Tag: performance improvement
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		Cloud Blog: New column-granularity indexing in BigQuery offers a leap in query performanceSource URL: https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/data-analytics/search-indexes-with-column-granularity-in-bigquery/ Source: Cloud Blog Title: New column-granularity indexing in BigQuery offers a leap in query performance Feedly Summary: BigQuery delivers optimized search/lookup query performance by efficiently pruning irrelevant files. However, in some cases, additional column information is required for search indexes to further optimize query performance. To help, we recently announced indexing with… 
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		Simon Willison’s Weblog: Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview: even better coding performanceSource URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/May/6/gemini-25-pro-preview/#atom-everything Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview: even better coding performance Feedly Summary: Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview: even better coding performance New Gemini 2.5 Pro “Google I/O edition" model, released a few weeks ahead of that annual developer conference. They claim even better frontend coding performance, highlighting their #1 ranking… 
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		AWS News Blog: AWS Weekly Roundup: Amazon Nova Premier, Amazon Q Developer, Amazon Q CLI, Amazon CloudFront, AWS Outposts, and more (May 5, 2025)Source URL: https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/aws-weekly-roundup-amazon-nova-premier-amazon-q-developer-amazon-q-cli-amazon-cloudfront-aws-outposts-and-more-may-5-2025/ Source: AWS News Blog Title: AWS Weekly Roundup: Amazon Nova Premier, Amazon Q Developer, Amazon Q CLI, Amazon CloudFront, AWS Outposts, and more (May 5, 2025) Feedly Summary: Last week I went to Thailand to attend the AWS Summit Bangkok. It was an energizing and exciting event. We hosted the Developer Lounge,… 
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		Slashdot: Microsoft Brings Native PyTorch Arm Support To Windows DevicesSource URL: https://tech.slashdot.org/story/25/04/24/2050230/microsoft-brings-native-pytorch-arm-support-to-windows-devices?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Microsoft Brings Native PyTorch Arm Support To Windows Devices Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: Microsoft’s release of PyTorch 2.7 with native support for Windows on Arm devices marks a significant development for machine learning practitioners, particularly those focusing on AI tasks. This update enhances the ease… 
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		Simon Willison’s Weblog: Quoting Ellie HuxtableSource URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Apr/22/ellie-huxtable/ Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: Quoting Ellie Huxtable Feedly Summary: I was against using AI for programming for a LONG time. It never felt effective. But with the latest models + tools, it finally feels like a real performance boost If you’re still holding out, do yourself a favor: spend a few… 
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		AWS News Blog: New Amazon EC2 Graviton4-based instances with NVMe SSD storageSource URL: https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/new-amazon-ec2-graviton4-based-instances-with-nvme-ssd-storage/ Source: AWS News Blog Title: New Amazon EC2 Graviton4-based instances with NVMe SSD storage Feedly Summary: AWS introduces new EC2 instance families (C8gd, M8gd, R8gd) powered by Graviton4 processors with NVMe SSD storage, offering up to 30% better performance, 3x more vCPUs and memory, and up to 11.4TB local storage compared to… 
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		AWS Open Source Blog: Modernizing Snowflake Corporate’s Kubernetes Infrastructure with Bottlerocket and KarpenterSource URL: https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/opensource/modernizing-snowflake-corporates-kubernetes-infrastructure-with-bottlerocket-and-karpenter/ Source: AWS Open Source Blog Title: Modernizing Snowflake Corporate’s Kubernetes Infrastructure with Bottlerocket and Karpenter Feedly Summary: Snowflake Corporate IT Cloud Operations reached a critical juncture in its cloud infrastructure evolution. Managing large-scale containerized workloads on Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (Amazon EKS) demanded a modern, secure, and efficient operating system. The existing… 
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		Cloud Blog: 229 things we announced at Google Cloud Next 25 – a recapSource URL: https://cloud.google.com/blog/topics/google-cloud-next/google-cloud-next-2025-wrap-up/ Source: Cloud Blog Title: 229 things we announced at Google Cloud Next 25 – a recap Feedly Summary: Google Cloud Next 25 took place this week and we’re all still buzzing! It was a jam-packed week in Las Vegas complete with interactive experiences, including more than 10 keynotes and spotlights, 700 sessions,… 
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		Cloud Blog: AlloyDB AI drives innovation for application developersSource URL: https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/databases/alloydb-ai-drives-innovation-from-the-database/ Source: Cloud Blog Title: AlloyDB AI drives innovation for application developers Feedly Summary: The transformative power of AI and intelligent agents is driving profound changes, where software can understand natural language questions and commands — and even autonomously act on our behalf. At the heart of this revolution is the “AI-ready” enterprise… 
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		Cloud Blog: H4D VMs: Next-generation HPC-optimized VMsSource URL: https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/compute/new-h4d-vms-optimized-for-hpc/ Source: Cloud Blog Title: H4D VMs: Next-generation HPC-optimized VMs Feedly Summary: At Google Cloud Next, we introduced H4D VMs, our latest machine type for high performance computing (HPC). Building upon existing HPC offerings, H4D VMs are designed to address the evolving needs of demanding workloads in industries such as manufacturing, weather forecasting,…