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  The Qdrant Beginner Course is a "must take" because it teaches the fundamentals of vector search and system deployment using the Qdrant vector database as an example. https://www.i-programmer.info/news/150-training-a-education/19227-understand-search-with-qdrant.html

  EuroPython 2026 was the 25th anniversary edition of Europe's longest running community Python conference. We provide an overview of this year's event. Organized by volunteer teams and the EuroPython Society, the week long event took place in Kraków, Poland. It brought together over 1,300 Python developers, maintainers, researchers, core language maintainers, domain specific engineers and enthusiasts from around the world to share knowledge, collaborate and support the open source Python ecosystem.  https://www.i-programmer.info/news/216-python/19219-what-happened-at-europython-2026.html

  pg-java is a modern pre-release PostgreSQL database driver specifically designed for Java 21+ and the JVM. Developed primarily by AI with strict human architectural oversight, the project prioritizes PostgreSQL wire protocol efficiency and virtual thread friendly blocking I/O over legacy JDBC constraints. As such, the development of the driver was guided by several core design goals aimed at addressing the structural limitations of older drivers: https://www.i-programmer.info/news/80-java/19216-pg-java-is-the-modern-jdbc-driver-for-postgresql.html

  This insightful interview with Tom Lane, a core developer celebrating twenty five years as a committer on the PostgreSQL project, looks at foundational architectural choices that have sustained the open source database over its thirty-year history https://www.i-programmer.info/news/84-database/19204-thirty-years-that-shaped-postgres-architecture.html#google_vignette

  Token Meter is an open source, local first dashboard that helps developers monitor and optimize the resource consumption of AI coding agents. https://www.i-programmer.info/news/90-tools/19202-token-meter-slashes-your-agents-token-cost.html

  The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security have issued instructions on how to secure K-12 schools in the USA against cyber attacks. https://www.i-programmer.info/news/149-security/19195-cisas-k-12-cybersecurity-foundations.html

  We look at a Microsoft Learn course that provides a comprehensive introduction to artificial intelligence using Azure and the Foundry platform. https://www.i-programmer.info/news/150-training-a-education/19179-ai-901-introduction-to-ai-in-azure.html

  Tenable has launched a open exchange for cybersecurity AI agents. Free and open-source it is a vendor-neutral, community-driven directory that allows security teams to discover, share and chain AI agents, skills, MCP servers and playbooks. https://www.i-programmer.info/news/105-artificial-intelligence/19185-the-cyberagents-exchange.html

  We take a look at an independent conference that checks the state of software engineering,  education and industry culture amidst the rapid rise of artificial intelligence. https://www.i-programmer.info/news/99-professional/19170-what-happened-at-software-should-work-2026-conference.html

  Cloudflare OS is an open source productivity platform designed to integrate AI agents, custom applications and secure corporate workflows into a unified workspace. https://www.i-programmer.info/news/105-artificial-intelligence/19162-cloudflare-os-an-open-ai-platform-for-enterprise-work.html

  Java 27 brings 9 official JDK Enhancement Proposals, comprising of 4 finalized features, 4 preview features, and 1 incubator feature, along with several notable runtime cleanups and performance improvements. We break the release down: https://www.i-programmer.info/news/80-java/19158-java-27-released-whats-new.html

  PyCon US is the largest and longest running annual gathering of the Python community. We provide an overview of this year's event. PyCon US is produced and underwritten by the non profit Python    Software Foundation (PSF), brining together a diverse attendee base, ranging from absolute beginners to core CPython developers, open source maintainers,    data scientists, researchers and community organizers. This year it took place at the Long Beach Convention and Entertainment Center in Long Beach, California during May 13-19. https://www.i-programmer.info/news/216-python/19155-what-happened-at-pycon-us-2026.html

  The Missing Semester of Your CS Education course aims to teach students essential tools and techniques that are often overlooked in the traditional    computer science curriculum. https://www.i-programmer.info/news/150-training-a-education/19146-mits-missing-semester-of-your-cs-education-2026-edition.html

  Polygres is a specialized platform designed to enhance PostgreSQL databases with advanced search and retrieval capabilities. Polygres is a managed PostgreSQL database service that integrates advanced search and retrieval capabilities, such as graph traversal, vector similarity, full text search and hybrid query composition, directly on top of your relational database tables. https://www.i-programmer.info/news/84-database/19138-polygres-advanced-search-on-postgresql.html

  Developed by Actian Corporation, VectorAI DB is an on premises vector database purpose built for high performance, reliable AI applications https://www.i-programmer.info/news/84-database/19130-actian-vectorai-db-a-new-player-in-the-vector-database-space.html

  PGConf.dev (PostgreSQL Development Conference) is a highly technical developer focused conference primarily designed for the people who build, maintain and extend the database system itself. https://www.i-programmer.info/news/99-professional/19126-what-happened-at-pgconfdev-2026.html

  CipherStash is a cybersecurity platform that provides searchable, field-level encryption. It has been designed to secure sensitive data within PostgreSQL. CipherStash is motivated by the premise: Traditional database encryption isn't secure Most developers assume that their data is safe because their database has encryption at rest enabled. However, encryption at rest only protects the physical storage disk, backup files, or discarded hardware. Once the database server is booted up and running, all data is loaded into memory as plaintext. If an attacker exploits a SQL injection vulnerability, gains access to the host server, or gets hold of database credentials, they can read every piece of sensitive data in the clear. To prevent this, you could encrypt sensitive fields (like emails or SSNs) inside your application before saving them. But traditional field level encryption introduces two major problems: Full article on IProgrammer: https://www.i-programmer.info/news/84-database/1...

  Stack Overflow for Agents is a specialized knowledge exchange designed for AI coding assistants to share production tested technical solutions and avoid redundant problem solving. https://www.i-programmer.info/news/105-artificial-intelligence/19107-stack-overflow-for-agents.html

  pg_re2 is a high-performance PostgreSQL extension developed by ClickHouse. It integrates Google's regular expression engine with the Postgres database. https://www.i-programmer.info/news/84-database/19098-pgre2-high-performance-re2-regex-for-postgresql.html

  Microsoft's extends the capabilities of AI coding agents with the release of  Agent Skills for Python. https://www.i-programmer.info/news/105-artificial-intelligence/19086-microsoft-releases-agentic-skills-for-python.html

  Neon has released Lakebase Search, a suite of Postgres extensions designed to enhance vector and text search capabilities within the Neon database platform. https://www.i-programmer.info/news/84-database/19081-lakebase-search-hybrid-vector-and-text-search-on-neon-postgres.html

  Floci is a high performance, open source AWS service emulator designed for local development and continuous integration environments. https://www.i-programmer.info/news/90-tools/19067-floci-a-high-performance-local-aws-emulator-guide.html

  Version 2.0.0 of the C# SDK has been updated to implement the 2026-07-28 Model Context Protocol specification revision. https://www.i-programmer.info/news/89-net/19065-c-sdk-for-model-context-protocol-version-20-announced.html

  As of July 30, CISA released a set of guidelines available as  a single file download. We look into its key points. https://www.i-programmer.info/news/136-open-source/19058-cisas-oss-security-principles-and-practices-.html

  Introducing a comprehensive GitHub repository which hosts 70 cybersecurity projects ranging from foundational to advanced difficulty.  This is an educational collection which includes practical tools like hash identifiers, metadata scrubbers and Caesar cipher utilities, each accompanied by detailed "learn" modules. These modules explain security theory, system architecture and step-by-step implementation to help students understand real-world applications. https://www.i-programmer.info/news/149-security/19050-the-cybersecurity-learning-lab-70-hands-on-practical-projects.html

  Wren AI is an open-source development framework designed to translate complex business data into trustworthy natural language answers. https://www.i-programmer.info/news/105-artificial-intelligence/19042-wren-a-i-the-generative-business-intelligence-engine.html

  Minimus is a specialized platform designed to provide hardened container images and supply chain security for cloud-native environments. Its images are now free. Minimus' hardening consists of stripping away unnecessary packages and rebuilding from source daily, hence significantly reducing the vulnerability surface compared to standard public images, up to 98% on average. It achieves such magnitudes in reduction through several key structural and operational strategies: https://www.i-programmer.info/news/90-tools/19040-minimus-releases-hardened-images-for-free-what-does-it-do-differently.html

  Genkit is Google's open-source framework designed for building full-stack, AI-powered and agentic applications. Genkit is a set of modular building blocks that help you transition from making simple model requests to creating highly autonomous, reliable and production-ready AI systems. To understand what it offers you must compare it to how one builds AI applications at the moment. https://www.i-programmer.info/news/105-artificial-intelligence/19032-build-flexible-ai-agents-with-the-genkit-framework.html

  We take a look at a series of interviews in which Java Champions share their expert advice on career growth, technical mastery and the future of software engineering. https://www.i-programmer.info/news/80-java/19020-asking-a-java-champion-contains-gems-ready-to-be-discovered.html

  DeepSWE is a high-fidelity benchmarking platform designed to evaluate the performance of frontier AI coding agents on complex long-horizon software engineering tasks. Unlike traditional benchmarks that reuse existing GitHub data, this system utilizes original, contamination-free tasks across five major programming languages to prevent models from relying on memorized solutions, creating a much clearer separation between frontier coding models than older public benchmarks like SWE-bench. https://www.i-programmer.info/news/105-artificial-intelligence/19016-deepswe-best-benchmark-for-evaluating-ai-coding-agents.html