First of four parts Before we can understand how attackers exploit large language models, we need to understand how these models work. This first article in our four-part series on prompt injections establishes the foundation: what happens between typing your question and receiving an answer, and why that process creates security vulnerabilities that didn’t exist … continue reading
OpenAI today released the Codex app for Windows, powered by OpenAI’s frontier coding models, and it’s now the only coding agent with a first-class Windows experience. According to a 2025 survey from Stack Overflow, nearly 50% of developers use Windows for professional use and more than 55% use it for personal use. The Codex Windows … continue reading
Here’s a quick library to write your GPU-based operators and execute them in your Nvidia, AMD, Intel or whatever, along with my new VisualDML tool to design your operators visually. This is a follow up into my older DirectML article. The DMLLib source is available here. VisualDML source and download is available here. Windows Store download here. … continue reading
In our DevOps-driven world of CI/CD pipelines and rapid deployments, it’s easy to assume that automation and now AI have made manual testing obsolete. But the reality is different. Manual testers still play a critical role in quality assurance, providing the kind of human insight and context-aware validation that automated tests can’t replicate. The challenge? … continue reading
Continuous Unit Testing in 2026 Applying Continuous Testing to Real Codebases Software development in 2026 moves at a pace that would have been difficult to imagine only a few years ago. Release cycles are short, refactoring is continuous, and AI-assisted development allows teams to produce more code than ever before. While this speed enables faster … continue reading
Most developers don’t wake up and say “I choose OpenJDK 11 because it’s my comfort runtime.” Let’s be real. If you’re still on 11 in 2025, it’s usually not because you want to be. It’s because something in your world – infrastructure, vendor certifications, enterprise requirements, internal politics, migration risk, budget constraints – is holding you … continue reading
What end-of-life really means When Microsoft declares a runtime “end of life,” the headlines often make it sound like your entire stack is about to collapse. In truth, the reality is less dramatic but still important to understand. When an open-source tool like .NET has a version that reaches EOL, a few things happen: We … continue reading
It’s easy to convert a physical address, like 12 Main Street, into its latitude and longitude coordinates, but there are many situations where you might want to do the opposite: get the closest physical address of coordinates. This process, called reverse geocoding, is accomplished by performing a geospatial proximity search of coordinates against a database … continue reading
Companies that are collecting data need to ensure that data is correct in order to gain value from it. It’s easy for a user to fill out a form incorrectly—whether intentionally or accidentally—so to help companies validate the names in their lists, the data company Melissa offers a name verification API called Global Name. Global … continue reading
Contact data can be an extremely valuable resource for a business, but only if the data is actually correct and up-to-date. Names, addresses, phone numbers, and email addresses are all data points that can change in the years since a customer first fills out a form. Melissa’s SmartMover Cloud API provides a way to validate addresses … continue reading
