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Rethinking programming

O'Reilly

The programming world will increasingly be split between highly trained professionals and people who don’t have a deep background but have a lot of experience building things. We need to think about how programming is taught. Like reading, some people learn how to code with little training, and others don’t.

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From Proprietary to Open Source: The Complete Guide to Database Migration

Percona

Migrating a proprietary database to open source is a major decision that can significantly affect your organization. Today, we’ll be taking a deep dive into the intricacies of database migration, along with specific solutions to help make the process easier.

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Carving an AWS certification path

Dynatrace

Major cloud providers such as AWS offer certification programs to help technology professionals develop and mature their cloud skills. By carving the right AWS certification path, developers can even use their certification and training to advance their careers long term. What is the value of AWS training and certification?

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What Is a Workload in Cloud Computing

Scalegrid

Simply put, it’s the set of computational tasks that cloud systems perform, such as hosting databases, enabling collaboration tools, or running compute-intensive algorithms. Executing cutting-edge intelligent apps’ deployment after successful training becomes much easier thanks primarily to this functionality made possible!

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MySQL 5.7 End of Life Options – Free Course at Percona University Online

Percona

Dave is the author of MySQL & JSON – A Practical Programming Guide. Learn how to keep your database secure and performant after that date and what real options you have if you decide to upgrade or stay on the current version. He started to work with MySQL from the 3.29 reaches its End of Life in October 2023.

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You Need to Actively Support Open Source Software or It Will Disappear

Percona

If you ran IBM hardware, then you ran IBM software, and that handy calendaring program that ran on Data General or Digital hardware/software was unavailable to you. The choice could be to switch to another document database or maybe use a relational database like PostgreSQL or MySQL that supports JSON data types.

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Prompting Isn’t The Most Important Skill

O'Reilly

This work is increasingly falling under the rubric RAG (Retrieval Augmented Generation), in which a program takes a request, looks up data relevant to that request, and packages everything in a complex prompt. I’ve made a similar argument about the use of AI in programming. Designing automated prompting systems is clearly important.