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Expert articles on cloud, software development, and AI
July 02, 2025
Meet Zig: The modern alternative to C
Zig is a popular systems-oriented language that is serious about replacing C. Here's what you need to know about Zig.
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"Fearless concurrency" in future versions of free-threaded Python
With the new free-threaded or "no-GIL" versions of Python, it's now possible to run Python code with full parallelism on multiple CPU cores. It also means "data race" bugs are easier than ever to create, where it's hard to guarantee the sequence in which a given object will be altered by code in different threads. One of the discussions at the recent Python Language Summit confronted this problem, and in this video I unpack their proposed solution in detail, and what implications it has for the rest of the language.
How to shift left on finops, and why you need to
Spiking cloud costs are bad enough, but the mounting technical debt can put a real dent in your production roadmap. Hereâs how smart organizations are shifting left on finops, before disaster strikes.
Anonymity should not be free
Online anonymity hasnât made the Internet a better place. Making people pay for anonymity on social platforms could shift the balance of incentives in a better direction.
The private cloud comeback
Recent advancements are paving the way for private cloud platforms to deploy AI and other essential workloads, causing enterprises to rethink a public cloudâonly strategy.
How to use editable installs for Python packages
Have you ever wished you could edit Python packages installed locally without reinstalling them? Editable installs are the way.
Rewriting infrastructure as code for the AI data center
om experimental hacks to enterprise rollouts, generative AI is becoming a standard part of IaC workflowsâbringing speed, structure, and new risks.
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