Natural is a lightweight, rule-based JavaScript library that provides foundational natural language processing (NLP) capabilities for tasks like tokenizing text, stemming words to their roots and basic text classification. TNS regular contributor Jessica Wachtel writes that this tool is ideal for developers who need simple, fast NLP functions.

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• The bottleneck in project delivery is shifting from data collection to active management, writes contributor Igor Mishurov, who has worked with Skype, Microsoft, Swedbank and others on product development and complex infrastructure initiatives. AI is emerging as a critical tool to automate the daily rhythm of the software development life cycle, he writes. In the near future, AI will conduct daily standups and gather requirements, he writes. Find out what he predicts this future means for human delivery managers.
• Tuxedo OS is a Linux distribution based on Ubuntu that uses the KDE Plasma desktop environment. It’s primarily offered by Tuxedo Computers, though it runs well on any hardware, writes TNS contributor Jack Wallen. The OS is designed for user-friendliness and includes unique tools like the Tuxedo Control Center. Jack explains what that means for its performance.

When Jakob Jurových and his team started building Deepnote in 2019, they saw a gap between two computational worlds that no existing tool could bridge. "World A was the world of tools that were simple to use, easy to get started with, but they also take you only so far," said Jurových, Deepnote’s founder...

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