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OpenAI launches Codex, a new AI coding agent for software development
Cisco, Temporal, Superhuman, and Kodiak are among the first companies to test Codex
What was the first computer program to have AI (and on what hardware did it run)?
One of the earliest and most influential examples of artificial intelligence was...
Microsoft research shows AI coding tools fall short in key debugging tasks
AI might write your code, but it still can't fix it (for now)
More Microsoft job cuts could hit non-coding staff and middle managers
Microsoft aims to increase its engineer-to-manager ratio
Microsoft CTO predicts AI will generate 95% of code by 2030
Developers' roles will shift toward orchestrating AI-driven workflows and solving complex problems
Software engineers offer $10,000 reward to anyone who helps them land six-figure jobs
Desperate times call for desperate measures
WTF?! Finding a well-paid coding job is a lot harder today than it was a few years ago, thanks in no small part to AI. Securing one that comes with a six-figure salary is even more difficult, but a couple of software engineers believe they have the answer: offering $10,000 to anyone who can get them a software developer role that pays no less than $100,000 per year.
Java 24 brings new AI and crypto capabilities
Oracle's Java 24 introduces more than 20 new features including language improvements, performance advancements, and bug fixes. Complete release notes can be found here.
Y Combinator CEO says "vibe coding" is rewriting the rules of startup success
"You can just talk to the large language models and they will code entire apps"
AI coding assistant pulls a life lesson: "I won't do your work for you"
Sassy AI assistant refuses to "vibe code," lectures developer instead
Indie studios and homebrewers are still making great new RPGs with a 25-year-old King's Field toolkit
FromSoftware's aging game maker is still cranking out decent retro dungeon crawlers
IBM CEO says AI will boost programmers, not replace them
Meanwhile, Anthropic CEO forecasts AI could write up to 90% of code within the next 3-6 months
Visual Studio Code includes GitHub Copilot for free
Visual Studio Code includes a free tier of GitHub Copilot for individual users (up to 2000 code completions/month), offering limited access to AI coding assistance. Users can ask coding questions, find bugs, edit multiple files, and more.
Software engineering job openings hit 5-year low amid industry shift
According to an analysis of Indeed job data
Bouncing Beholder is a fully fledged platformer game packed into just 1,024 bytes
Great physics, colorful environments, and randomized levels
Doom running on an Apple HDMI dongle from 2013, because of course it does
Lightning-to-AV adapter contains a surprisingly robust SoC
Discord now runs on Windows 98 (and even Windows 95) with this unofficial client
A retro-friendly version of Discord for machines with slower hardware
Developer ports Doom into a Microsoft Word document
Doom has been ported to most computing platforms and some unconventional formats
Understanding Machine Code vs. Bytecode
In software engineering, code transforms from human-readable high-level languages like Python or Java into machine-readable binary (machine code). An intermediate step, bytecode, bridges portability and execution.
Nvidia's secret weapon: It's the software, stupid
The big picture: Nvidia's Jensen Huang kickstarted CES this year with his keynote. We listened to it and read a fair amount of analysis since. If you don't have 90 minutes to spare, we can sum it up for you: Nvidia has all the software. Or at least it has more than you do.
Project shows you can run a Minecraft server on the 60-year-old COBOL language
The number of COBOL programmers is dwindling, but new developers can still learn it
Nvidia unveils palm-sized AI supercomputer for $249
The Jetson Orin Nano Super Developer Kit boasts a 70% performance boost over the previous model
Windsurf Editor is a free IDE with Anthropic's AI integration
Featuring tools like AI Flows, Cascade, and Supercomplete, which streamline coding and debugging, Windsurf provides a robust IDE for individual developers and teams. Windsurf is free for individual use and available for Windows, macOS and Linux.
Multi-platform IDE Apache NetBeans hits version 24
Apache NetBeans is an open-source IDE primarily designed for Java development. However, it also supports languages such as PHP, C/C++, JavaScript, and HTML5. The IDE offers robust code editing, debugging, version control, and plugin-based extensibility.
Google's Genie 2 creates playable 3D worlds from text prompts and sample images
The Genie is out of the bottle, and keeps hallucinating 3D nightmares for AI kids to enjoy