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  This course, provided by Microsoft, is based on a Github repository full of invaluable information that introduces MCP, Model Context Protocol, to beginners https://www.i-programmer.info/news/105-artificial-intelligence/18137-mcp-for-beginners-course.html

  pg_disatch is meant to be a TLE-compliant alternative to pg_later but built on top of pg_cron. What makes it different? A couple of years back we've explored the pg_later extension which allows you to: Run native async queries within PostgreSQL, thus shifting this functionality from the application layer to the database layer making it a feature of Postgres itself. https://www.i-programmer.info/news/84-database/18129-pgdisatch-run-sql-queries-asynchronously-on-postgresql.html

  Microsoft has just released jaz, a JVM launcher optimized for Azure that promises to speed up your cloud-based applications. As we've repeatedly stated, Java and cloud workloads go hand in hand, just loved by the enterprise. However one issue that still persists is how to tweak the JVM for better throughput, because in the cloud environment every milisecond counts. https://www.i-programmer.info/news/80-java/18120-jaz-faster-java-for-the-cloud.html

  JetBrains has made special arrangements with Spring to facilitate the framework's better integration with the Kotlin language. What can we expect from this new partnership? https://www.i-programmer.info/news/80-java/18113-kotlin-and-spring-a-love-story-unfolds.html

  A virtual conference packed with sessions on the intersection of software engineering and AI. Let's take a look at this year's conference. AI Native DevCon is the conference subdivision of the AI Native Dev organization. It is an organization that aims to foster innovation by helping developers to adopt AI effectively in their engineering work; from speeding up coding and debugging to automating repetitive tasks. https://www.i-programmer.info/news/169-robotics/18107-ai-native-devcon-2025-the-talks.html

  If you thought that legacy apps are not used anymore in this day and age, think again. With pre-4 version CheerpJ you could run legacy Java apps on browsers. With version 4+ you can run modern apps too. https://www.i-programmer.info/news/80-java/18104-cheerpj-webassembly-based-jvm-version-41-is-here.html

  Subtitled "Ultimate Guide To Mastering RAG", this is a course for beginners to learn how to build AI apps utilizing Microsoft products and RAG. It is the newest Microsoft's offering in the stream of AI tutorials the likes of "AI Agents for Beginners" and "Generative AI for Beginners", and while MCP is currently occupying the headlines of the AI ecosystem, RAG is still going strong as it's the fundamental building block of GenAI applications. https://www.i-programmer.info/news/105-artificial-intelligence/18092-microsofts-rag-time-.html

 Understand a Github repository by using three different MCP solutions. Github Chat MCP, Git MCP and the official Github MCP Server. https://www.i-programmer.info/news/90-tools/18080-three-tools-to-run-mcp-on-your-github-repositories.html

  Continuing the series highlighting conferences you may have missed we come right up to date with Spring I/O and KotlinConf, both of which took place during May 2025. https://www.i-programmer.info/news/99-professional/18074-2025-java-conferences-galore-part-4.html

  Model Context Protocol is now taking control over Windbg and Ghidra to automate the tedious tasks that reverse engineers have to go through in their day-to-day work. https://www.i-programmer.info/news/90-tools/18066-mcp-for-debugging-and-reverse-engineering-.html

  We continue the lowdown on Java conferences. Having looked initally at sessions from three Voxxed events, last week we explored two Devoxx events and JavaOne. This week it's the turn of JChampions and JDConf. https://www.i-programmer.info/news/80-java/18060-early-2025-java-conferences-galore-part-3.html

  Use this Neo4J GraphRAG library to build your own knowledge graph-based applications. But why GraphRAG, the concept, in the first place? GraphRAG is an advanced RAG technique which consumes structured and unstructured documents to create knowledge graphs which extract context on top of the vectors. It's that property that renders graph based RAG to provide highly relevant answers to the users' questions. https://www.i-programmer.info/news/105-artificial-intelligence/18050-graphrag-with-python-and-neoj.html

  LiteCLI, a very handy SQLite client for the CLI diehards, is upgraded by getting a LLM feature that helps you write SQL. We first encountered LiteCLI back in early 2019, where we found that despite as an app lacking a GUI frontend, was agile and feature rich with functionality like: https://www.i-programmer.info/news/84-database/18048-litecli-sqlite-client-is-now-powered-by-llm.html

  We continue the lowdown of Java conferences that took place in the first half of 2025. Last week we explored three Voxxed sessions, this week it's Devoxx Greece, Devoxx UK and JavaOne. https://www.i-programmer.info/news/80-java/18042-early-2025-java-conferences-galore-part-2.html

  NVIDIA adds native support to CUDA for Python, making it more accessible to developers at large. CUDA is, of course, NVIDIA's toolkit and programming model which provides a development environment for speeding up computing applications by harnessing the power of GPUs. It's not easy to conquer since it requires the code to be written code in C++ and as C++ by default is not user-friendly and difficult to master, these properties subsequently rub off on the toolkit itself. https://www.i-programmer.info/news/80-java/18040-nvidia-cuda-dive-using-python.html

  The last few months we've seen an increase in Java conferences. We'll try to not just enumerate, them but also mention the key talks in each of them. This is Part 1 of a series, where we begin by looking at three Voxxed conferences in no particular chronological order; Voxxed Days Bucharest, Voxxed Days Zürich and Voxxed Days Amsterdam 2025. https://www.i-programmer.info/news/80-java/18026-early-2025-java-conferences-galore.html

  Now you can make MCP clients and servers with C# thanks to the release of the official SDK. Do note however that it is currently in preview and that breaking changes can be introduced without prior notice. https://www.i-programmer.info/news/89-net/18024-official-c-sdk-for-model-context-protocol-announced.html

  To celebrate 30 years of MySQL, Oracle has launched a promotional initiative that grants free training and certifications. The offer runs from April 20 to July 31, 2025. https://www.i-programmer.info/news/150-training-a-education/18015-study-and-get-certified-for-mysql-with-oracle-university-for-free-.html

  The first is in relation to Github Copilot and the second  to PostgreSQL. They enable seamless integration with any tool that supports the protocol. https://www.i-programmer.info/news/90-tools/18008-two-new-instances-of-the-language-server-protocol-.html

  Introducing sqlpremierleague ,   another sql playground, but with puzzles specific to sports. Learn SQL as a beginner or hone your SQL as an experienced  developer by working on real datasets from sport competitions. These include the English Premier League, the IPL, the NBA, the NFL, Formula 1, UCL, and two dedicated to L.Messi and C.Ronaldo. https://www.i-programmer.info/news/84-database/18011-hone-your-sql-skills-with-the-premier-league.html#google_vignette

  OpenAI has provided a treasure trove of information for spreading knowledge about AI to the general public; understanding what AI is and learning how to leverage it by using tools like ChatGPT. https://www.i-programmer.info/news/105-artificial-intelligence/18000-the-openai-academy-makes-ai-accessible.html

  By using the expressiveness of the SQL language, TailPipe makes querying log files as easy as doing "select * from logs;". In  Steampipe - SQL For Everything  we discovered a tool that renders SQL as the main query language for more than purely databases, cloud infrastructure included. Steampipe's underlying notion is that SQL has been the data access standard for decades, it levels the playing field, easily integrates with other systems and accelerates delivery. So why not leverage it for things other than the database, like querying APIs and Cloud services? Tailpipe follows along the same lines, this time by enabling SQL to query log files.  https://www.i-programmer.info/news/90-tools/17992-tailpipe-the-log-interrogation-game-changer.html

  The Open Source Project Security Baseline, or OSPS Baseline for short, is a new initiative by OpenSSF in an attempt to bolster the security posture of open source software projects. https://www.i-programmer.info/news/136-open-source/17982-why-openssfs-baseline-security-for-open-source-projects-is-important.html

  Kolosal is a new player in the LLM ecosystem, heralded as the lightweight alternative to LM Studio by requiring fewer system resources while offering similar functionality. https://www.i-programmer.info/news/105-artificial-intelligence/17976-kolosal-ai-run-llms-locally-on-your-workstation-or-edge-devices-.html

 LLM Knowledge Graph Builder is an application designed to turn unstructured data such as pdfs, text documents, YouTube videos, and web pages, into a knowledge graph stored in Neo4j, promising much better accuracy than simple RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation). https://www.i-programmer.info/news/80-java/17967-ingres-vs-postgres-mvcc-explained-with-neo4js-llm-knowledge-graph-builder-.html

  Find out everything there's to know about GPUs. This Cornell Virtual Workshop will be helpful for those who program in CUDA. https://www.i-programmer.info/news/144-graphics-and-games/17961-understanding-gpu-architecture-with-cornell.html

  Claude Code, right now in research beta, is an Agentic coding assistant addressing the CLI Warriors.But it is well worth knowing about. https://www.i-programmer.info/news/105-artificial-intelligence/17955-power-up-your-cli-with-claude-code.html

  The official Microsoft Azure SDK for Rust is a collection of libraries that make Rust developers' life that little bit easier in accessing various Azure services. https://www.i-programmer.info/news/90-tools/17951-azure-sdk-for-rust-goes-beta.html

  LeetGPU is a platform where you can write and test CUDA code. Now it adds Challenges to foster competition, asking you to put your GPU programming skills to the test by writing the fastest programs. https://www.i-programmer.info/news/204-challenges/17945-leetgpu-the-cuda-challenges.html

  Microsoft has another free, self-paced AI course, intended for beginners. This one comprises 10 lessons that cover the fundamentals of building AI Agents. https://www.i-programmer.info/news/80-java/17942-the-microsoft-ai-agents-for-beginners-course.html

  MotherDuck, DuckDB's makers, having listened to its users, has released a local GUI for easier interaction with the database. https://www.i-programmer.info/news/84-database/17935-interact-with-duckdb-using-local-ui.html

  This free, video-based, course from DeepLearning.AI is about coding assistants and in particular Windsurf. It shows how we can leverage such tools to become much more productive. https://www.i-programmer.info/news/105-artificial-intelligence/17925-build-apps-with-windsurfs-ai-coding-agents-the-course.html

  Here we take a look at Gitingest and Repomix, two tools that render a codebase suitable for LLM ingestion. Why is that useful? https://www.i-programmer.info/news/105-artificial-intelligence/17920-tools-to-share-your-codebase-with-llms.html

  Potpie allows you to chat with your codebase or any public codebase for that matter, to explain it, debug it, or do engineering tasks on it like generating test plans. https://www.i-programmer.info/news/105-artificial-intelligence/17917-potpie-agentic-ai-on-your-codebase.html

  Azure RAGChat is a very popular application developed by Microsoft and made available for free for creating ChatGPT-like experiences with your own data. https://www.i-programmer.info/news/105-artificial-intelligence/17902-azure-ragchat-deep-dive-.html

  Meet Yizy, a brand new browser based,free, open-source tool  that makes designing APIs a breeze; code generation and AI included. https://www.i-programmer.info/news/90-tools/17899-yizydev-schema-first-api-design-.html

  Or "Use SQL For Everything Part 2". Like the previously covered Steampipe tool, Stackql enables the use of SQL for querying everything too, but with a twist. https://www.i-programmer.info/news/84-database/17885-stackql-the-new-approach-to-querying-and-provisioning-cloud-services-.html

  A free course on how Agents work by practically showing how to build your own using the latest libraries and tools. If you are bogged down by repetitive tasks, this course is certainly worth your time. https://www.i-programmer.info/news/105-artificial-intelligence/17884-huggingface-ai-agents-course.html

  Steampipe renders SQL as the main query language for more than purely databases, Cloud infrastructure included. Let's find out how. https://www.i-programmer.info/news/84-database/17864-streampipe-sql-for-everything.html

  Constantly updating its compatible foundation models list, Amazon Bedrock has added to its offerings, including Anthropic's new Claude Sonnet 3.7. https://www.i-programmer.info/news/80-java/17874-amazon-bedrock-powered-up-by-new-ai-models.html

  We take a look at a repository containing a wealth of advanced Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) resources that also includes RAG techniques for the latest trend of Agentic systems. https://www.i-programmer.info/news/105-artificial-intelligence/17860-the-advanced--agentic-rag-cookbooks.html

  We revist a course that aims to take you from basic to advanced SQL skills using PostgreSQL, the highly popular open source SQL database. https://www.i-programmer.info/news/150-training-a-education/17848-postgresql-for-everybody-revisited.html

  ChartDB is an open-source database diagrams editor that can be self-hosted or used in the Cloud, for free. At IProgrammer we're very fond of utilities that make the developer's life just that little bit easier, especially on the database front. In the past we had covered a few such cool tools like Prisma Markdown which can automatically generate ERDs, ERDLab, an intuitive SQL Visualization tool which helps in capturing your database design thoughts and Azimutt, a database schema explorer with many great features. https://www.i-programmer.info/news/90-tools/17852-database-diagramming-with-chartdb.html

  Squid Game is a free challenge inspired by the popular Netflix series with the same name. Instead of engaging in bloodthirsty games, you progress to the next level by solving SQL puzzles. https://www.i-programmer.info/news/204-challenges/17846-can-you-win-the-sql-squid-game.html

  CUDA is of course NVIDIA's toolkit and programming model which provides a development environment for speeding up computing applications by harnessing the power of GPUs. It's not easy to conquer, but here's a few resources to help. https://www.i-programmer.info/news/144-graphics-and-games/17842-three-nvidia-cuda-programming-super-resources-.html

  The Java SDK implementation of the Model Context Protocol gets to pre-release version 0.70, opening the way for Java to enjoy transparent interoperability with AI services. https://www.i-programmer.info/news/80-java/17837-java-now-speaks-model-context-protocol-.html

  After looking at Java in 2022 and 2023, it's time too look at what happened in 2024 as well as at the outlook in 2025. The recent Azul "State of Java" survey gave us extra impetus so let's take a detailed look at the Java landscape. https://www.i-programmer.info/programming/178-java/17816-wheres-java-going-in-2025.html

  Vanir is a new security patch validation tool made available for Android by the Google Open Source Security Team. In a sentence: Vanir gives Android platform developers the power to quickly and efficiently scan their custom platform code for missing security patches and identify applicable available patches. https://www.i-programmer.info/news/149-security/17802-patch-android-vulnerabilities-with-googles-vanir.html

  Αre you taking your first steps in the Devops world? Have you gone beyond the basics and trying to find your bearings figuring out what to focus on next? No worries, the Dynamic DevOps Roadmap will show you the way. https://www.i-programmer.info/news/240-devops/17806-the-dynamic-devops-roadmap.html

  Core, the new open source InfluxDB offering, promises enhanced performance and more freedom in using it under a permissive license. We've looked at Influx indirectly in the past through Amazon's Timestream, the fully-managed time series database service that is based on open source InfluxDB. In that article we also gave a formal definition of time-series : https://www.i-programmer.info/news/84-database/17798-influxdb-3-core-released-in-public-alpha.html

  Given the announcement of the free version of the GitHub Copilot, we take a more detailed look at recent developments. Of course here at IProgrammer  we've covered  the initial announcement: GitHub has launched GitHub Copilot Free, a free version of Copilot that provides limited access to selected features of Copilot and is automatically integrated into VS Code. The free tier is aimed at individual GitHub customers who don't have access to Copilot through an organization or enterprise. The news coincides with GitHub having 150 million developers on GitHub. https://www.i-programmer.info/news/90-tools/17790-the-github-copilot-mega-thread.html

  SQLite lives in the browser thanks to WebAssembly. With Sqlime you can run your workload online with no need of setting up anything. On top of that ask questions on your data with AI enabled CLI utilities.  https://www.i-programmer.info/news/84-database/17786-sqlime-n-online-sqlite-playground.html

  A place where you can compare common task syntax between top web component JavaScript frameworks. Why is that useful? We all know how fragmented the JavaScript frameworks landscape is. In a sense you could draw the line between two eras, pre-React and after React. https://www.i-programmer.info/news/87-web-development/17784-join-the-web-component-javascript-frameworks-party.html

  The recorded lectures/webinars of the Robot Learning lecture series run by Professor Jitendra Malik at the University of  California, Berkeley have been released as a YouTube playlist. https://www.i-programmer.info/news/169-robotics/17779-robots-that-learn.html

  Zasper is a supercharged IDE written in Go that allows you to run data science workloads locally and efficiently. Zasper started out as a front-end interface to JupyterLab like many others, but ended up as a ground up implementation of the Jupyter project. It is written in Go and implements the Jupyter wire protocol to talk to the underlying IPython notebook kernels via zeromq sockets.  https://www.i-programmer.info/news/90-tools/17778-zasper-the-jupyterlab-alternative-.html

  IBM has produced a cookbook of tips and methodologies on how to use RAG to power up any kind of business applications. Microsoft and Docling both provide tools for data ingestion from a range of document formats  https://www.i-programmer.info/news/105-artificial-intelligence/17767-getting-going-with-rag.html

  The developers at Modal have created the GPU Glossary to help themselves and others get to grips with terminology related to NVIDIA GPU hardware and software. They have managed to collect, clean, normalize and present the dispersed information on the subject. https://www.i-programmer.info/news/91-hardware/17763-demystifying-gpu-terminology.html