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Exploring the Apache ecosystem for data analysis
How Apache Arrow, Apache Parquet, Arrow Flight, and DataFusion bring enhanced data processing capabilities to large volumes of time series and other data.
Google unveils open source projects for generative AI
Google introduced an LLM inference engine, a library of reference diffusion models, and TPU optimizations for transformer models at Google Cloud Next ’24.
Eclipse joins with industry groups to secure open source
Collaborative effort aims to establish common specifications for secure software development based on existing open source best practices.
OpenTofu may be showing us the wrong way to fork
Disagree with a license? Fork the project, but don’t lift the code and say it was always publicly available. Compare HashiCorp code and license to OpenTofu's version.
What is Apache Spark? The big data platform that crushed Hadoop
Fast, flexible, and developer-friendly, Apache Spark is the leading platform for large-scale SQL, batch processing, stream processing, and machine learning.
Redis vs. the trillion-dollar cabals
The Redis license change hurts no one except AWS and other cloud giants. If they gave back a little, they wouldn’t need watered-down forks.
Redis moves to source-available licenses
Cloud service providers hosting Redis offerings will no longer be permitted to use Redis source code free of charge, the company said.
The world needs more (and better) open map data
The best map data and the most advanced mapping features have been proprietary. The Overture Maps Foundation aims to change that.
Ensuring the open source moment continues
When the Open Source Definition isn't applied to cloud-distributed software, and the General Public License allows cloud companies to grow rich without contributing much, everyone loses.
Open source comes to real-time metering
Is the complexity of billing better handled by buying software or building it? Lago offers developers a chance to get back to solving core business problems.
Open source is not insecure
Open source doesn’t have a security problem. It has a distribution problem.
The open source problem
Software freedom. User freedom. Why do we have to choose? Licensing hasn’t kept pace with the reality of software in the cloud and AI.
High-risk open source vulnerabilities on the rise, Synopsys reports
The company’s annual Open Source Security and Risk Analysis report finds widespread use of open source components with high-risk vulnerabilities.
3 dynamic use cases for Apache Flink and stream processing
We live in a world in motion. Stream processing allows us to record events in the real world so that we can take action or make predictions that will drive better business outcomes.
Protecting against software supply chain attacks
Open source software is ubiquitous, and supply chain attacks are on the rise. Companies should consider these three strategies to secure their software.
Why IT execs need to consider GraphQL
GraphQL gives developers a flexible and unified way to connect data and services. Its query planning and policy engine make it a promising option for adding LLMs to the mix.
9 extraordinary documents every developer should read
Software development history is rich with "Eureka!" moments that caught the world, and often the developers themselves, by surprise.
