A report published this week by Sonar finds the GPT-5 platform released by OpenAI has the potential to generate better code but at significantly higher costs.Based on over 4,400 Java tasks, the report finds that depending on which of the four levels of reasoning capabilities that OpenAI now makes available, the overall quality of the code, especially in terms of the vulnerabilities generated, significantly improves.However, the overall volume of code being generated per task also substantially increases, which creates additional maintenance challenges for application developers that are not going to be familiar with how code might have been constructed in…
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If you’re new to Python, you probably just want your scripts to work without crashing. That’s cool, but working code isn’t the whole story. It needs to stay secure too. A buggy program bugs you, sure, but one that spills secrets or invites hackers? That’s real trouble.Big firms aren’t the only ones at risk with security stuff. Your little apps or fun projects can get hit if they connect online, manage sign-ins, or hold personal details. Start thinking secure from day one—it saves headaches later.Security goes beyond your scripts, though. Your setup counts a lot. Like, coding on open Wi-Fi?…
Running large AI models in the cloud gives access to immense capabilities, but it doesn’t come for free. The bigger the models, the bigger the bills, and with them, the risk of unexpected costs. Local models flip the equation. They safeguard privacy and keep costs predictable, but their smaller size often limits what you can achieve. For many GenAI applications, like analyzing long documents or running workflows that need a large context, developers face a tradeoff between quality and cost. But there might be a smarter way forward: a hybrid approach that combines the strengths of remote intelligence with local…
It is time once again to share a list of the best free and open-source software I’ve come across in 2025. Some of these programs are long-standing favorites that continue to improve year after year, while others are newer projects that caught my attention and proved useful in my daily Linux workflow. As always, this is not meant to be an exhaustive list, but rather a personal collection of tools that I’ve found reliable, practical, and worth recommending. It is in the spirit of sharing that I’m writing this article, hoping you’ll discover something here that makes your Linux experience…
It always starts the same way. You open your laptop on a Monday morning, coffee in hand, ready to tackle the week, only to spend the first hour hunting for “that one report” you swear was shared last Thursday. You search your inbox, scroll through chat threads, dig through shared drives, and finally find three different versions of the same file, each telling a slightly different story. By the time you figure out which one is current, your coffee is cold, and your patience is gone.That’s the chaos Microsoft Fabric Workspaces were built to end.If you think a Fabric Workspace…
September 2, 2025 by Jenn Yarnold As businesses like yours turn to AI to drive innovation, data has become the strategic lever for agility and growth. Yet for many organizations, the promise of AI remains out of reach because entrenched legacy data systems stand in the way of progress. These aging architectures, characterized by siloed data, technical debt, and a lack of scalability, create significant roadblocks that inhibit innovation and increase costs. Filed Under: Migration Modernization
As someone who has been using Linux for more than 12 years, I’ve often come across the same question: “Can I replace Microsoft Office with open-source alternatives on Linux?” My answer has always been simple: Yes, you can, and I do it every single day. Over the years, I’ve relied on tools like LibreOffice, ONLYOFFICE, and other open-source office suites instead of Microsoft Office, and here’s why I believe they are not just alternatives but, in many ways, better suited for Linux users. LibreOffice – The Trusted Classic LibreOffice has long been the default choice for Linux users who need…
Kong Inc. today revealed it has acquired OpenMeter, a provider of a metering and billing software based on an open source software project.Ross Kukulinski, vice president of product management for Kong, said OpenMeter will enable Kong to embed the usage-based metering and billing capabilities into Kong Konnect, a platform for managing application programming interfaces (APIs), early next year. In the meantime, Kong will continue to make the OpenMeter software available both as open source software and via a software-as-a-service (SaaS) application service that OpenMeter provides.Adding the ability to monetize APIs is especially critical today for any application that needs to…
Right now, 10 million bots handle messages from over 1 billion Telegram users – and not some simple chatbots like most would think, but payments, running games, managing communities, and automating entire businesses. So, here’s exactly how these bots work under the hood!BotFather Controls Everything – Your First 5 Minutes with Telegram’s APIEvery Telegram bot starts with BotFather – you message @BotFather, type /newbot, pick a name, and you get a 46-character token that looks like “123456:ABC-DEF1234ghIkl-zyx57W2v1u123ew11”. Such a token serves as your bot’s password – so, lose it and someone else controls your bot.But what happens next is that…
MCP is not an API. Tools are not agents. MCP is more than tools. Here’s what this means in practice. Most developers misread the Model Context Protocol because they map it onto familiar API mental models. That mistake breaks agent designs, observability, and the “last mile” where non-deterministic reasoning must meet deterministic execution. This piece corrects three common misconceptions and offers concrete patterns that actually work. 1) Misconception #1: “MCP is just another API” Claim people make: Treat an MCP call like calling REST or gRPC.Reality: MCP is a model-facing protocol designed for LLM tool use, intent mediation, and context…