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I’m in the UK today, having arrived this morning in London. Hopefully, by this time ,I’m in Cambridge and at the Redgate office. Maybe sitting in the foyer alcove, playing a little guitar (like I did last Oct).I’m here for a week of Redgate meetings as we kick off the year and it’s good to see colleagues and friends. All of the advocates are here, including Pat Wright, our newest advocate, and we’re hoping to record a Simple Talks podcast episode this afternoon. Maybe a second one if I can get someone from our data team to come in on…

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Jonathan Rende, chief product officer at Checkmarx, tackle’s one of the most urgent questions in AppSec right now: what happens when AI starts writing the majority of your software? With estimates that as much as 60% of code is being generated by AI in some environments—and that AI-authored code is already finding its way into […]

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Anaconda CEO David DeSanto explores what it takes to make AI-native development practical, secure and scalable for modern engineering teams. DeSanto reflects on his journey from leading product at GitLab to stepping into the CEO role at Anaconda, and why the next wave of software delivery will be shaped by the intersection of open source, […]

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Updated: This article has been refreshed to cover the most popular Linux console file managers, highlighting their features, benefits, and why they are widely used. Linux console file managers can be very helpful in day-to-day tasks, when managing files on a local machine, or when connected to a remote one. The visual console representation of the directory helps us quickly perform file/folder operations and saves us some time. In this article, we’re going to review some of the most frequently used Linux console (command-line or terminal) file managers and their features and benefits. 1. Yazi – Blazing Fast Terminal File…

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Updated: This article has been refreshed to cover the latest ways to edit documents on Ubuntu locally, highlighting ONLYOFFICE, LocalAI, GPT4All, and Ollama, and how they let you use AI for smart writing and content generation. If you are looking for ways to edit documents on Ubuntu locally using your favourite AI tool as a smart writing assistant, you have several options to choose from. For example, you can opt for ONLYOFFICE Desktop Editors, an open-source office suite for Linux, integrated with such AI platforms as LocalAI and GPT4All. Both services let you install your favourite LLM and use its…

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The AI market is at a funny crux; it’s never been more powerful, but it’s never been more overstated in the wrong ways. Every week brings another bold prediction about agents rewriting software development or AI becoming bigger than the industrial revolution. Yet when you zoom in on the day-to-day reality inside most engineering organizations, the mood is closer to what Atlassian Customer CTO Andrew Boyagi describes as “meh.” If you’re now scratching your head, wondering, “Well, are there any real-life use cases for onboarding AI across my organization?” you’re in luck. With AI literacy still in its early stages,…

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