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You will not find a smokestack on any CI/CD pipeline, nor a carbon meter in the corner of your screen to pass quiet judgment on the build. Yet the energy use is no less real.  Every server running a test suite, every virtual machine at work on some compilation, every container image that is stored is an electricity consumer. Multiply that by the thousands of pipelines a development team puts through the system in a month and the costs mount up.

There has been a refrain in the business world for years: gather more data, put it in storage, run the analysis, and then do it all over again with even more.  In some quarters it was like a sport. Every sensor update, support ticket, machine reading and customer click was funneled into an ever-expanding database. And to be fair, the approach had its merits. For a time, bigger datasets were the surest way to build better AI.

Microsoft is preparing the next major update to Windows 11, version 26H2, with a strong emphasis on productivity, security, and system management rather than major visual redesigns. The update introduces practical improvements, including greater taskbar customization, a refined Start menu, enhanced Windows Update controls, and a new Administrator Protection feature designed to reduce the risks associated with elevated user privileges.

A newly released industry survey from Infragistics found that 57% of technology leaders now identify AI integration as the biggest challenge facing software development organizations, a substantial increase over previous years.

Coming up with a million dollar product idea - is easier than coming up with million dollar product idea that is based on solving a real world problem that will allow that idea to actually succeed. In this podcast, Dave Erickson and his co-host Botond Seres are going to examine How Field Experience Can Drive Technology Innovation - with John Downing - Co-Founder & Chief Product Architect of Leteligence.

There is something about software bugs that makes them appear at precisely the wrong time. You are in the thick of development and everything is going well. The build is good, the demo was a success, morale is high. But then an accountant hits a button no one put to the test, or a customer tries to upload a file with some odd name, and before you know it the support team is in for a long afternoon. In a way it is like a leaky roof. Spot the problem on a clear day and you can fix it in a jiffy. T

When people think of Ethical AI, what may come to mind is robots asking themselves important questions like, “Humans have no use, but is it right to just get rid of them, or should we just let them kill each other off?” Serious Robot questions aside, there is no denying that AI (Artificial Intelligence) has become the overachiever in the tech world. It is behind the content you read, the products you are sold, fraud detection, medical image analysis and much more. On occasion it will even seem t

Laracon US 2026 is the flagship conference for the Laravel community and one of the leading events for modern web application development. The conference attracts developers, software architects, startup founders, and technology leaders interested in building scalable, high-performance web applications.

ÜberConf 2026 brings together software developers, architects, DevOps engineers, and technology leaders for four days of immersive technical learning and professional networking. Hosted by the No Fluff Just Stuff community, the conference is recognized for delivering practical, hands-on content focused on solving real-world software development challenges.

Datadog is expanding its AI-powered observability portfolio with new developer-focused tools aimed at helping engineering teams manage increasingly complex AI-driven applications and workflows.

Red Hat announced a major expansion of its developer portfolio this week with new tools focused on agentic AI development, signaling how enterprise software companies are rapidly adapting to the next phase of AI-powered software engineering. The announcement, made during the company’s Red Hat Summit event in Atlanta, introduced Red Hat Desktop and new capabilities within Red Hat Advanced Developer Suite.

Even though many in the IT industry are worrying about how AI will replace them, we need to recognize the advantages AI brings to business. In this podcast, Botond Seres and Dave Erickson are going to examine strategies for using AI to scale up your business - with Phil Masiello, CEO & Founder of CrunchGrowth.