis) — Mon, 18 May 2026 17:52:05 +0000

Jupyter gets its own MCP server. The Jupyter MCP Server by Datalayer is a Model Context Protocol server implementation designed to act as a bridge between Large Language Models, AI assistants and a user's live Jupyter environment. What does it enable?

https://www.i-programmer.info/news/90-tools/18875-jupyter-notebooks-mcp-server-.html

The .NET Agent Skills

noreply@blogger.com (Nikos Vaggalis) — Thu, 14 May 2026 16:05:47 +0000

Microsoft's extends the capabilities of the AI coding agents through Agent Skills for .NET framework-oriented tasks.

But first of all, what are Agent Skills? Agent Skills are a lightweight, open, and standardized format used to extend AI agents' capabilities with specialized knowledge and workflows

https://www.i-programmer.info/news/89-net/18867-the-net-agent-skills.html

ggsql: SQL For Visualization

noreply@blogger.com (Nikos Vaggalis) — Wed, 13 May 2026 06:21:07 +0000

ggsql is a novel data visualization tool that integrates the Grammar of Graphics directly into SQL environments.

Built by the creators of ggplot2, this system allows users to construct complex charts by adding declarative clauses like VISUALISE, DRAW, and SCALE to standard database queries. Unlike traditional tools that offer fixed chart types, ggsql employs a modular approach where independent components—such as layers, coordinates, and aesthetics can be combined to create custom visuals.

https://www.i-programmer.info/news/84-database/18862-ggsql-sql-for-visualization-.html

Microsoft's Rust Training Books Curriculum

noreply@blogger.com (Nikos Vaggalis) — Fri, 08 May 2026 18:56:00 +0000

A training repository from Microsoft on GitHub provides a structured curriculum for developers ranging from beginner to expert to learn Rust.

https://www.i-programmer.info/news/150-training-a-education/18853-microsofts-rust-training-books-curriculum-.html

Warp: The Open-Source Agentic Development Environment Goes Open Source

noreply@blogger.com (Nikos Vaggalis) — Thu, 07 May 2026 18:13:00 +0000

Warp has transitioned its Rust-based terminal client to an open-source model under the AGPL license, aiming to accelerate innovation through community collaboration.

https://www.i-programmer.info/news/90-tools/18852-warp-the-open-source-agentic-development-environment-goes-open-source.html

Agentic Skills For The Database

noreply@blogger.com (Nikos Vaggalis) — Thu, 30 Apr 2026 18:46:00 +0000

Companies like PlanetScale and Oracle are providing curated libraries of Skills that allow AI coding assistants, such as Claude Code or Cursor, to interact directly with databases.

Skills, Skills, Skills...the latest buzzword in this era of AI induced coding practices. This time they come for the Database to enable agents to perform complex tasks like automated schema optimization, security audits and CSV data ingestion with higher precision and lower token consumption.

https://www.i-programmer.info/news/90-tools/18846-agentic-skills-for-the-database-.html

Learn concurrency - a deep dive into multithreading with Python

noreply@blogger.com (Nikos Vaggalis) — Wed, 29 Apr 2026 11:32:00 +0000

This article explains concurrency in Python including topics like multithreading, multiprocessing, race conditions, and synchronization mechanisms such as locks. We’ll then take a deep dive into switching off GIL to enable real multithreading in Python, highlighting the differences, the benefits and the gotchas with clear code examples.

https://blog.geekuni.com/2026/04/python-concurrency.html

Microsoft Fabric Machine Learning Tutorial - The Course

noreply@blogger.com (Nikos Vaggalis) — Tue, 28 Apr 2026 18:02:00 +0000

Learn about Microsoft Fabric and its applications of ML through a project analyzing Titanic's passenger data.

This tutorial is an end-to-end demonstration of Microsoft Fabric that guides learners from descriptive and diagnostic analytics to predictive analytics using the popular Kaggle Titanic dataset. The goal of the tutorial is to train a binary classification machine learning model capable of predicting whether an individual would have survived or perished on the Titanic, based on personal details like their age, gender, and ticket class.

https://www.i-programmer.info/news/150-training-a-education/18831-microsoft-fabric-machine-learning-tutorial-the-course.html

GitHub Copilot CLI For Beginners - The Course

noreply@blogger.com (Nikos Vaggalis) — Sun, 26 Apr 2026 09:17:00 +0000

It's a full curriculum that lives solely on its Github repository. And it's really full; it spans from installation basics to advanced production workflows which also include Agent Skills for automating team standards, specialized agents for targeted expertise, and the Model Context Protocol (MCP) for connecting the AI to external data sources like GitHub repositories and live documentation.

https://www.i-programmer.info/news/150-training-a-education/18824-github-copilot-cli-for-beginners-the-course-.html

The Azure Skills Plugin Makes Deployment And Management A Breeze

noreply@blogger.com (Nikos Vaggalis) — Wed, 22 Apr 2026 16:30:15 +0000

Microsoft has launched the Azure Skills Plugin, a comprehensive toolkit designed to transform AI coding assistants into active cloud deployment agents.

https://www.i-programmer.info/news/105-artificial-intelligence/18819-the-azure-skills-plugin-makes-deployment-and-management-a-breeze.html

The Future of Agentic AI: MongoDB With LangChain

noreply@blogger.com (Nikos Vaggalis) — Mon, 20 Apr 2026 16:10:00 +0000

A collaboration with LangChain establishes MongoDB Atlas as a unified backend for managing vector searches, persistent agent memory, and automated observability.

https://www.i-programmer.info/news/84-database/18813-the-future-of-agentic-ai-mongodb-with-langchain.html