Vidya is a certified small business in Northern Virginia that modernizes legacy systems, builds enterprise AI, and designs cloud and data architecture for commercial companies and federal agencies. Vidya documents its delivered engagements in case studies and publishes courses, tutorials, and articles for engineers and the people who lead them. The company name is Vidya. Its website is vidyasource.com.https://www.vidyasource.com/en-ushttps://www.vidyasource.com/blog/making-decisions-with-jev-and-goose/https://www.vidyasource.com/blog/making-decisions-with-jev-and-goose/Pair an LLM in Goose with TypeSafe's Jev, and your AI agents talk in plain English while they make fast, calibrated decisions for a fraction of a cent.Wed, 30 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMTAIAgentic AIAgentsAgent SkillsMachine LearningOpen SourceGovernmentSecurityArchitectureTypeScripthttps://www.vidyasource.com/blog/put-your-opinions-to-work-with-agents-md-and-keep-them-safe/https://www.vidyasource.com/blog/put-your-opinions-to-work-with-agents-md-and-keep-them-safe/AGENTS.md turns your opinions into standards every AI coding agent enforces. Respect the instruction budget, then defend the file from prompt injection.Fri, 14 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMTAISoftware EngineeringProgrammingArchitectureTypeScriptKotlinFunctional ProgrammingTestingOpen SourceDevSecOpshttps://www.vidyasource.com/blog/agentic-ai-foundation-ambassador/https://www.vidyasource.com/blog/agentic-ai-foundation-ambassador/I've been named an inaugural Agentic AI Foundation Ambassador. Here's why AAIF and open standards in general are critical for any technology to meet its potential.Sat, 27 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMTAIMCPAgentic AIOpen SourceAgentsArchitectureAGENTS.mdGooseagentgatewayGovernmentPartnershttps://www.vidyasource.com/blog/create-a-culture-of-context-for-ai/https://www.vidyasource.com/blog/create-a-culture-of-context-for-ai/Agentic AI fails without the right context. Learn how progressive disclosure, institutional memory, Data Mesh, and Knowledge Layers build a Culture of Context that cuts hallucinations and token waste.Tue, 02 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMTAIAgentsMCPLLMsAgent SkillsArchitectureDataAgentic AISoftware Engineeringhttps://www.vidyasource.com/blog/infrastructure-as-code-formae-pkl-aws/https://www.vidyasource.com/blog/infrastructure-as-code-formae-pkl-aws/formae brings agentic, stateless IaC with Pkl's type-safe config to AWS. No drift, no state files, and an MCP server AI agents can actually use.Sat, 14 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMTAIMCPOpen SourceDevSecOpsSoftware Engineeringhttps://www.vidyasource.com/blog/python-is-31x-slower-new-benchmark-confirms-not-language-for-enterprise-ai/https://www.vidyasource.com/blog/python-is-31x-slower-new-benchmark-confirms-not-language-for-enterprise-ai/A new MCP server benchmark shows Python is 31x slower than Go and Java—reinforcing why enterprise AI demands languages built for integration and performance, not just experimentation.Mon, 16 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMTAIMCPPythonJavaMachine LearningProgrammingArchitecturehttps://www.vidyasource.com/blog/biggest-news-in-ai-since-anthropic-mcp/https://www.vidyasource.com/blog/biggest-news-in-ai-since-anthropic-mcp/The Linux Foundation launches the Agentic AI Foundation, which formalizes MCP, Goose, and AGENTS.md into global open standards.Fri, 12 Dec 2025 00:00:00 GMTAISoftware EngineeringProgramminghttps://www.vidyasource.com/blog/vidya-talks-ai-and-mcp/https://www.vidyasource.com/blog/vidya-talks-ai-and-mcp/Key insights from our appearance on the MCP Roundtable at NOVA SART: MCP's promise and peril, AI architecture, security, real-world use cases, and why AI will increase demand for software expertise.Mon, 08 Sep 2025 00:00:00 GMTAIMCPProgrammingTestingArchitectureObservabilityOpen SourceSecurityhttps://www.vidyasource.com/blog/python-is-not-language-of-ai/https://www.vidyasource.com/blog/python-is-not-language-of-ai/Python is the language of machine learning and training AI models, but there are several reasons why Python is not the language of AI.Sun, 07 Sep 2025 00:00:00 GMTAIMCPPythonJavaMachine LearningKotlinProgrammingTestingArchitectureOpen SourceObservabilitySalesforceHugging Facehttps://www.vidyasource.com/blog/beyond-github-culture-reconsider-pull-requests/https://www.vidyasource.com/blog/beyond-github-culture-reconsider-pull-requests/Pull requests make sense in open-source but might be slowing your internal team down. Explore some more efficient alternatives.Mon, 09 Jun 2025 00:00:00 GMTAgileAIOpen SourceSoftware EngineeringProgrammingTestingContinuous IntegrationDevSecOpshttps://www.vidyasource.com/blog/not-about-unit-integration-tests-about-confidence/https://www.vidyasource.com/blog/not-about-unit-integration-tests-about-confidence/Forget traditional testing categories and focus on what builds confidence. Use AI to generate test data efficiently.Fri, 30 May 2025 00:00:00 GMTAgileJavaSpring BootSoftware EngineeringProgrammingTestingContinuous IntegrationJUnithttps://www.vidyasource.com/blog/how-sports-busts-common-myth-software-engineering-teams/https://www.vidyasource.com/blog/how-sports-busts-common-myth-software-engineering-teams/Learn how sports history reveals why great engineering teams need more than star talent - they need systems, culture, and leadership that elevate everyone's performance.Wed, 21 May 2025 00:00:00 GMTProject ManagementAgilehttps://www.vidyasource.com/blog/no-one-likes-cognitive-load-but-whose-cognitive-load/https://www.vidyasource.com/blog/no-one-likes-cognitive-load-but-whose-cognitive-load/Minimizing cognitive load is more important than maximizing clean code, but cognitive load is subjective. Learn how to establish team standards that enhance productivity and maintainability.Sun, 18 May 2025 00:00:00 GMTProgrammingFunctional ProgrammingSoftware EngineeringAgilehttps://www.vidyasource.com/blog/programming-without-ifs-better-alternatives-to-conditional-logic/https://www.vidyasource.com/blog/programming-without-ifs-better-alternatives-to-conditional-logic/Discover how to write more maintainable code by replacing conditional logic with practical alternatives that reduce complexity and improve your software."Fri, 16 May 2025 00:00:00 GMTScrumKanbanSeleniumProgrammingSoftware EngineeringArchitectureTestinghttps://www.vidyasource.com/blog/waterfall-scope-creep-is-agile-revelation/https://www.vidyasource.com/blog/waterfall-scope-creep-is-agile-revelation/Discover why "scope creep" isn't a problem but a valuable insight. Learn how agile methodology embraces change to build better products while Waterfall's rigid planning leads to missed opportunities.Sat, 10 May 2025 00:00:00 GMTDevOpsProject ManagementAgilehttps://www.vidyasource.com/blog/fibonacci-theater-adding-mathematical-mystique-to-scrum-estimation/https://www.vidyasource.com/blog/fibonacci-theater-adding-mathematical-mystique-to-scrum-estimation/Story points are the fundamental metric in Scrum, but using the Fibonacci Sequence to estimate them is more gimmick than substance.Sat, 18 Jan 2025 00:00:00 GMTAgileScrumProject ManagementSoftware EngineeringTestingContinuous Integrationhttps://www.vidyasource.com/blog/vidya-talks-modernizing-tech-hiring-federal-government-white-house/https://www.vidyasource.com/blog/vidya-talks-modernizing-tech-hiring-federal-government-white-house/Vidya spoke to tech recruiters about how the federal government can hire and retain the best tech talent.Sat, 12 Oct 2024 00:00:00 GMTPartnersDiversityProgrammingSoftware EngineeringAgileGovernmenthttps://www.vidyasource.com/blog/lessons-from-the-bear-for-tech-leaders/https://www.vidyasource.com/blog/lessons-from-the-bear-for-tech-leaders/Discover unexpected leadership insights from 'The Bear.' 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Valuable lessons from an Emmy-winning series.Mon, 12 Aug 2024 00:00:00 GMTLeadershipProject ManagementAgilehttps://www.vidyasource.com/blog/modernizing-online-passport-renewal-vidya-success-at-the-state-department/https://www.vidyasource.com/blog/modernizing-online-passport-renewal-vidya-success-at-the-state-department/Vidya helped develop the architecture for Online Passport Renewal, which is now live in beta at the State Department.Mon, 29 Jul 2024 00:00:00 GMTPartnersGovernmentProject ManagementAgileProgrammingTestingContinuous DeliveryOpen SourceAccessibilityAPIsAIhttps://www.vidyasource.com/blog/vidya-awarded-gsa-mas-contract/https://www.vidyasource.com/blog/vidya-awarded-gsa-mas-contract/Vidya is proud that GSA has awarded us a Multiple Award Schedule contract for providing IT Professional Services to the government.Thu, 30 May 2024 00:00:00 GMTPartnersDiversityProgrammingSoftware EngineeringAgileLeanGovernmenthttps://www.vidyasource.com/blog/vidya-on-the-pod/https://www.vidyasource.com/blog/vidya-on-the-pod/Vidya President Neil Chaudhuri appeared on the Guidance Counselor 2.0 Podcast with Taylor Desseyn.Tue, 17 Oct 2023 00:00:00 GMTAgileBig TechSoftware Engineeringhttps://www.vidyasource.com/blog/the-mckinsey-developer-productivity-analysis-is-a-ruse/https://www.vidyasource.com/blog/the-mckinsey-developer-productivity-analysis-is-a-ruse/The McKinsey developer productivity analysis is worse than wrong. It's bad faith. Your organization can do so much better.Mon, 09 Oct 2023 00:00:00 GMTLeadershipAIGovernmentProgrammingTestingSecurityCloud ComputingSoftware EngineeringArchitecturehttps://www.vidyasource.com/blog/why-types-and-tests-are-both-essential-in-programming/https://www.vidyasource.com/blog/why-types-and-tests-are-both-essential-in-programming/The arguments for types vs. tests is silly. You need both because they solve two different problems.Sun, 26 Feb 2023 00:00:00 GMTProgrammingSoftware EngineeringTypeScriptPythonJavaScriptJavaAgilehttps://www.vidyasource.com/blog/why-coding-interviews-are-the-worst/https://www.vidyasource.com/blog/why-coding-interviews-are-the-worst/Coding interviews are the worst not only for candidates but also for your business. Here's what you should do instead.Fri, 05 Aug 2022 00:00:00 GMTDiversityProgrammingSoftware EngineeringOpen sourcehttps://www.vidyasource.com/blog/vidya-is-swam-certified-by-virginia-department-small-business-supplier-diversity/https://www.vidyasource.com/blog/vidya-is-swam-certified-by-virginia-department-small-business-supplier-diversity/Vidya earned SWaM certification from the Virginia Department of Small Business and Supplier Diversity as a Small, Micro, Minority Owned, and 8(a) business.Thu, 07 Jul 2022 00:00:00 GMTPartnersDiversityProgrammingSoftware EngineeringAgileLeanGovernmenthttps://www.vidyasource.com/blog/vidya-is-8a-certified-by-us-small-business-administration/https://www.vidyasource.com/blog/vidya-is-8a-certified-by-us-small-business-administration/We are proud to be certified 8(a) by the US Small Business Administration.Sun, 01 May 2022 00:00:00 GMTPartnersDiversityProgrammingSoftware EngineeringAgileLeanGovernmenthttps://www.vidyasource.com/blog/which-programming-languages-should-i-learn-first/https://www.vidyasource.com/blog/which-programming-languages-should-i-learn-first/When you're just starting out in tech, don't focus on programming languages but on something else entirely.Thu, 03 Feb 2022 00:00:00 GMTProgrammingBig DataOpen SourceWeb developmenthttps://www.vidyasource.com/blog/what-if-marvel-built-a-minimum-viable-product/https://www.vidyasource.com/blog/what-if-marvel-built-a-minimum-viable-product/Product development should begin with an MVP, and Marvel's What if?... is exactly that.Tue, 09 Nov 2021 00:00:00 GMTAgileLeanProject ManagementSoftware Engineeringhttps://www.vidyasource.com/blog/lessons-learned-react-component-library-typescript/https://www.vidyasource.com/blog/lessons-learned-react-component-library-typescript/Lessons learned, and not only about tech, from building a React component library for government.Mon, 11 Oct 2021 00:00:00 GMTReactTypeScriptChakra UIAccessibilityViteJestReact Testing LibraryStorybookOpen sourceGovernmenthttps://www.vidyasource.com/blog/scala-go/https://www.vidyasource.com/blog/scala-go/Scala vs Go compared on error handling, collections, and absent values. Which one fits your project?Wed, 01 Sep 2021 00:00:00 GMTGolangPlay FrameworkSBTGitProgrammingScalaGoSoftware EngineeringDevOpsFunctional ProgrammingMicroservicesRESTAgileTypeScriptElmKotlinhttps://www.vidyasource.com/blog/code-coverage-is-killing-you/https://www.vidyasource.com/blog/code-coverage-is-killing-you/Code coverage is intuitive but dangerous. 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This is how.Tue, 30 Oct 2018 00:00:00 GMTDevOpsPartnersAgileArchitectureSoftware EngineeringTestingSecurityhttps://www.vidyasource.com/blog/lessons-java-testing-react/https://www.vidyasource.com/blog/lessons-java-testing-react/See how years of testing in Java have taught us lessons you can apply to improve your testing in React.Sun, 21 Oct 2018 00:00:00 GMTReactJavaScriptJavaTypeScriptElmWebpackRxJSImmutableJSJUnitAgileSoftware EngineeringProgrammingTestingContinuous Integrationhttps://www.vidyasource.com/blog/business-case-for-functional-programming/https://www.vidyasource.com/blog/business-case-for-functional-programming/Learn how functional programming can make your teams more productive than you ever imagined.Tue, 18 Sep 2018 00:00:00 GMTAgileScrumJavaScalaGoTechnical DebtScalaCheckRESTAgileProject ManagementSoftware EngineeringProgrammingFunctional ProgrammingTestingContinuous Integrationhttps://www.vidyasource.com/blog/the-signal-and-the-noise/https://www.vidyasource.com/blog/the-signal-and-the-noise/One senator made a great effort to hold social media accountable for 2016. We need more.Sun, 05 Nov 2017 00:00:00 GMTFacebookScalaBig DataProgrammingSocial Mediahttps://www.vidyasource.com/blog/talking-trends-at-tech-talk-dc/https://www.vidyasource.com/blog/talking-trends-at-tech-talk-dc/Hope to see you at our talk 'Here's What's Trending in Software Engineering.'Wed, 11 Oct 2017 00:00:00 GMTJavaRubyJavaScriptPythonScalaAndroidiOSHadoopKotlinSwiftGoAkkaApache KafkaReactiveSoftware EngineeringProgrammingFunctional ProgrammingTestingArchitectureMobileBig DataAnalyticsGovernmentSecurityDeep LearningMachine Learninghttps://www.vidyasource.com/blog/its-not-only-about-the-benjamins/https://www.vidyasource.com/blog/its-not-only-about-the-benjamins/The highest paying languages are also among the most fun and productive. We know from experience.Wed, 27 Sep 2017 00:00:00 GMTGoScalaClojurePythonJavaApache SparkPlay FrameworkReactiveMongoScalazAkkaSwiftKotlinProgrammingFunctional ProgrammingOpen SourceAnalyticsSoftware EngineeringMachine LearningBig Datahttps://www.vidyasource.com/blog/vidya-reloaded/https://www.vidyasource.com/blog/vidya-reloaded/Our new website is a Progressive Web Application. 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We won it.Sat, 24 Oct 2015 00:00:00 GMTDevOpsPartnersGovernmentProject ManagementAgileProgrammingTestingContinuous DeliveryOpen SourceAccessibilityhttps://www.vidyasource.com/blog/analytics-with-apache-spark-is-here/https://www.vidyasource.com/blog/analytics-with-apache-spark-is-here/Learn the hottest technology in data analytics with our Apache Spark course.Mon, 17 Aug 2015 00:00:00 GMTScalaJavaPythonHadoopApache SparkProgrammingFunctional ProgrammingBig DataAnalyticsTestingArchitectureAgileOpen Sourcehttps://www.vidyasource.com/blog/talking-scala/https://www.vidyasource.com/blog/talking-scala/I will be speaking on Scala at Polyglot Programming DC!Wed, 27 May 2015 00:00:00 GMTScalaAndroidRESTPlay FrameworkProgrammingFunctional ProgrammingArchitectureMobileBig DataAnalyticshttps://www.vidyasource.com/blog/this-week-in-scala/https://www.vidyasource.com/blog/this-week-in-scala/Our latest tutorial made it to This Week in #Scala!Wed, 29 Apr 2015 00:00:00 GMTScalaProgrammingFunctional Programminghttps://www.vidyasource.com/blog/when-you-do-want-none/https://www.vidyasource.com/blog/when-you-do-want-none/A quick tip for Scala developers for handling empty and whitespace strings in their code.Wed, 25 Feb 2015 00:00:00 GMTScalaProgrammingFunctional Programminghttps://www.vidyasource.com/blog/zero-tolerance-java/https://www.vidyasource.com/blog/zero-tolerance-java/Is your Java BigDecimal zero? Compare signum, compareTo, and equals to find the check that works.Thu, 06 Nov 2014 00:00:00 GMTJavaProgrammingTestinghttps://www.vidyasource.com/blog/no-experience-no-problem/https://www.vidyasource.com/blog/no-experience-no-problem/You really don't need professional experience with a technology to get a job in it. Just passion.Tue, 09 Sep 2014 00:00:00 GMTJavaScrumNoSQLSoftware EngineeringProgrammingTestingProject ManagementAgileContinuous Integrationhttps://www.vidyasource.com/blog/canstruction-dc-2014/https://www.vidyasource.com/blog/canstruction-dc-2014/We are thrilled to have partnered with Dewberry to fight hunger at Canstruction DC 2014.Mon, 25 Aug 2014 00:00:00 GMTCommunityhttps://www.vidyasource.com/blog/know-your-options-scala-java/https://www.vidyasource.com/blog/know-your-options-scala-java/Null is a real pain, but functional languages like Scala can make it a lot easier.Mon, 04 Aug 2014 00:00:00 GMTJavaScalaRubyProgrammingFunctional Programminghttps://www.vidyasource.com/blog/welcoming-madena-solutions/https://www.vidyasource.com/blog/welcoming-madena-solutions/We are lucky to be working with Madena, a premier provider of consulting services in the Medicare space.Mon, 21 Apr 2014 00:00:00 GMTJavaRDBMSJDBCPartnersGovernmentProgrammingTestinghttps://www.vidyasource.com/blog/you-must-unlearn-what-you-have-learned/https://www.vidyasource.com/blog/you-must-unlearn-what-you-have-learned/Embrace the wisdom of Yoda to succeed in technology and project management.Fri, 14 Mar 2014 00:00:00 GMTJavaRubyRailsPythonScalaPMPNoSQLCassandraMongoDBNeo4JCAP TheoremClojurePostgreSQLProgrammingFunctional ProgrammingProject ManagementBig DataAgileSoftware Engineeringhttps://www.vidyasource.com/blog/lighting-spark-hbase/https://www.vidyasource.com/blog/lighting-spark-hbase/Apache Spark is great for Hadoop analytics, and it works just fine with HBase.Sat, 25 Jan 2014 00:00:00 GMTJavaScalaHadoopApache SparkHBaseMapReduceHiveHDFSBig DataProgrammingFunctional ProgrammingOpen Sourcehttps://www.vidyasource.com/blog/idiom-savant-java-ruby/https://www.vidyasource.com/blog/idiom-savant-java-ruby/Idioms are just as important in programming languages as they are in spoken languages.Tue, 21 Jan 2014 00:00:00 GMTJavaRubySoftware EngineeringProgramminghttps://www.vidyasource.com/blog/dont-go-chasing-waterfall/https://www.vidyasource.com/blog/dont-go-chasing-waterfall/Michael Daconta happily blames agile software development for the problems on the health care website. He's wrong. And yes, the title is a TLC reference.Mon, 11 Nov 2013 00:00:00 GMTScrumJenkinsAgileGovernmentProject ManagementSoftware EngineeringTestingContinuous Integrationhttps://www.vidyasource.com/blog/java-is-dysfunctional-with-big-data/https://www.vidyasource.com/blog/java-is-dysfunctional-with-big-data/Java is great, but there are far better options for big data analytics.Sun, 27 Oct 2013 00:00:00 GMTJavaScalaHadoopApache SparkClojureCascalogMapReduceProgrammingFunctional ProgrammingBig DataAnalyticshttps://www.vidyasource.com/blog/first-contact/https://www.vidyasource.com/blog/first-contact/Welcome to VidyaSat, 26 Oct 2013 00:00:00 GMT