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August 28 2025, Newsletter no. 297 (this newsletter is available in html format at http://www.javaperformancetuning.com/news/news297.shtml )
As usual before a Java release, I'm listing all the new…
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ContinueHi Everyone,My publisher is running a free Amazon Kindle book promotion through Monday, August 25th, 2025. The book, “Eclipse Collections Categorically: Level up your programming game” can be obtained for $0 on Kindle on Amazon through the August 25th.…
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Vibe coding isn’t a formal technical term, but it’s become a slang or colloquial expression among programmers and tech communities—especially on social media and in creative coding circles.
What “vibe coding” usually means:
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Learning about artificial intelligence? You may find this interesting.
https://arstechnica.com/ai/2025/03/you-can-now-download-the-source-code-that-sparked-the-ai-boom/
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Thanks Mike! What a blast from the past! That Red Hat swag! ;-). Jim
Thanks for the invite!
I didn't mean to make you feel bad, I know how busy you must be. It's just we could do more to promote this site. Does the twitter thingie work for you?
Thanks so much for the birthday wishes. I know it's so late getting back to you but I don't check this website very often.
Thanks for the invitation and the birthday wishes, Mike!
Thanks. I'm interested either way (either 10/25 or the rescheduled day).
Sure Mike. I can do that
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Adi Polak explains the path from GenAI prototype to production by focusing on precision - the competitive edge. She details Agentic RAG architectures, emergent agent design patterns, and crucial feedback loops (LLM-as-a-judge) for refinement. Learn how to leverage data streaming (Kafka) to manage collaboration, memory, and scale microservices in real-time agent systems.
By Adi Polak
Microsoft announced in October 2025 that its Azure DevOps MCP Server, a local Model Context Provider designed to bring richer context to AI assistants like GitHub Copilot, has exited public preview and become generally available.
By Craig Risi
Introducing TanStack Start v1—a revolutionary full-stack framework for React and Solid applications. Built on TanStack Router and Vite, it offers type-safe APIs, streaming SSR, and universal deployment. Optimized for performance and flexibility, TanStack Start presents a compelling alternative to Next.js, catering to modern development needs with seamless integration and incremental adoption.
By Daniel Curtis
The release of Apache Grails 7.0.0 delivers notable changes such as: the ability to disable Micronaut auto configuration through the Grails plugin; improved reproducibility with implementations of GORM services; and a temporary removal of the GORM for Neo4J until it is compatible with Grails 7.0 or 8.0. InfoQ spoke to Søren Berg Glasius and James Fredley about this release.
By Michael Redlich
The ML Kit GenAI Prompt API, now available in alpha, enables Android developers to send natural language and multimodal requests to Gemini Nano running on-device, extending the text summarization and image description capabilities introduced with the initial GenAI release.
By Sergio De Simone
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