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Firestore Adds Pipeline Operations with over 100 New Query Features
Google has overhauled Firestore’s query engine, introducing "Pipeline operations" that enable complex server-side aggregations and array unnesting. The update shifts Firestore Enterprise toward an optional indexing model, allowing architects to prioritize write speed and lower costs. While it brings parity with MongoDB-style aggregations, the preview currently lacks real-time and emulator support.
on Feb 14, 2026 -
MongoDB Introduces Embedding and Reranking API on Atlas
MongoDB has recently announced the public preview of its Embedding and Reranking API on MongoDB Atlas. The new API gives developers direct access to Voyage AI’s search models within the managed cloud database, enabling them to create features such as semantic search and AI-powered assistants within a single integrated environment, with consolidated monitoring and billing.
on Feb 03, 2026 -
Jakarta EE 12 Will Focus on Consistency and Configuration
Before the release of Jakarta EE 11, preparations for Jakarta EE 12 were well underway as plan reviews for 24 Jakarta EE specifications were approved in early 2025. Scheduled for a GA release in July 2026, Jakarta EE 12 will focus on consistency and configuration, and require a minimum of JDK 21 along with support for the upcoming release of JDK 25.
on Aug 12, 2025 -
New Rust Client Enables Building Safe, High-Performance Apps with Aerospike
Aerospike has officially released its Rust client to support high-throughput, low-latency applications interacting with its real-time NoSQL database.
on Aug 09, 2025 -
Java News Roundup: EclipseStore, Gradle, Hibernate Release Candidates, Piranha Cloud, LangChain4j
This week's Java roundup for July 28th, 2025, features news highlighting: GA releases of EclipseStore 3.0 and Gradle 9.0; release candidates for Hibernate ORM, Hibernate Reactive and Hibernate Search; Piranha Cloud moves to the Eclipse Foundation; and a point releases for Eclipse JNoSQL, Quarkus, Micronaut, JHipster and JDKUpdater.
on Aug 04, 2025 -
Java News Roundup: JDK 25 in Rampdown, JDK 26 Expert Group, Hibernate Search, Project Crema
This week's Java roundup for June 2nd, 2025, features news highlighting: JDK 25 in Rampdown Phase One; the formation of the JDK 26 Expert Group; the release of Hibernate Search 8.0.0.Final; the fourth milestone release of Grails 7.0.0; the beta release of Open Liberty 25.0.0.6; point releases for Eclipse JNoSQL, Helidon and JBang; and a sneak peek into a new Oracle Labs project, Project Crema.
on Jun 09, 2025 -
Java News Roundup: OpenJDK JEPs, Hibernate Reactive, Infinispan, JHipster, Gatherers4j
This week's Java roundup for May 5th, 2025, features news highlighting: OpenJDK JEPs Targeted and Proposed to Target for JDK 25; new HotSpot-related JEPs, the first release candidate of Hibernate Reactive 3.0; the first developer release of Infinispan 16.0; and the release of JHipster 8.11.0 and Gatherers4j 0.11.0.
on May 12, 2025 -
Java News Roundup: Jakarta EE 11 and Spring AI Updates, WildFly 36 Beta, Infinispan, JNoSQL
This week's Java roundup for March 24th, 2025, features news highlighting: updates for Jakarta EE 11 and Spring AI; the first beta release of WildFly 36.0; the third alpha release of Hibernate Search 8.0; the March 2023 release of Open Liberty; and point releases for Quarkus, Infinispan, JHipster and OpenXava.
on Mar 31, 2025 -
Fauna Shutting Down: Is the Future Open Source?
The team behind the distributed serverless database Fauna has recently announced plans to shut down the service by the end of May. While the managed database will be terminated soon and all customers will have to migrate to other platforms, Fauna is committing to releasing an open source version of the core database technology alongside the existing drivers and CLI tooling.
on Mar 26, 2025 -
Distributed Multi-Modal Database Aerospike 8 Brings Support for Real-Time ACID Transactions
Aerospike has announced version 8.0 of its distributed multi-modal database, bringing support for distributed ACID transactions. This enables large-scale online transaction processing (OLTP) applications like banking, e-commerce, inventory management, health care, order processing, and more, says the company.
on Feb 16, 2025 -
Microsoft Announces General Availability of Fabric API for GraphQL
Microsoft has launched Fabric API for GraphQL, moving the data access layer from public preview to general availability (GA). This release introduces several enhancements, including support for Azure SQL and Fabric SQL databases, saved credential authentication, detailed monitoring tools, and integration with CI/CD workflows.
on Nov 24, 2024 -
MongoDB 8.0 Now Available with Performance Gains and Enhanced Sharding
MongoDB has announced the general availability of MongoDB 8.0, introducing significant performance enhancements and new features. Highlights include embedded sharding configuration servers, expanded support for queryable encryption, and the capability to move collections across shards without requiring a shard key.
on Oct 09, 2024 -
Java News Roundup: JDK 23, GraalVM for JDK 23, Jakarta EE 11 Update, Micronaut GraalPy, Azul
This week's Java roundup for September 16th, 2024, features news highlighting: the release of JDK 23 and GraalVM for JDK 23; an update on Jakarta EE 11 and plans for Jakarta EE 12; introducing Micronaut GraalPy; and Azul Zing Builds of OpenJDK 24.08.
on Sep 23, 2024 -
Pinterest Shuts down One of the World's Largest HBase Deployments
The engineering team at Pinterest recently deprecated their HBase clusters due to high maintenance and infrastructure costs, a lack of Hbase experts, and limited product functionalities. Following Pinterest’s move to TiDB and other database technologies, the community questions whether this is another sign of the decline of the non-relational database that runs on top of Hadoop and HDFS.
on Jun 22, 2024 -
Azure Cosmos DB Integration with Vercel Now Generally Available
Microsoft announced the general availability of the Vercel and Azure Cosmos DB integration, following the public preview released about one year ago. Sajeetharan Sinnathurai, a product manager at Microsoft, announced upcoming features, including an AI template with integrated vector search capabilities, responding to community feedback.
on Jun 13, 2024