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Vite Version 8: Unified Rust-Based Bundler and Up to 30x Faster Builds

Vite 8.0 introduces a significant architectural change, migrating from a dual-bundler setup to a single Rust-based bundler called Rolldown. This update enhances build speeds, reporting reductions from 46 seconds to 6 seconds in some projects. The release includes developer experience improvements and maintains compatibility with the existing plugin ecosystem.

By Daniel Curtis

Swiggy Improves Search Autocomplete Using Real Time Machine Learning Ranking

Swiggy detailed real-time machine-learning ranking system for autocomplete built on OpenSearch. The architecture separates candidate generation and ranking, uses feature stores for real time signals, and applies learning to rank models for improved relevance. It replaces heuristic ranking while maintaining strict latency constraints and enabling continuous model updates from user behavior signals.

By Leela Kumili

Anthropic's Code With Claude Announces Managed Agents, Proactive Workflows, Capability Curve

Anthropic hosted "Code with Claude 2026" in San Francisco, featuring livestream sessions focused on Claude Code, the Claude API platform, and other projects. Key topics included developer experience, autonomy features, model step-changes, and the impact of AI on product architecture. Discussions included insights from GitHub, Vercel, and AI-native startups on engineering strategies and challenges.

By Andrew Hoblitzell

Java News Roundup: OpenJDK JEPs, Azul Payara, WildFly, LangChain4j, OpenXava, Google ADK

This week's Java roundup for May 11th, 2026, features news highlighting: three OpenJDK JEPs targeted for JDK 27; introducting Azul Payara Community and the WildFly wado CLI tool; point releases of LangChain4j and Google ADK; and maintenance releases of Micronaut and OpenXava.

By Michael Redlich

Article: Building a Secure MCP Server on AWS for a Million-Company B2B Platform

We wanted to expose a B2B intelligence platform built on more than one million company profiles to an LLM client through an MCP server so a user can ask “find SaaS companies in Germany with 50-200 employees” and receive results through the LLM client. The engineering problem was: How do you make that workflow useful without creating an unsafe bridge between an LLM and production data?

By Shadi Elyafi

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