Tech Blog: AI, Security, Infrastructure & Open Source

HashiCorp’s switch to the Business Source License has triggered a community fork of Terraform called OpenTofu, and the implications for infrastructure-as-code

Meta releases Code Llama, a family of open-source code generation models, and it might just change the dynamics of AI-assisted development.

Python 3.12’s first release candidate arrives with major performance improvements, better error messages, and the groundwork for removing the GIL.

HashiCorp’s decision to relicense Terraform and other products under the Business Source License has sent shockwaves through the infrastructure community.

A new Intel CPU vulnerability called Downfall exposes sensitive data through speculative execution, and the performance impact of mitigations is significant.

Google’s Web Environment Integrity API proposal has the web development community up in arms, and the concerns are well-founded.

Meta’s release of Llama 2 as a commercially-licensed open model changes the game for developers building with large language models.

Node.js 20 brings a stable built-in test runner and an experimental permission model — two features that signal a maturing runtime taking security and

OpenAI’s function calling capability transforms GPT models from text generators into programmable agents — here’s what it means for developers building real

The MOVEit Transfer vulnerability has now impacted hundreds of organizations worldwide — a stark reminder that managed file transfer tools remain critical and

Red Hat’s decision to restrict public access to RHEL source code sends shockwaves through the enterprise Linux ecosystem and raises fundamental questions about

The European Parliament’s approval of the AI Act marks the first comprehensive AI regulation framework — here’s what developers building AI systems need to