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Alex Seaton discusses the architecture of ArcticDB, a high-performance Python/C++ library that replaces traditional database servers with a thick-client model. He explains how to achieve atomicity on object storage through bottom-up writes and shares ...

Meta applies large language models to mutation testing through its Automated Compliance Hardening system, generating targeted mutants and tests to improve compliance coverage, reduce overhead, and detect privacy and safety risks. The approach ...

DeepSeek released DeepSeek-V3.2, a family of open-source reasoning and agentic AI models. The high compute version, DeepSeek-V3.2-Speciale, performs better than GPT-5 and comparably to Gemini-3.0-Pro on several reasoning benchmarks.

Slack's engineering team has published an in-depth look at recent improvements to its Chef-based configuration management system, aimed at making deployments safer and more resilient without disrupting existing workflows.

In this end-of-year panel, the InfoQ podcast hosts reflect on AI's impact on software delivery, the growing importance of sociotechnical systems, evolving cloud realities, and what 2026 may bring.

Docker has launched Kanvas, a new platform designed to bridge the gap between local development and cloud production. By automating the conversion of Docker Compose files into Kubernetes artefacts, the tool challenges established solutions like Helm ...

Intel has announced DeepMath, a lightweight agent built on Qwen3-Thinking that specializes in solving mathematical problems. To address common limitations of LLMs in math reasoning, DeepMath generates small Python scripts that support and enhance its ...

JEP 525, a highlight in the upcoming JDK 26, refines structured concurrency for clearer, safer task management. This iteration introduces a timeout callback for custom joiners, enhancing flexibility and error handling. With streamlined APIs and focus ...

Brendan McLoughlin shares a detective's framework for solving cloud infrastructure failures. He explains the "usual suspects" in the network stack - from DNS to API gateways - and discusses how to apply Richard Cook's "How Complex Systems Fail" to .. ...

Sub100-ms APIs emerge from disciplined architecture using latency budgets, minimized hops, async fanout, layered caching, circuit breakers, and strong observability. But longterm speed depends on culture, with teams owning p99, monitoring drift, ...