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Containers and Virtual Machines: What's the Difference?
Here's an explanation of what containers and virtual machines are, how they work and compare, and when to use each technology in modern software deployment.
4 min |
July 2025
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The Why, What, and How of Containerisation
Containerisation has revolutionised software development by offering lightweight, portable, and scalable solutions for application deployment. Containers empower teams to deploy applications faster and more reliably in diverse environments. Let's find out how and why they work so well.
4 min |
July 2025
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Kubernetes: Architecting Agility in the Enterprise
At its core, Kubernetes offers a powerful abstraction layer that simplifies the deployment and management of containerised applications. Enterprises cannot afford to ignore the scalability, security and cost-effectiveness it offers.
6 min |
July 2025
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Podman: An Overview of Its Usage and Applications
In the rapidly evolving landscape of containerisation, Podman has emerged as a robust and flexible alternative to traditional container management solutions such as Docker. This comprehensive overview of Podman details its architecture, key features, and applications in modern software development and deployment.
3 min |
July 2025
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The Journey from VMs to Containers and Kubernetes
Let’s walk through the journey from traditional VMs to containers and, finally, to Kubernetes. We'll keep things simple, explain the key concepts along the way, and share practical insights that can help you whether you’re new to DevOps or just curious about what’s powering today’s cloud-native apps.
8 min |
July 2025
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Building a Scalable E-Commerce Platform with Microservices, Kafka, and Kubernetes
This real-world implementation of a full-stack, microservices-based e-commerce platform uses open source technologies. The project demonstrates how open source tools can power scalable, reactive applications with production-grade architecture and provides insights into containerised deployments, observability, and service communication patterns.
7 min |
July 2025
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A Complete Guide to Deploying Java Applications in Docker
Explore the entire life cycle of deploying Java applications via Docker -- from understanding the basics and writing the initial Dockerfile to building container images and managing complex multi-container deployments using Docker Compose. You can use this guide to streamline the deployment pipeline of a Spring Boot microservice, a traditional Java SE program, and even an enterprise web application.
7 min |
July 2025
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Google announces LMEval to enhance large model evaluation
Google has launched LMEval, a powerful open source framework designed to make large model evaluation faster, easier, and more consistent across providers. This release aligns with its ongoing collaboration with Giskard, which uses LMEval to run the Phare benchmark—an independent test for assessing model safety and security.
1 min |
July 2025
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“Combining graph databases and LLMs can improve the accuracy of LLM results by 54.2%!”
Neo4j's Stephen Chin believes that a graph is the most intuitive and efficient data structure for storing, searching, and querying data with complex relationships. In a conversation with OSFY’s Yashasvini Razdan, the VP of Developer Relations at Neo4j spoke about the applications of graphical databases in AI and LLM-based solutions...
8 min |
July 2025
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Databricks to acquire Neon, the serverless Postgres startup
Databricks has announced its intent to acquire Neon, a fast-growing serverless Postgres startup, in a move that could reshape the $100 billion-plus database industry amid a wave of Al-driven transformation.
1 min |
July 2025
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Industrial Clouds: Meeting the Needs of Industry 4.0
Microsoft, Amazon and Google have introduced industrial clouds to fulfil the demands of Industry 4.0. These cloud services meet the special requirements of industrial companies in the AI age.
6 min |
July 2025
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Travel Made Easy for the Visually Impaired with OpenStreetMap
World-Map- Explorer is an open source, screen reader- enabled map built to help the visually impaired and keyboard-first users explore the world.
3 min |
July 2025
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Serverless Containers: Exploring Emerging Trends
Over the years, virtual machines and traditional containers have made way for serverless computing and serverless containers. Here's a quick look at the major platforms offering serverless containers, the benefits and trade-offs of this technology, and where it's headed.
9 min |
July 2025
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The Relevance of Open Source in a GenAI and LLM-Driven World
For years, the question of whether open source is a bane or a boon has been a subject of debate. While it offers significant advantages by democratising access to tools and technologies, open source also presents a few challenges. But where does it stand in a world dominated by artificial intelligence? Let's find out...
6 min |
July 2025
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Set Up a Continuous Deployment Workflow with Docker Hub and GitHub Actions
Explore the end-to-end process of setting up a continuous deployment workflow using Docker Hub and GitHub Actions—two powerful tools that, when combined, enable seamless automation from code commit to deployment.
10 min |
July 2025
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Things to Know About Microservices and Containerisation
Here's a quick look at how microservices and containerisation work, with a few best practices thrown in.
7 min |
July 2025
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Open source tool turns into cross-platform malware
Security researchers at Acronis Threat Research Unit (TRU) have identified new and more sophisticated versions of Chaos RAT, a once-legitimate open source remote administration tool that has now become a weapon in cybercriminal campaigns targeting both Windows and Linux systems.
1 min |
July 2025
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Docker: A Developer's Best Friend
Knowledge of Docker is a prerequisite for building scalable and portable applications in the cloud era. Let's explore what Docker is, how it works, why it is so popular, and when you should avoid using it.
4 min |
July 2025
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Building Scalable Microservices with Docker
Discover how microservices and Docker, the two pillars of modern software development, work together to build strong and scalable software architectures.
3 min |
July 2025
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The Importance of Explainable AI in the Era of Agentic Systems
Explainable AI (XAI) makes AI systems transparent, explainable, and credible. It ensures users understand why a given model arrived at a specific decision so that it is easier to verify, debug, and trust the system. Let's look at all that XAI entails followed by a real-world example of how it works.
8 min |
June 2025
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Python 3: Features Every Developer Should Know Of
Here's a review of some of the most significant features and enhancements introduced in Python 3, responsible for making it the programming language that developers love to work with.
10+ min |
June 2025
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Monitor the Health of Your System with New Relic
Learn how New Relic can be effectively used to monitor Dockerized applications in a production environment. Walk through a step-bystep integration, which explains key monitoring metrics and demonstrates how organisations can leverage New Relic's alerting, logging, and visualisation capabilities to maintain optimal system performance.
8 min |
June 2025
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Optimising IT with Open Source: A Guide to Asset Management Solutions
A Guide to Asset Management Solutions
3 min |
June 2025
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Understanding Bag-of-Words and corpora. Dictionary in Python
Discover how the Bag-of-Words model can be applied and visualised in a Python project.
2 min |
June 2025
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The Best Open Source AI Projects for Beginners
Here's a list of the top open source AI projects for beginners, along with practical hands-on implementations and real-life applications that can be built using these tools.
3 min |
June 2025
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The Right Ways to Address Cross-Site Request Forgery
Here’s an overview of the key concepts, impact and effective mitigation strategies of cross-site request forgery, also known as CSRF.
6 min |
June 2025
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Al-Powered API Testing: Revolutionising Software Quality Assurance
Al-powered API testing is reshaping the landscape of software quality assurance. By automating and optimising testing processes, organisations can enhance the reliability and performance of their APIs, ultimately leading to better user experiences.
4 min |
June 2025
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Why Python Developers Should Care About Asynchronous Programming
Explore what asynchronous programming is, when it should be used, how Python supports it, and measure its performance as compared to synchronous programming.
3 min |
June 2025
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Linux Foundation and OpenSSF unveil Cybersecurity Skills Framework
The Linux Foundation, in collaboration with the Open Source Security Foundation (OpenSSF) and Linux Foundation Education, has released the Cybersecurity Skills Framework—a global reference designed to help organisations identify and strengthen key cybersecurity competencies across a broad range of IT roles, not just among cybersecurity specialists.
1 min |
June 2025
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JavaScript and Node.js: How Open Source Fuelled the Web's Evolution
JavaScript is the lifeblood of the modern web. Node.js is a runtime environment that allows developers to run JavaScript on the server side. Both are not only relevant today but continue to lead the charge in modern web development. Let's find out how...
5 min |