#software-development

#software-development

Cargo now includes an info subcommand to display information about packages in the registry, addressing a long-standing request just shy of its tenth anniversary.

We clustered 91,954 cryptography-related questions on Stack Overflow and manually analyzed 383 to comprehend the crypto challenges developers face. Developers showed a lack of knowledge of fundamental concepts.

GitHub Spark, now available in public preview for Copilot Pro+ subscribers, represents a paradigm shift in how we approach application development. At its core, Spark eliminates the traditional friction points that prevent rapid prototyping and deployment.

"Our report shows that AI adoption is outpacing governance. It's a clear gap - 93% of organizations are using AI but only 7% have fully embedded governance frameworks."

DevProxy (formerly known as Microsoft 365 Developer Proxy) helps developers to add resilience to their API-related code by simulating a vast number of API and network behaviours.

The rise of agentic AI - autonomous systems that understand, plan, and act using large language models (LLMs) - is rapidly reshaping how developers and data professionals think about automation.

npm has taken down all versions of the real Stylus library and replaced them with a 'security holding' page, breaking pipelines and builds worldwide that rely on the package.

The Microsoft C++ Code Analysis tool has been updated to provide better tracking, justification, and overall management of warning suppressions, leading to a more maintainable code base.

Gemini CLI is a mostly free, open-source, command-line AI workflow tool that connects to your tools, understands your code, and accelerates your workflows.

Replit's AI-assisted tool deleted a production database, ignored instructions to freeze code, and invented data, highlighting the need for strict oversight of powerful tools.

AI tools are transforming the interviewing process for job seekers, implementing efficiency through advances in technology and enhancing candidate experiences during recruitment.

Cognition is set to acquire Windsurf following a failed $3 billion buyout by OpenAI, which faced internal tensions with Microsoft. Cognition aims to combine its autonomous software with Windsurf's tools.

Refactoring code by eliminating redundant attributes enhances clarity and encapsulation, reduces cognitive load, and ensures methods directly access the object's state for improved maintainability.

The open-sourcing of the GitHub Copilot Chat extension under an MIT license allows developers to explore and contribute to AI-assisted coding efforts, enhancing the implementation of chat modes and tools.

The team relies on pair and mob programming with Test-Driven Development (TDD), and all tasks require at least two team members to ensure shared responsibility.

Meta has begun rewriting its mobile messaging infrastructure in Rust, gradually replacing a legacy C codebase that engineers say had become increasingly difficult to maintain and frustrating to work with.

Nemo's latest task was to add a toggle to the dashboard. He delivered an abstracted, modular event-handling engine with algebraic constraints and a recursive effect system that reifies toggle intentions into a monadic signal flow.

Arηs is composed of 13 entities across 6 countries, with more than 1750 consultants, enabling quick responses to market changes and requests.

Documentation isn’t just a formality; it’s essential for understanding how software is assembled, ensuring we can reproduce any version of any product at any time.

The January 2023 release of Visual Studio Code 1.75 allows developers to create customizable profiles that include extensions, settings, UI state, and keyboard shortcuts.

HexCalculator.org supports essential functions like addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, and real-time conversions between hex, decimal, binary, IP, UTF-8, and signed integers.