Microsoft open sources 6502 BASIC, a key piece of computing history
The BASIC that powered the Apple II and Commodore 64 is now open source
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Visual Studio Code update brings GPT-5, improved tooling
Visual Studio Code has introduced a revamped tool picker and support for over 128 tools per agent request in MCP. Chat now features GPT-5 integration and checkpoints to restore previous states. Users can now manage multiple Git branches simultaneously, too.
Software developers use AI more than ever, but trust it less
Unreliability is creating hidden errors, increasing developers' debugging time
Amazon's AI coding assistant exposed nearly 1 million users to potential system wipe
The hacker said the point was to spotlight Amazon's lax security practices
Vibe coding dream turns to nightmare as Replit deletes developer's database
Beware of putting too much faith into AI coding
FFmpeg gets 100x faster with AVX-512 and handwritten assembly code
What just happened? FFmpeg developers keep on crunching "handwritten" assembly code to make the multimedia project faster than ever before. Thanks to newer vector-based instructions included in modern x86 processors, FFmpeg can truly provide a massive speedup in media transcoding workloads – if you are lucky enough.
Amazon takes on structured vibe coding with Kiro, built on VS Code
Kiro is an AI-powered IDE built on VS Code that streamlines development with a "spec-driven" workflow. Kiro transforms prompts into structured specs, diagrams, and tasks to streamline complex coding. Kiro is now in public preview and is free to use.
Study shows AI coding assistants actually slow down experienced developers
Developers took 19% longer to finish tasks using AI tools
Google hires Windsurf founders, derailing OpenAI's $3 billion acquisition
Google pays $2.4 billion to hire Windsurf's founders and researchers for DeepMind and Gemini
John Carmack suggests the world could run on older hardware – if we optimized software better
A "fun thought experiment" with some truly enticing practical suggestions
University cancels publication of coding competition results over AI cheating fears
A(I) problem that isn't going away
Doom can now run in a self-contained QR code. Sort of
The developer employed an extreme level of code miniaturization to achieve his goal
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
Bill Gates releases the source code for Microsoft's first product, Altair BASIC
A blast from the past
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.
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
Microsoft is making TypeScript 10x faster with native implementation in Go
Bigger TypeScript projects should now become much more manageable in all code editors
Google calls for industry-wide memory safety standards to enhance software security
Mountain View issues a call to arms against memory buffer issues
Doom defies the impossible by running in TypeScript's type system
Trillions of lines, multiple programming languages, and a year of sweat to run Doom at an unplayable frame rate
Millions of "dead" Social Security recipients actually caused by a COBOL coding quirk
Between 220 billion and 800 billion lines of COBOL code are still in use
People named "Null" are being punished by computers in the weirdest ways
The big picture: Having the last name "Null" is apparently the modern equivalent of being cursed. Just ask the Nulls who endure a never-ending loop of website errors, processing failures, and customer service reps telling them their accounts don't actually exist. And it's all thanks to a computer scientist who decided that, when it comes to programming, the word should be reserved for signifying an invalid or non-existent value.
JavaScript now mandatory for Google Search, Google confirms
Static pages are gone, and SEO checking tools don't seem to work anymore