A malicious package downloaded approximately 50,000 times from a node package manager (npm) is providing an object lesson for adopting more DevSecOps best practices. Security researchers from Tenable discovered a “ambar-src” package that was first published Feb. 13 and then updated again before being discovered. It is aimed at developers building JavaScript applications on Windows, […]
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I have been active in the data community throughout my career. I have met people and made friends in the process. As I look back on it, I am thankful I was involved and participated. I firmly believe you should as well.ContentsThe value of data communitiesWhy you should be a contributorWrite about itTalk about itAre you ready to ramble?The value of data communitiesI want to kick off this section with my experience with community. Then delve into the value of being involved in the data community.A little historyWhen I started my consulting career in SQL Server nearly 25 years ago,…
Docker Captain Feb 24, 2026 From the Captain’s Chair: Kristiyan Velkov In this edition of From the Captain’s Chair, we’re interviewing Kristiyan Velkov. A prolific writer and public speaker, Kristiyan shares his tips for developers and goals for the upcoming year. Read now
Claude Code Remote Control lets developers run AI coding agents locally while supervising them from any browser or phone. Anthropic’s local-first approach contrasts with cloud agents and reshapes how teams govern AI-driven development.
Eric Tschetter, chief architect at Imply and creator of Apache Druid, explains how the rapid adoption of open source OpenTelemetry for instrumenting applications is reshaping modern observability architectures. As telemetry data volumes surge, organizations are moving toward an “observability warehouse” model that unifies logs, metrics and traces into a scalable analytics foundation capable of delivering […]
A CoreCollective initiative was launched today, encouraging software developers that build tools and applications that run on Arm processors to work more collaboratively. Created by Arm in collaboration with Linaro, a provider of software engineering services, the CoreCollective ecosystem includes Ampere, Canonical, CIX Technology, Fujitsu, Google, Graphcore, Microsoft, Qualcomm, Red Hat, Samsung and SUSE. Andy […]
We’re excited to share a seamless new integration between Docker Model Runner (DMR) and Open WebUI, bringing together two open source projects to make working with self-hosted models easier than ever. With this update, Open WebUI automatically detects and connects to Docker Model Runner running at localhost:12434. If Docker Model Runner is enabled, Open WebUI uses it out of the box, no additional configuration required. The result: a fully Docker-managed, self-hosted model experience running in minutes. Note for Docker Desktop users:If you are running Docker Model Runner via Docker Desktop, make sure TCP access is enabled. Open WebUI connects to…
I’m not sure I knew identity column values could not be updated. I ran into this while trying to solve a problem recently and had to check the error I was getting. This post shows what happened.Another post for me that is simple and hopefully serves as an example for people trying to get blogging as #SQLNewBloggers.SetupA quick setup for you. I need to go to the store soon, so hence, here is my sample table (created and filled by SQL Prompt).CREATE TABLE Vodka( id INT NOT NULL IDENTITY(1,1) PRIMARY KEY, brandname VARCHAR(100) NOT NULL , rating TINYINT);INSERT INTO dbo.Vodka( …
Let me tell you something that took me a long time to say out loud. Human Can Make Mistakes Not AI. (Well, line inspired from famous GenAI tool).The most useful thing I can do is to tell you that a large number of the problems people hire me or email me for can be solved without hiring me. Free of cost. Tonight. With tools that exist right now and work remarkably well.I have been doing SQL Server performance tuning for over two decades. I have a blog, I have written books, I have seen environments so broken that I needed…
A single Anthropic blog post wiped billions off IBM’s market value—but the AI-driven COBOL modernization it described has existed for years. This is a case study in how AI hype, not fundamentals, is driving market volatility.