Latest GitLab 8.5 release - fastest so far

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GitLab 8.5 Enterprise edition is the fastest release of GitLab so far. Its performance has increased a lot, offering users what they need in an easier and quicker way with Todos, a chronological list of to-dos.

Lightbend to launch Lagom, helping Java developers create and manage microservices tools

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Lightbend is going to make the life of Java developers easier by launching its Lagom platform which will help them create and manage microservices tools.

Is open source a career-maker?

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Various companies have started to realize the great advantages of open source and are already delivering open-source tools for their users as well as offering jobs to open-source experts.

Living in the golden age of software development

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Have we reached the golden age of software development? Is it going to end soon or is it here to stay for a while?

New machine learning system Prophet can fix code up to 10 times more

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A new machine learning system which has been developed by researchers at MITcan fix errors in bug-riddled code ten times more compared to other machine learning systems currently in use.

Top 10 most demanded tech skills for 2016

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A survey by Computerworld&#39s Forecast 2016 found out that IT architecture, programming/application development, and project management are going to be the top three most demanded tech skills in the coming months of 2016.

Open source Java project Apache Phoenix - the standard means of accessing HBase data through API

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Apache Phoenix one of the newest open source Java project, provides SQL access to HBase, Hadoop&#39s NoSQL database, which is later delivered as a JDBC driver.

How will the future of programming look like?

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Programming has come a long way. It might be possible that in the future coders will no longer be needed, as machines are already starting to code by themselves. But in the near future, programmer’s job still seems pretty safe.

Eclipse Che launches cloud IDE

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Open source developer Eclipse Che has recently launched the cloud IDE.

Azul doubles Zing JVM capacity to 2 TB with Zing 16.01

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Azul Systems, Zing’s first company to support OpenJDK across various Cloud platforms, operating systems, as well as hypervisors, will double its Zing JVM in-memory capacity to 2 terabytes with Zing 16.01.