InfoWorld First Look
Expert articles on cloud, software development, and AI
April 28, 2025
14 tiny tricks for big cloud savings
Cloud costs add up quickly but so can cloud savings. Here are 14 clever ways to cut costs while still making the most of just about any cloud configuration.
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OpenSearch in 2025: Much more than an Elasticsearch fork
With aggressive improvements in performance and scalability, OpenSearch is following its public road map to widespread success.
Baidu hits the turbo button to get back into AI race
One month after initial release, the company has launched upgrades to its foundation model, ERNIE 4.5, and reasoning model, ERNIE X1, at its developer conference.
MarkItDown: Microsoftâs open-source tool for Markdown conversion
MarkItDown offers a simple and powerful way to convert documents and media files into Markdown for fine-tuning LLMs or building retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) systems.
Python and WebAssembly? Hereâs how to make it work
The current state of tooling for Python-on-Wasm isnât great, but weâll walk you through a workaround. Youâll also learn how to set up Python on systems without Wi-Fi, discover the latest version of Django, and get started with AutoKittehâa âdeveloper-firstâ low-code/no-code platform that lets you write workflows in Python. Itâs all here in this weekâs Python Report.
Cloud native explained: How to build scalable, resilient applications
Cloud-native computing takes advantage of many modern software development techniques including microservices, containers, CI/CD, agile methodologies, and devops.
Dockerâs new MCP Catalog, Toolkit to solve major developer challenges, experts say
While the Catalog is expected to serve as a marketplace for publishing and discovering new tools, the Toolkit is expected to help reduce the management of MCP servers
