Heroku, a subsidiary of Salesforce, is piloting support for inference capabilities within its platform-as-a-service (PaaS) environment in addition to tightening the level of integration it provides with artificial intelligence (AI) agents developed by its parent company.Betty Junod, chief marketing officer for Heroku, said the Managed Inference and Agents (MIA) and AppLink capabilities being added to the platform will make it simpler for application development teams to build and deploy AI applications without having to build entire environments themselves.Additionally, Heroku is now piloting an ability to publish events via a centralized hub that can be subscribed to by multiple application services.Finally,…
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If you’ve ever tried to delete a file or directory in Linux using the rm command and saw the error: rm: cannot remove ‘file-or-directory’: Device or resource busy Don’t worry, this is a common issue that simply means that the file or directory you’re trying to remove is currently being used by the system or by a currently running process. Why This Error Happens When you see the message “device or resource busy”, it means that the file or directory is currently being used. Linux prevents you from deleting files that are in use to avoid breaking things or causing…
Angular 19.2 brought an experimental new API called httpResource. I published a tutorial about rxResource a few months ago, and httpResource is a new, more polished layer on top of that.Let’s start with the basics. Signals are slowly making their way across all APIs of the Angular framework, which begs the question: How do we use the Angular HttpClient with Signals, since the HttpClient returns an Observable?A simple answer would be to use the toSignal function:signal = toSignal(this.http.get(“http://mydata.com”));While the above works, it doesn’t help us know:Is the data loaded / loading?Did we get an error while making that request?The resource…
The tech world is buzzing with two transformative trends — artificial intelligence (AI) and sustainability. As machine learning (ML) powers everything from predictive analytics to autonomous systems, its environmental footprint is growing. Cloud data centers powering ML workloads consume vast amounts of energy, contributing to significant carbon emissions. Enter MLOps for Green AI: A fusion of machine learning operations (MLOps) and sustainable DevOps practices that promise to make AI not just smarter, but greener. With over 18 years in IT and a deep focus on DevOps, I have seen firsthand how cloud infrastructure can be a double-edged sword — unlocking innovation while straining resources.…
I was on the epicgames.com website the other day, signing up so I could relive my Magic: The Gathering glory days with Arena. While doing that I saw their style for modal dialogs and thought I should try to re-create that with because apparently I’m both of those types of nerd. It’s a This thing came up on top of other content, so that alone makes it appropriate for the HTML element. We’ll use that. No Taller than Viewport It’s not absolutely required that the entire needs to be shorter than the viewport. If it’s taller, you just need to…
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Observability — the ability to measure and understand the internal state of a system by analyzing the data it produces — has come a long way in the past 15 years. Companies such as Dynatrace have led the charge, helping businesses transform how they monitor and manage their systems. At the recent KubeCon + CloudNativeCon Europe 2025 conference, Alois Mayr, senior principal product manager at Dynatrace, shared his insights on the evolution of observability and how artificial intelligence (AI) is now reshaping it. The Evolution of Observability When Mayr first joined Dynatrace nearly two decades ago, observability was a nascent concept. Back…
This release is a major update that includes improvements in PHPStan annotations, Xdebug, and WordPress support, an AI Free tier and new subscription system for JetBrains AI, and more. Download PhpStorm 2025.1 PHP Code completion for @phpstan-type and @phpstan-import-type This release improves PhpStorm’s PHPStan annotation support, introducing code completion for array shape aliases in @phpstan-type and @phpstan-import-type. Using the local type aliases defined in PHPDoc’s @phpstan-type annotation (or referenced in the @phpstan-import-type annotation), the IDE autocompletes array keys in class bodies. Support for nested variables in .env files Version 2025.1 extends PhpStorm’s .env file support to include nested variables syntax.…
One of the most important tasks in Linux systems administration is process management, which involves several operations such as monitoring, signaling processes, and setting process priorities on the system. There are numerous Linux tools/utilities designed for monitoring and handling processes, such as top, ps, pgrep, kill, killall, nice, and many others. In this article, we shall uncover how to find processes using a powerful and resourceful Linux utility called fuser. What is a fuser in Linux? fuser is a simple yet powerful command-line utility intended to locate processes based on the files, directories, or sockets a particular process is accessing.…
Summary / Job Objective:Simplicity Group is looking for a talented, energetic, and team-oriented Senior Full Stack Developer to help build the industry’s leading platforms. The Senior Full Stack Developer will be a key member of a dynamic and growing group of developers that will help shape the future of how life insurance, annuities, and other financial services are bought and sold.We’re looking for senior web developers to build new web experiences, including sophisticated eApps, compelling agent websites, and platforms that help increase sales and reduce operational costs. We also create and integrate with API’s for automated underwriting, quoting, CRM, and…