The world tried to kill Andy off but he had to stay alive to to talk about what happened with databases in 2025.

The Jakarta Persistence API (JPA) is a specification that defines a standardized framework for data persistence. Persistence is the fundamental mechanism for saving and retrieving data over time. In ...

Oracle’s Java team sat down with me last week for a fast-moving briefing on Java 25 and the broader direction of the platform. The headline: JDK 25 is an LTS release, the second on Oracle’s new ...

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Picture a freezing winter morning in Vermont. I’m 14, delivering newspapers on an icy road, bundled up against the chill with a heavy satchel over my shoulder. My neighbors are up early, waiting for ...

Connectors always know just who you should talk to. They send the perfect introductory emails: warm, crisp, direct. And they make it look so effortless. “It’s almost like music or something,” says ...

A standard operating procedure for onboarding is to front-load new employees with presentations and written resources, such as handbooks, e-learning modules, or manuals. These can be helpful — but ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. In 2010, Apple launched the iPad with the hope of creating "a new category of devices", according to the late Steve Jobs. Since then, the iPad ...

We live in a world that is becoming increasingly more digital and online. And while we now have the ability to communicate with people all around the globe, anytime we want, this does not mean that we ...