Oh no, #GitHub had a little oopsie! #CICD #secrets just spilled all over the floor like a toddler with a milkshake. But don't worry, InfoWorld's got you covered with 10,000 words of filler and ads, just in case you didn't want to find the actual #news.
https://www.infoworld.com/article/3849245/github-suffers-a-cascading-supply-chain-attack-compromising-ci-cd-secrets.html #oopsie #InfoWorld #techfail #HackerNews #ngated

Happy and proud that I had an article published by #InfoWorld covering Intelligent IDEs and Development Assistants.

https://www.infoworld.com/article/3849532/how-ai-is-transforming-ides-into-intelligent-development-assistants.html

A look at more generative AI tools you can use with R:
https://www.infoworld.com/article/3848270/genai-tools-for-r-new-tools-to-make-r-programming-easier.html
#RStats #GenAI #InfoWorld
{gander}
{chatgpt}
{gptstudio}
{pkgprompt}
Shiny Assistant
Custom GPTs
R Tutor & Chatilize
{rollama} & {ollamar}
{shinychat}

Learn how to make everything from basic line graphs to racing bar charts — all interactive and easily animated — with the {echarts4r} #RStats - one of my faves!

https://www.infoworld.com/article/2262502/plot-in-r-with-echarts4r.html

(I just checked the code, and it still works! Even tho from 2021. Just a couple of code format issues from a recent #InfoWorld site redesign)

You can run large language models locally in the Opera browser developer version. I just added that option to “5 easy ways to run an LLM locally” (now more than 5 as I keep updating the #InfoWorld article, but SEO best practices blah blah)
https://www.infoworld.com/article/3705035/5-easy-ways-to-run-an-llm-locally.html

Jan is another easy way to run LLMs locally on your own system.

My roundup, just updated:
https://www.infoworld.com/article/3705035/5-easy-ways-to-run-an-llm-locally.html

Info on Jan: https://jan.ai

There are some cool VS Code extensions in here I want to try! Ex: SQL Tools, for adding a database workbench to Code; and Data Preview, offering “handlers, visualization tools, and management functions for a wide variety of common formats—not only JSON or CSV, but also Excel, Apache Parquet, Arrow, Avro, YAML” & more. By my colleague Serdar Yegulalp at #InfoWorld
#VSCode
https://www.infoworld.com/article/3434611/7-visual-studio-code-extensions-you-didnt-know-you-needed.html

If you're inspired to try running an LLM locally - either because you're just back from the #NICAR24 data journalism conference or any other reason - I did a roundup of useful tools:

https://www.infoworld.com/article/3705035/5-easy-ways-to-run-an-llm-locally.html

uv is “an extremely fast Python package installer and resolver, written in Rust. Designed as a drop-in replacement for pip and pip-compile. uv is backed by Astral, the creators of Ruff.” - website
https://github.com/astral-sh/uv

“The company’s benchmarks show uv to be 8x to 10x faster than pip and pip-tools without caching, and 80x to 115x faster when running with a warm cache.” - InfoWorld
https://www.infoworld.com/article/3712790/astral-unveils-extremely-fast-python-package-installer.html

#python #InfoWorld @python

Is API design a lost art?

https://www.infoworld.com/article/3712425/is-api-design-a-lost-art.html

"We’re getting too much latency from poorly designed, developed, and deployed cloud-based APIs and services. It’s time to brush up on testing and monitoring." -- # DavidLinthicum #infoWorld

R Markdown, knitr creator @yihui laid off from full-time job at Posit; will be working as a paid contractor there. My story for InfoWorld:
https://www.infoworld.com/article/3712061/posit-lays-off-r-markdown-knitr-creator-yihui-xie.html

#rstats @rstats #InfoWorld

How to use the Python pandas library for basic data analysis - nice explainer for those early in their #python journey by my colleague Serdar Yegulalp
https://www.infoworld.com/article/3257599/how-to-use-pandas-for-data-analysis-in-python.html

#pandas #InfoWorld @python

What is REST? The de facto web architecture standard

https://www.infoworld.com/article/3706031/what-is-rest-the-de-facto-web-architecture-standard.html

"REST is one of the most influential ideas in distributed architecture. Here's why it matters and how to understand RESTful services in theory and practice." -- #MatthewTyson #InfoWorld

Intro to HTMX: Dynamic HTML without JavaScript

https://www.infoworld.com/article/3706951/htmx-dynamic-html-without-the-javascript.html

"HTMX is the HTML extension syntax that replaces JavaScript with simple markup. It could change the course of web development." -- #MatthewTyson #InfoWorld

The risks of low-code and no-code development in cloud architecture

https://www.infoworld.com/article/3706892/the-risks-of-low-code-and-no-code-development-in-cloud-architecture.html

"These prebuilt components simplify development and offer flexibility and speed, but watch out for scalability, security, and integration problems." -- #DavidLinthicum #InfoWorld

The shortcomings of serverless computing

https://www.infoworld.com/article/3705610/the-shortcomings-of-serverless-computing.html

"Serverless computing is a popular approach for cloud-based applications, but it's not the best fit in every case. Too often serverless fails to deliver business value." -- #DavidLinthicum #InfoWorld

It's official: You can now run R Shiny apps without a back-end Shiny server. @posit_glimpse announced 3 different ways this currently works: https://www.infoworld.com/article/3707250/shiny-r-web-framework-arrives-in-wasm.html

#PositConf2023 #rstats #RShiny #InfoWorld #WASM @rstats

What exactly is LangChain anyway? @meheller explains this modular framework for Python & JavaScript which aims to streamline developing generative AI applications
https://www.infoworld.com/article/3706289/what-is-langchain-easier-development-around-llms.html

#GenAI #GenerativeAI #LLM #LLMs #LangChain #Python #JavaScript #InfoWorld

(Looking forward to Mastodon full text search general availability so I can cut back on the hashtags )

Your own free private chatbot? Yes, there are easy ways to run large language models ( #LLMs ) on a laptop or desktop PC locally - and you don't need high-end hardware for all of them.

https://www.infoworld.com/article/3705035/5-easy-ways-to-run-an-llm-locally.html

Tools profiled include GPT4All, LLM by @simon and h2oGPT