It wasn't that long ago that the idea of using AI for development was science fiction. Then, along came GitHub Copilot, Microsoft's AI pair-programming service, in the summer of 2022. GitHub partnered ...

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Each year, the code-sharing platform GitHub releases its ‘State of the Octoverse’ report, which among other things ranks the popularity of programming languages. The latest report, released in October ...

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IBM has revamped its quantum computing programming tools so developers can use a more streamlined approach to run experiments and access quantum circuits. The tools, IBM Quantum Composer and IBM ...

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Open source programming tool on the rise: Emacs LISPEvery so often, I come back to emacs and recognize just how wonderful it is, 20-odd years after it first took hold. Even today, it is easier to ...

If the open source model has a sweet spot, it’s in programming tools. Linus Torvalds’s fabled “world domination” on the desktops of clerks or CEOs may never arrive, but it’s already here on the ...

A hot potato: Generative AI is disrupting a lot of areas, especially the programming industry. For a while now, tech leaders have claimed that the technology can make anyone a coder, and that kids don ...