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The quarter's reading list, annotated
Five documents that earned their minutes since July, closing with the strangest architecture writeup of the season.
#reading#research#ai
Open source · Oct 13
Node.js drops odd releases, moves to one major a year
From October 2026 Node.js ships one major a year instead of two, ends the odd/even split, and matches version numbers to the calendar. Node 26 is the last old-model release.
This week's dispatches
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Release-candidate season opens the autumn upgrade watch
Postgres 19's last beta, kernel point releases, LTS refreshes. September is when the year's infrastructure actually arrives.
#releases#postgresql#linux
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One year of the Data Act, in one paragraph and one caveat
Saturday marks the anniversary. The verdict fits in a dispatch, which is itself the verdict.
#regulation#eu-data-act#cloud
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JDK 27 ships on Tuesday with a six-month lifespan. Ignoring it is the intended use.
OpenJDK puts Java 27's general availability at September 15; Temurin already lists its end: March 2027. On the cadence that made most Java versions optional, and two features worth reading.
#java#releases#openjdk
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The Data Act turns one on September 12. Check your contracts first.
September 12 marks a year of regulated cloud switching. A pre-anniversary note on what to audit before the think pieces arrive.
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