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Harness today revealed it has developed a model context protocol (MCP) server through which it will be able to provide more context to artificial intelligence (AI) tools, agents and platforms that are being used to build software.Rohan Gupta, a principal product manager for continuous delivery and AI DevOps for Harness, said exposing the data residing in the Harness continuous integration/continuous delivery (CI/CD) platform will streamline workflows by eliminating the need to rely on custom plug-ins and application programming interfaces (APIs) to provide additional context about the application development environments where code is ultimately deployed.Originally developed by Anthropic, MCP is based…

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SciPy’s linear algebra module (scipy.linalg) provides optimized implementations of fundamental linear algebra operations through BLAS and LAPACK libraries, offering better performance and more specialized functions than numpy.linalg for most scientific computing tasks. Version 1.15.3 delivers comprehensive matrix operations, decompositions, eigenvalue solvers, and specialized matrix functions that extend beyond NumPy’s capabilities.Why Choose scipy.linalg Over numpy.linalgPerformance testing consistently shows scipy.linalg functions running 5-10% faster than their numpy.linalg counterparts across different BLAS implementations (MKL, ACML, OpenBLAS). While numpy.linalg offers better broadcasting support for “stacked” arrays, scipy.linalg provides specialized functions like LU decomposition, Schur decomposition, matrix transcendentals, and multiple pseudoinverse calculation methods that aren’t…

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Let’s say you’ve got a set of static files (HTML, CSS, JavaScript, images, etc) that build your website. Perhaps it’s your portfolio website, thanks to having taken Jen Kramer’s course Web Development Project: Personal Portfolio Website, for example, but it could be anything. Hey, what do you know, I’ve got some static files that make a nice personal portfolio page right here. We’ve covered the very fastest way to get those files turned into a deployed website on the internet already, using Netlify’s tool. That totally works, but we can take things a little further to make things easier on…

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In recent years, the term DevOps has become one of the most talked-about buzzwords in the technology world. You’ll hear it in boardroom discussions, IT conferences, job postings, and even startup meetups. Companies want to “go DevOps,” developers want to work in DevOps environments, and recruiters are constantly looking for DevOps Engineers. But despite all this hype, DevOps is often misunderstood. Many think it’s a tool or a new kind of job title. In reality, DevOps is not a technology—it’s a mindset.This article explains what DevOps really means, why it’s important, and how it embodies a cycle of continuous practices—like…

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Black Airplane is a digital product agency dedicated to solving complex business problems through innovative technology and design. We focus on developing impactful products by combining technical expertise with a commitment to creative excellence. The Staff Software Engineer at Black Airplane will play a pivotal role in shaping the technical foundation of our clients’ products. This individual will contribute significantly to our ongoing success by driving key architectural decisions, enhancing the productivity of other engineers, managing complex projects, providing strategic and technical project leadership, mentoring various levels, and influencing team and department strategies. This is a full-time, remote position (US…

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Cary, North Carolina, May 28th, 2025, CyberNewsWireINE Security, a global cybersecurity training and certification provider, today announced a strategic partnership with RedTeam Hacker Academy through the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU). This agreement significantly accelerates INE Security’s expansion strategy in the Middle East and Africa (MEA) region while enhancing cybersecurity training capabilities across the market.The agreement was formalized at the Dubai World Trade Centre, with the signing ceremony attended by Jaizal Ali, Founder and Chief Executive Officer of RedTeam Hacker Academy, and Brett Erskine, Chief Revenue Officer of INE Security. This partnership represents a shared commitment to addressing…

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Someone sent me this code.WITH p AS ( SELECT ID, ROW_NUMBER() OVER (ORDER BY ID ASC) AS RN FROM wp_posts WHERE post_parent = 94341; ) UPDATE p SET menu_order = RNThat’s not great code. In fact, it won’t run. I know that, but does an AI? Let’s see how Copilot does.This is part of a series of experiments with AI systems.The First TestI entered this prompt, but accidentally hit Enter. When I then pasted in the code and hit enter, I got this:That is just about what I would have sent the author to let them know this code doesn’t…

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Amazon Web Services (AWS) has made generally available a service that makes use of artificial intelligence (AI) agents to migrate and modernize infrastructure, applications and code.Sriram Devanathan, general manager for low-code/no-code AppBuilder service at AWS, said the AWS Transform service provides access to a natural language chat interface that makes it simpler to either refactor, for example, VMware, mainframe and .NET workloads or upgrade older instances of Java.Initially previewed as an extension to Amazon Q Developer, AWS has a series of AI agents that have been specifically trained to both understand how code is constructed and invoke various tools, such…

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At Uber, hundreds of engineers working from tens of development centres across the globe push changes to a single shared repository, commonly referred to as a monorepo. A monorepo is a single repository where all — or most — of a company’s code is consolidated rather than distributed across multiple repositories. According to Google’s case study, monorepos offer several benefits, including simplified dependency management, enforcement of consistent code standards and improved code shareability and reuse. However, as commit velocity increases and the number of active contributors grows, monorepos also introduce significant CI challenges — such as an ever-growing queue of…

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