MySQL 9.0, Ngrok Traffic Inspector, Swift 6, JVM Performance, Kafka Queue Support, Staff+ & Incidents

In this issue, July 23, 2024 [View it in your browser.]( [MySQL 9.0](#MySQL90), [Gemma 2 Open Source](#Gemma2OpenSource), [Ngrok Traffic Inspector](#NgrokTrafficInspector), [Microsoft Entra](#MicrosoftEntra), [Swift 6](#Swift6), [Restricting JNI](#RestrictingJNI), [JVM Performance](#JVMPerformance), [OpenSilver 3.0](#OpenSilver30), [Kafka Queue Support](#KafkaQueueSupport), [Long-Running Processes](#LongRunningProcesses), [Metaverse Testing](#MetaverseTesting), [Staff+ & Incidents](#StaffPlusAndIncidents) ["AI and ML for Software Engineers: Foundational Insights" at QCon San Francisco 2024 (Nov 18-22)]( Join Susan Shu Chang, Principal Data Scientist @Elastic, Author of "Machine Learning Interviews" for her track and deep dive into recommender systems, verifiable LLMs, and evaluation techniques. Gain practical insights to integrate AI into your software projects. 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(News) [Development Latest Content]( [] [Swift 6 Introduces Embedded Swift for Low-level Programming]( Swift 6 brings a new compilation mode aiming to address the specific constraints of embedded devices as well as kernel- and other low-level code. Embedded Swift is a full-featured subset of Swift covering most of the language, including value and reference types, closures, optionals, error handling, generics and more. (News) Sponsored by RavenDB [2024 NoSQL Database Trends Report - Sponsored by RavenDB]( [2024 NoSQL Database Trends Report]( This report explores five key NoSQL trends using data from the StackOverflow 2023 Developer Survey and JetBrains 2023 Developer Ecosystem. It examines how developers use databases, focusing on the balance between relational and non-relational databases and where NoSQL solutions typically fit. [Download Now](. 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