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<P><SPAN>I am a bit biased as I love to run but this is one of my favourite SAP Community events of the year! OK - very biased&nbsp;<span class="lia-unicode-emoji" title=":rolling_on_the_floor_laughing:">🤣</span>&nbsp;…

<H2>&nbsp;</H2><TABLE border="1" width="100%"><TBODY><TR><TD width="100%"><STRONG><FONT color="#808000">This is currently under Feature Flag. Kindly create a SAP Support Ticket for requesting the access for Data Explorer…

<P>Hi, ALL,</P><P>When I open google and type "SQL Anywhere 17 create table", the very first link in the result is:</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P><A href="https://infocenter.sybase.com/help/index.jsp?topic=/com.sybase.help.sqlanywh…

<p>Article URL: <a href="https://kevinpatel.xyz/posts/no-way-to-prevent-this/">https://kevinpatel.xyz/posts/no-way-to-prevent-this/</a></p> <p>Comments URL: <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48155690">https:/…

<p>Issue trackers typically live outside of your workflow, with poor ergonomics. Epiq aims to solve that, bringing issue tracking into your terminal. Multi-user collaboration is achieved via git using user-scoped immutab…

<p>Article URL: <a href="https://gwern.net/vaping">https://gwern.net/vaping</a></p> <p>Comments URL: <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48155555">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48155555</a></p> <p>Points…

<p><strong>Release:</strong> <a href="https://github.com/simonw/inaturalist-clumper/releases/tag/0.1">inaturalist-clumper 0.1</a></p> <p>Part of the infrastructure I use for <a href="https://simonwillison.net/2026/May/1/…

<p>Article URL: <a href="https://dynomight.net/p2p-meth/">https://dynomight.net/p2p-meth/</a></p> <p>Comments URL: <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48155324">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48155324</a>…

<P>SuccessFactors continues to invest in modern user experiences—something customers generally support because it improves usability, accessibility, and long-term innovation. However, a pattern is emerging that many cust…

<p>Article URL: <a href="https://www.erlang.org/news/188">https://www.erlang.org/news/188</a></p> <p>Comments URL: <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48155297">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48155297</a>…

<p>Article URL: <a href="https://analytics.fixelsmith.com/posts/sql-fraud-patterns/">https://analytics.fixelsmith.com/posts/sql-fraud-patterns/</a></p> <p>Comments URL: <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48155…

<p>Article URL: <a href="https://github.com/chiennv2000/orthrus">https://github.com/chiennv2000/orthrus</a></p> <p>Comments URL: <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48154865">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?i…

<p>Article URL: <a href="https://www.vldb.org/pvldb/vol19/p1469-lee.pdf">https://www.vldb.org/pvldb/vol19/p1469-lee.pdf</a></p> <p>Comments URL: <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48154711">https://news.ycombi…

<P>&nbsp;</P><P>Login in instance > Navigate to proxy management >Scroll down > Enable Advanced proxy management (Proxy now and proxy import) > Will get Proxy now feature in home page<BR />Another way<BR />Go to Settings…

<P>Hi, ALL,</P><P>Given the following definition:</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>CREATE TABLE verify(name varchar(50), condition text, error text);</P><P>CREATE UNIQUE INDEX ind_verify ON verify( name );</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>How do I…

<p><a href="https://xcancel.com/mitchellh/status/2055380239711457578" rel="nofollow">https://xcancel.com/mitchellh/status/2055380239711457578</a><p><a href="https://hachyderm.io/@mitchellh/116580433508108130" rel="nofoll…

<P>Hello SAP C4C Experts,</P><P><BR />I am currently trying to build a complete mapping report in SAP Sales Cloud (C4C) between:<BR />-Business Roles<BR />-Work Centers / Work Center Views<BR />-Access Restrictions / Acc…

<DIV>I would like to do some benchmarking on how other companies that use ONB 2.0 and Employee Central are handling intern conversions with no break in service. Since implementing ONB 2.0 this has been a pain point for u…

<p>Article URL: <a href="https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2026/05/bill-to-keep-online-games-playable-clears-key-hurdle-in-california/">https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2026/05/bill-to-keep-online-games-playable-clears-key-hu…

<P><SPAN>I'm having trouble tracking diesel consumption for a specific plant. The transaction used for consumption is IFCU. The sequence is to create the equipment, create the metering points, and then a refueling order.…

<P>I'm wondering what the debug command "Suspend" is for, when it can be selected, when to use it. Each time I look at the button, it's inactive.</P><P><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline…

<img src="https://res.infoq.com/news/2026/05/anthropic-routines-claude/en/headerimage/generatedHeaderImage-1778774115333.jpg"/><p>Anthropic has introduced a new feature called Routines for Claude Code, allowing developer…

<p><img src="https://static.inaturalist.org/photos/660343826/large.jpg" alt="Western Gull"></p><p><img src="https://static.inaturalist.org/photos/660344126/large.jpg" alt="Rock Pigeon"></p><p>Western Gull, Rock Pigeon, i…

<img src="https://res.infoq.com/news/2026/05/cloudflare-workflows-v2-release/en/headerimage/generatedHeaderImage-1777438019188.jpg"/><p>Cloudflare introduces Workflows V2, a redesigned distributed workflow orchestration…

<img src="https://res.infoq.com/news/2026/05/cloudflare-workflows-v2-release/en/headerimage/generatedHeaderImage-1777438019188.jpg"/><p>Cloudflare introduces Workflows V2, a redesigned distributed workflow orchestration…

At SAP Sapphire, SAP executives and customers presented the Autonomous Enterprise as the path to real AI value for customers.…

<img src="https://res.infoq.com/presentations/ai-large-scale-engineering-systems/en/mediumimage/medium-1778069080461.jpeg"/><p>Julie Qiu explains how AI serves as a "thinking partner" for engineering leaders. She discuss…

<img src="https://res.infoq.com/news/2026/05/discord-circular-dependency/en/headerimage/generatedHeaderImage-1778423772865.jpg"/><p>Discord has released a detailed postmortem on its March 25, 2026, voice outage, revealin…

<img src="https://res.infoq.com/minibooks/architecting-autonomy/en/smallimage/emag-124-Architecting-Autonomy-thumb-image-1778565056506.jpg"/><p>As AI accelerates delivery cycles, traditional centralized architecture beco…

<img src="https://res.infoq.com/news/2026/05/solidjs-2-async/en/headerimage/generatedHeaderImage-1778258271112.jpg"/><p>SolidJS 2.0 Beta introduces significant changes in async handling and reactivity. Async is now a fir…

With the Autonomous Enterprise, leaders can deliver sustainable outcomes at scale.…

Success depends on how effectively professionals can apply their knowledge alongside AI.…

<p><strong>Tool:</strong> <a href="https://tools.simonwillison.net/qr-code-generator">QR code generator</a></p> <p>Claude helped me build this tool for creating QR codes, for both text/URLs and for connecting to WiFi net…

<p><strong>Release:</strong> <a href="https://github.com/datasette/datasette-llm-limits/releases/tag/0.1a0">datasette-llm-limits 0.1a0</a></p> <p>This plugin works in conjunction with <a href="https://github.com/datasett…

<p>This <a href="https://simonwillison.net/2026/May/14/mitchell-hashimoto/">Mitchell Hashimoto quote</a> about Bun migrating from Zig to Rust reminded me of a similar conversation I had at a conference last week.</p> <p>…

<blockquote cite="https://twitter.com/mitchellh/status/2055039647924007222"><p>[...] On the interesting side is how fungible programming languages are nowadays. Programming languages used to be LOCK IN, and they're incre…

<p>Last week I spent a day at a retreat that brought together several people working in software development to talk about the profession’s future with the rise of agentic programming. The event was help under the <a hre…

Also: a look into rising tech job losses, self-reporting 100% AI usage at big companies, vibe coding & agentic engineering merging, and more…

AI and unified workflows fundamentally change decision-making across the spend life cycle.…

<p>When we need an LLM to perform a complex task, we often need to feed it a lot of context. Coming up with a design for a new feature requires descriptions of how we want the feature to appear to the user, guidelines on…

<img src="https://res.infoq.com/presentations/ai-software-development/en/mediumimage/medium-1778065503665.jpg"/><p>Amit Navindgi discusses the systematic shift at Zoox from fragmented documentation to an AI-driven ecosys…

<img src="https://res.infoq.com/news/2026/05/moonrepo-2-release/en/headerimage/generatedHeaderImage-1778691004412.jpg"/><p>Moonrepo has released moon v2.0, its first major update since v1, featuring a plugin-based toolch…

Finance needs an operating model that moves beyond periodic exercises and toward continuous steering.…

New AI innovations make supply chains more adaptive, connected, and responsive.…

<img src="https://res.infoq.com/news/2026/05/pinterest-cpu-zombies-bottleneck/en/headerimage/header-1778308038640.jpeg"/><p>Pinterest identified and resolved CPU starvation issues that affected machine learning training…

<img src="https://res.infoq.com/news/2026/05/pinterest-cpu-zombies-bottleneck/en/headerimage/header-1778308038640.jpeg"/><p>Pinterest identified and resolved CPU starvation issues that affected machine learning training…

<img src="https://res.infoq.com/news/2026/05/anthropic-claude-code-postmortem/en/headerimage/generatedHeaderImage-1778491231246.jpg"/><p>Anthropic published a postmortem tracing six weeks of Claude Code quality complaint…

<img src="https://res.infoq.com/news/2026/05/anthropic-claude-code-postmortem/en/headerimage/generatedHeaderImage-1778491231246.jpg"/><p>Anthropic published a postmortem tracing six weeks of Claude Code quality complaint…

Autonomous CX makes it possible to understand customers, respond faster, and earn loyalty over time.…

AI requires a fundamental rethinking of how work gets done, grounded in data, systems, and processes.…

<p><strong>Release:</strong> <a href="https://github.com/datasette/datasette-ip-rate-limit/releases/tag/0.1a0">datasette-ip-rate-limit 0.1a0</a></p> <p>The <a href="https://datasette.io/">datasette.io</a> site was being…

<p><strong><a href="https://datasette.io/blog/2026/new-blog/">Welcome to the Datasette blog</a></strong></p> We have a bunch of neat Datasette announcements in the pipeline so we decided it was time the project grew an o…

<img src="https://res.infoq.com/news/2026/05/anthropic-claude-aws/en/headerimage/generatedHeaderImage-1778682420283.jpg"/><p>Anthropic has announced the general availability of Claude Platform on AWS, a new deployment op…

Anders Hejlsberg reflects on building Turbo Pascal, C#, and TypeScript, and shares what AI may change about the future of software engineering.…

<blockquote cite="https://bsky.app/profile/bmann.ca/post/3mlp2ipupv22z"><p>“11 AI agents” is meaningless as a phrase. </p> <p>If I said “I have 11 spreadsheets” or “I have 11 browser tabs” to do my work, it means about t…

A bold new vision from SAP will enable customers to use agentic AI accurately, securely, and at scale.…

SAP partners are the company's force multiplier to bring the Autonomous Enterprise to life.…

<img src="https://res.infoq.com/news/2026/05/airbnb-privacy-identity-model/en/headerimage/generatedHeaderImage-1777161122220.jpg"/><p>Airbnb has redesigned its identity system to support privacy-first social features in…

<img src="https://res.infoq.com/news/2026/05/airbnb-privacy-identity-model/en/headerimage/generatedHeaderImage-1777161122220.jpg"/><p>Airbnb has redesigned its identity system to support privacy-first social features in…

<img src="https://res.infoq.com/news/2026/05/jep-533-jdk-27/en/headerimage/java-istock-image-01-1762720446658-1778607694352.jpg"/><p>JEP 533, Structured Concurrency, has reached integrated status for JDK 27. It refines e…

<img src="https://res.infoq.com/presentations/multi-agent-system-lessons/en/mediumimage/medium-1778068150406.jpeg"/><p>Paulo Arruda discusses Shopify’s evolution in AI adoption, moving from simple chat tools to a sophist…

<img src="https://res.infoq.com/news/2026/05/aws-workspaces-ai-agents/en/headerimage/generatedHeaderImage-1778485554177.jpg"/><p>AWS announced that Amazon WorkSpaces can now serve as managed virtual desktops for AI agent…

<img src="https://res.infoq.com/news/2026/05/aws-workspaces-ai-agents/en/headerimage/generatedHeaderImage-1778485554177.jpg"/><p>AWS announced that Amazon WorkSpaces can now serve as managed virtual desktops for AI agent…

<img src="https://res.infoq.com/news/2026/05/aws-workspaces-ai-agents/en/headerimage/generatedHeaderImage-1778485554177.jpg"/><p>AWS announced that Amazon WorkSpaces can now serve as managed virtual desktops for AI agent…

<p><strong>Tool:</strong> <a href="https://tools.simonwillison.net/csp-allow">CSP Allow-list Experiment</a></p> <p>An experiment that shows that you can load an app in a CSP-protected sandboxed iframe (see <a href="https…

Does the noted “No Silver Bullets” paper by the author of a classic engineering book still hold up, 40 years later? Is AI the long-sought single silver bullet – or has one been around for years?…

<p>Increasingly humans delegate writing code to agents. Will there even be source code in the future? To wrestle with this question, we have to understand what code is. <b class = 'author'>Unmesh Joshi</b> sees code as h…

<img src="https://res.infoq.com/news/2026/05/adonis-v7-opentelemetry/en/headerimage/generatedHeaderImage-1778574705638.jpg"/><p>AdonisJS version 7 introduces end-to-end type safety and reworked starter kits, alongside im…

<img src="https://res.infoq.com/articles/time-series-storage-design/en/headerimage/Time-Series-Storage-Design-Choices-That-Shape-Cost-and-Performance-header-1778155792101.jpg"/><p>Every time-series database makes a set o…

<img src="https://res.infoq.com/news/2026/05/coder-agents-self-hosted-ai/en/headerimage/coder-agents-self-hosted-ai-1778516884639.jpeg"/><p>Coder Agents is a model-agnostic platform designed to let organizations run AI c…

<img src="https://res.infoq.com/news/2026/05/netflix-druid-interval-cache/en/headerimage/generatedHeaderImage-1777092326529.jpg"/><p>Netflix improves Apache Druid performance with interval aware caching, serving 84% of a…

<p>By Ash Patel – CDMP – Certified Copywriter (CMP), Content Marketing Manager, The Open Group</p> <p>The Open Group Oslo Summit brought together 300+ attendees including distinguished experts, visionary industry leaders…

<img src="https://res.infoq.com/presentations/streaming-application-aws-infrastructure/en/mediumimage/medium-1778061840987.jpg"/><p>Daniele Frasca explains the architectural evolution of Joyn, a German streaming giant. H…

<img src="https://res.infoq.com/articles/local-first-ai-inference-cloud/en/headerimage/Local-First-AI-Inference-A-Cloud-Architecture-Pattern-for-Cost-Effective-Document-Processing-header-1778141518292.jpg"/><p>The Local-…

<img src="https://res.infoq.com/news/2026/05/netflix-ml-graph/en/headerimage/generatedHeaderImage-1778283879608.jpg"/><p>Netflix has developed a graph-based architecture for managing machine learning systems, called the…

<img src="https://res.infoq.com/news/2026/05/java-news-roundup-may04-2026/en/headerimage/java-news-roundup-image-1778441049106.jpg"/><p>This week's Java roundup for May 4th, 2026, features news highlighting: OpenJDK JEPs…

<img src="https://res.infoq.com/news/2026/05/aurora-serverless-v4/en/headerimage/generatedHeaderImage-1777309076897.jpg"/><p>AWS has recently announced that WorkMail will be discontinued and that App Runner will stop acc…

Also: Amazon finally allows engineers to use Claude Code and Codex, Meta forcefully assigns engineers to data labelling work ahead of layoffs, more small “AI-forward” teams, and more…

How the cloud changes the way we build applications, and why engineers’ ethical choices matter more than ever. Excerpt from the book, ‘Designing Data-Intensive Applications’, 2nd edition…

<p>Over the last couple of months Rahul Garg published a series of posts here on how to <a href="https://martinfowler.com/articles/reduce-friction-ai/">reduce the friction in AI-assisted programming</a>. To make it easie…

<p>In the early 1960s, Fred Brooks managed the development of IBM's System/360 computer systems. After it was done he penned his thoughts in the book <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0201835959/ref=as_li_tl?ie=…

Also: Anthropic’s speed run to break devs’ goodwill, big price increases from GitHub Copilot, Mitchell Hashimoto on the “building block economy,” and more…

Mario Zechner, creator of Pi, joins Armin Ronacher to explore AI coding’s limits, arguing that human judgment still matters most in an agent-driven world.…

<p>Chris Parsons has updated <a href="https://www.chrismdp.com/coding-with-ai/">his guide on using AI to code</a>. This is his third update, what I like about it is that he gives a lot of concrete information about how h…

A deepdive with the Canonical team into how AI is changing Ubuntu, why they’re betting on local-first LLMs, and a look into other Linux distributions…

<div class = 'img-link'><a href = 'https://martinfowler.com/articles/structured-prompt-driven/'><img src = 'https://martinfowler.com/articles/structured-prompt-driven//card.png' width = '350px'></img></a></div> <p>LLM pr…

Details from 15 tech companies on the rapid growth of token spend, and their responses to it. Also: AI vendors can’t keep up with demand, plummeting morale at Meta, and more.…

Martin Kleppmann on scaling, his updated Designing Data-Intensive Applications, and what’s next for AI-era systems.…

<p>Last week Thoughtworks released the <a href="https://www.thoughtworks.com/radar">34th volume of our Technology Radar</a>. This radar is our biannual survey of our experience of the technology scene, highlighting tools…

<p>I attended the first Pragmatic Summit early this year, and while there host <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CZs8J1ZD0CE">Gergely Orosz interviewed Kent Beck and myself on stage</a>. The video runs for about h…

<p>Last night I saw Central Square Theater’s excellent production of <a href="https://www.centralsquaretheater.org/shows/breaking-the-code-2026/">Breaking the Code</a>. It’s about Alan Turing, who made a monumental contr…

<p>By Curley Thomas, Chevron, Standards and Certification, Work Group Leader</p> <p>Certain milestones redefine an industry, and we're on the cusp of one right now. The Open Group OSDU® Forum will soon be releasing the O…

<p>By Ash Patel – CDMP – Certified Copywriter (CMP), Content Marketing Manager, The Open Group</p> <p>Recently we sat down with Junkyo (Jack) Fujieda to discuss his career journey, and what it meant to him receiving The…

<p>By Ash Patel – CDMP – Certified Copywriter (CMP), Content Marketing Manager, The Open Group</p> <p>Recently, we reached out to Milan Boros of IBM to discuss his role as the Vice-Chair of The Open Group Governing Board…

<p>By Jim Hietala, Vice President, Sustainability and Market Development, The Open Group. The Growing Challenge of Scope 3 Emissions Data</p> <p>Large multinational corporations face unprecedented challenges in capturing…

<p>By Ash Patel – CDMP – Certified Copywriter (CMP) – Content Marketing Manager, The Open Group</p> <p>The Open Group Summit Oslo 2026 is set to bring together enterprise leaders, architects, standards experts, and techn…

<p>By Ash Patel – CDMP – Certified Copywriter (CMP) – CDMA, Content Marketing Manager, The Open Group</p> <p>This year marks a major milestone: 10 years since the launch of The Open Group Open Process Automation™ Forum (…

<p>By Ash Patel – CDMP – Certified Copywriter (CMP) – Content Marketing Manager, The Open Group</p> <p>The Open Group EA Practitioners Conference officially marked a major milestone - the 30th anniversary of the TOGAF® S…

<p>By Steve Nunn, President & CEO of The Open Group</p> <p>I hope that you have all had a peaceful/festive holiday period, however you celebrated it. The beginning of a new year is a good opportunity to take stock of the…

<p>By Ash Patel – CDMP – Certified Copywriter (CMP) – CDMA – Certified Proofreader and Editor (CMP), Content Marketing Manager, The Open Group</p> <p>Recently we reached out to Jacob Jackson of ExxonMobil to discuss his…