Process managers are a way of extending the idea of process to Python programs.  Find out how to use them in this extract from Programmer's Python: Async.

Classic data structures produce classic tutorials. In this edition of Babbage's Bag  we investigate the advanced ecology of trees - perfectly balanced trees, AVL trees and B-Trees.

Python is a wonderful language, but lack of speed is its main drawback. Can the Python community create a fully threaded Python to be proud of? It's a big challenge.

The 2025 AtCoder World Finals Heuristic Contest was billed a Human vs AI showdown. It is difficult to know which was the more important - that it was Psyho, a Polish human programmer, who topped the leaderboard and was awarded the prize of 500,000 Japanese Yen, around $3,400 USD, or that OpenAIAHC came second, well ahead of all the other human contestants.

...to secure Java container images that incorporate Azul’s build of OpenJDK.

Latest figures from StatCounter show that Linux achieved a 5.03% share of the Desktop Operating System market in June 2025, something that is being viewed as a pivotal moment for open-source software enthusiasts and industry observers alike.

Agentic AI and MPC are coming to the database. We examine two options that will allow you to diagnose and tweak PostgreSQL, the modern way.

Is Google planning on merging ChromeOS with Android? Last week it looked like the long-standing rumor had been casually confirmed by a Google spokesperson. This week, we're back to a position of 'as you were'.

Robots that enthusiasts could build for under $500, and that are smart enough to walk off the 3D printer that formed them, have been demonstrated by a team at the University of Edinburgh.

At the moment Coursera Plus has a special offer for new subscribers. If you love learning new skills or keeping your existing skills up to date, it's worth your immediate attention.

Blender Studio has released a free-to-play game on Steam that is designed not just to be fun to play, but as an example of what you can create in the games arena using just open source software.

GitHub Copilot Adventures is a repository that, through fun and educational play, teaches how to use Copilot effectively.

Google has updated Firebase Studio with new Agent modes, foundational support for the Model Context Protocol (MCP), and Gemini CLI integration.

Author: Joel Murach
Publisher: Mike Murach
Pages: 652
ISBN: 978-1943873104
Audience: MySQL developers
Rating: 5
Reviewer: Kay Ewbank

This is an updated edition of a longstanding popular title. The new edition adds a chapter on cloud computing and hosting MySQL on Amazon Web Services, and updates the information for MySQL 8.0.33, removing deprecated data types and functions and adding new statement options and clauses.

This book provides guidance on creating web APIs that are flexible, secure, and easily integrated. It shows how to streamline and standardize API design decisions with rationale and automation, and provides insights on how to apply the concepts to other API styles such as gRPC.In this new edition Arnaud Lauret covers the latest updates to the OpenAPI standard.

This book looks at the challenges of game development from rendering complex 3D scenes to managing AI behavior and handling animations using high-performance C++ data structures and algorithms. Zhenyu George Li  and Charles Shih-I Yeh show how to apply practical C++ techniques to create smooth, scalable, and intelligent games.

In this book linguist Adam Aleksic explores how internet algorithms are transforming language and communication in unprecedented ways. From "brainrot" memes and incel slang to the trend of adding "-core" to different influencer aesthetics, the internet has ushered in an unprecedented linguistic upheaval. We're entering an entirely new era of etymology