In last post I talked about iris-copilot, an apparent vision that in near future any human language is a programming language for any machines, systems or products. Its agent runners were actually using such so-called 3rd generation of agents. I want to keep/share a detailed note on what it is, for my own convenience as well. It was mentioned a lot times in recent conversations that I was in, so probably worth a note.

Since our previous announcement, we have introduced several incremental improvements to the client‑side editing experience in VS Code. These updates focus on preserving developer‑authored formatting when synchronizing with the server.

What Changed

Client‑side *.cls files previously lost certain formatting details during compilation, including keyword casing (e.g., classmethod → ClassMethod), normalization of blank lines between class members, and removal of line breaks within parameter lists.

The George James Software team is looking forward to going to National Harbor for READY 2026!

As part of the conference, we'll be hosting our Deltanji Source Control User Group:

Date: Wednesday, April 29th 
Time: 8 - 9am (breakfast will be provided) 
Location: Azalea 1 
RSVP by emailing laurelj@georgejames.com. 

We'll be showing what will be included in the next release of Deltanji, version 8.2, as well as providing an opportunity for questions and discussion. We welcome both current and prospective users to join us.

The Management Portal doesn't have a native way to switch to Dark Mode. This can be resolved using a Chrome extension called Dark Reader. See the result:

To install and use the Dark Reader:

I'm starting to play more with AI enabled coding. 
I've been using Github Copilot inside Visual studio code, which is very good at coming up with autocomplete suggestions that are accurate and useful. (Along with some utter rubbish, naturally).
For web development I'm starting to use Claude Code in VS Code to help create web sites and integrations. I want to see how it can help with IRIS development. 

However I can't get claude to read any iris code directly as I'm connected to my server via isfs server connections.

Most IRIS developers use $LISTBUILD every day — often without even noticing it.

It is not just a convenient function for building lists. It is also the default internal format used to store row data, global values, and many intermediate structures inside the database engine.

Despite this, the actual binary representation of $LISTBUILD values is rarely discussed. Most developers rely on its behavior, but never look at how the data is really stored.

This article focuses strictly on the binary layout of $LISTBUILD values, based on direct inspection via zzdump.

I need a %SYS.Python object that will be accessible from different processes. The goal is to avoid reinitializing the Python object whenever it is called. Ways that I checked and decided that it is NOT what I want:

• %-variables (process variables). Reusing only in the same process
• Save-and-restore via globals. Restoring means heavy initialization, which I want to avoid

Next, my ideas (none of them look like a silver bullet):

• Using Interoperability Production.

Hello, community.

I've been working with Intersystem Caché for two years, and right away I was excited about the rich ecosystem that Caché provides. However, I was disappointed with calls using #call, and I understand that it was a limitation of the time. Well, the frustration is that #call returns null by default, meaning an AJAX request is executed, but there's no hook to retrieve the return from that request. The only way to retrieve the data from that request is by building a callback on the server side using &js<>.

What is a Microservice?

A microservice is an architectural style that structures an application as a collection of small, autonomous services. Each component is developed around a specific business capability, can be deployed independently, and is typically managed by a miniature, specialized, self-governing team. (Source: https://microservices.io/)

During my work with customers and also following I often met the 
explicit or embedded question: What is this "GLOBALS" ?
I'll try to explain the history to unfold the context.

Has anyone done this successfully?  Customer wants to receive HL7 data over https using OAUTH 2.0 client credentials.  I am assuming a custom Operation will be needed?  I tried using CoPilot for assistance but was unsuccessful.  I am not great with Object script :( 

The 2026.1 release of InterSystems IRIS® data platform, InterSystems IRIS^® for Health^TM, and HealthShare^® Health Connect is now Generally Available (GA). This is an Extended Maintenance (EM) release.

READY is right around the corner, and this year the Application Services team from InterSystems will be hosting a IPM Users GroupMeeting during the conference!This will be held Wednesday, April 29^th during lunch from 12:30 – 1:30 (lunch will be served at the meeting room).

Introduction
InterSystems IRIS Adaptive Analytics is an optional extension that provides a business-oriented, virtual data model layer between InterSystems IRIS and popular Business Intelligence (BI) and Artificial Intelligence (AI) client tools. Adaptive Analytics is powered by AtScale, the AtScale documentation can be found at this link: https://documentation.intersystems.atscale.com

This article will showcase some AtScale features that can facilitate data analysis:

1. Cube creation
2. Excel visualization
3. Parallel Period
4. Queries
5. Snowflake
6. Security

7. Aggregates

READY is right around the corner, and this year the Application Services team from InterSystems will be hosting a Embedded Git Users GroupMeeting during the conference!This will be held Thursday, April 30^th during breakfast from 7:30 – 8:30 (breakfast will be served at the meeting room starting at 7:00am).

The 2025.1.4 and 2024.1.6 maintenance releases of InterSystems IRIS^® data platform, InterSystems IRIS^® for Health^TM, and HealthShare^® Health Connect are now Generally Available (GA). These releases include the fixes for a number of recently issued alerts and advisories, including the following: 

• April 15, 2026 – Alert: Removal of InterSystems IRIS for Health and Health Connect 2024.1.4 and 2024.1.

Before finding the best solution for Supply Chain, we need to understand what Supply Chain is. Well, regardless of the language used, the term is known by the name already mentioned. For your information, the translation in Brazilian Portuguese is "Cadeia de Suprimentos" (Supply Chain), sometimes also called "Cadeia Logística" (Logistics Chain), but we will not dwell on the nomenclature, but rather on the meaning.

Hi, every one. Again, it's me!!😀😀

Recently I was trying to organize some learning materials for InterSystems IRIS😆, and realized that the resources are actually quite scattered.🤐

So I put together a list here—grouped by categories—for anyone who:

• is new to InterSystems
• or wants to go deeper into specific areas

Also adding some of my own experience on what worked (and what didn’t, may be only not work for me🤫🤐).

1. For starters

If you don’t know where to begin, start here:

• https://developer.intersystems.com/
• https://developer.intersystems.com/resources/
• https://developer.

Over the past year there have been a few DC articles offering MCP servers designed to connect to IRIS and help the AI features of VS Code and its cousins do a better job. For example:

• Hey chat, what's up with my Interoperability by @Dmitry Maslennikov 
• No-Hallucinate MCP: Real-time Routine Context for ObjectScript by @Jinyao 
• iris-mcp-atelier introduced by @Ernest Salas in his comment on the Claude Code vs ISFS. Has anyone cracked how to get one to see the other? post by @MarkCharlton.