AWS CEO Matt Garman calls replacing junior developers with AI "the dumbest thing" and argues companies should keep hiring junior talent.

Most of what modern software engineers do involves APIs: public interfaces for communicating with a program, like this one from Twilio. I’ve spent a lot of time…

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A new MIT study says that 95% of corporate GenAI projects have failed, Meta is pulling back on its AI spend, and tech markets are getting nervous.…

Google has announced that only apps from developers that have undergone verification can be installed on certified Android devices in 2026...

In undirected graphs with real non-negative weights, we give a new randomized algorithm for the single-source shortest path (SSSP) problem with running time $O(m\sqrt{\log n \cdot \log\log n})$ in...

Programmers tend to fight about why Object-Oriented Programming (OOP) is good or bad.
Among the anti-OOP crowd, I often see junior programmers hate on OOP and “rebroadcast” what they’ve heard experienced programmers say. But when challenged to explain why…

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Making programs slower can be useful to find...

A few months ago, someone noted in the comments that they hadn't heard about the Therac-25 incident. I was surprised, and went off to do an informal survey of developers I know, only to discover that only about half of them knew what it was without searching…

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From 8-bit Assembly to English-as-Code

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Advantages of open source software are recognized by many EU organizations, according to the Linux Foundation. There is a lack of contributions to development.

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Bitnami’s decision to end its free tier by August 2025 has sparked widespread outrage among developers who rely on its services. This change is part of Broadcom CEO Hock Tan’s strategy …

Elon Musk's xAI markets Grok-code-fast-1 as a 'speedy and economical' alternative, but the fine print tells a different story. It's available now to try for free.

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Ever wondered how World of Warcraft private servers actually work behind the scenes? In this video, I dive deep into the C++ source…