Unless you’ve been living under a rock it would have been very difficult to miss the news about the snappily named security reports CVE-2026-109618 and CVE-2026-109619 – more popularly known in the press as The PHP Apocalypse or PHP2Shell for those in the know. Rated 9.2 out of a possible 10 according to CVSS v4.0 it is a fault which is essentially almost as bad as it can get.
What…
Securing a Model Context Protocol (MCP) server is not a single task. There are a few different problems to solve. Your server probably talks to something that needs a secret (a database password or an external API key) so that secret has to be stored safely. If it’s…
If you write database applications in Delphi, you probably know this scene well: a TFDQuery, an SQL string, a series of ParamByName calls and then, row by row, FieldByName('...').AsString to bring the data back into your objects. It works, and it’s fast. But every…
C++Builder is often treated as something of an exotic species within the wider C++ world. Sometimes that is said with a smile, sometimes quite seriously. Behind it lies a more fundamental question: how much does a development environment still belong to the C++ ecosystem…
MCPConnect is a framework for building Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers with Embarcadero Delphi & C++Builder. It uses attributes (for C++Builder there is a function-based registration mechanism) to turn your existing Delphi classes and business logic into MCP tools…
Technology never stops, and the ecosystem is evolving too fast! Today we’re going to take advantage of the fact that Embarcadero has released a new version of KAI , version 1.1.1 , which brings improvements to the use of local models. In this post, we’ll show you…
Today Embarcadero released Kai version 1.1.1, a maintenance update that builds on Kai 1.1 with additional refinements, particularly for developers using local AI models.
Enhanced Support for Local AI Engines
A major focus of Kai 1.1.1 is continued enhancement of the…
What Happens When Your Compiler Jumps 12 Years of LLVM Evolution?
September 25, 2026
One of the nice things about a compiler upgrade is that your application code doesn’t have to change. You simply rebuild the same codebase and see what the new toolchain can deliver.
Delphi 13.2 makes that comparison especially interesting on Linux. Delphi 13.1 (and…
There’s a lot going on with Kai. In fact, there’s a whole lot going on with RAD Studio, Delphi, and C++Builder overall. If you missed the launch of RAD Studio 13.2 you can catch the release webinar below. The streaming platform we used for that event decided to…
Embarcadero is pleased to announce the release of RAD Studio 13.2 along with Delphi 13.2 Florence and C++Builder 13.2 Florence. This release has a strong focus on compiler technology and performance, Linux and Windows on Arm, developer productivity, modern UI development…
