VS Code migration to ECMAScript modules 'massively improves startup performance' – but extensions left behind for now

Microsoft has released Visual Studio Code 1.94, the first stable version to be built with ECMAScript Modules (ESM), with large…

Google's Code Assist Enterprise can be trained on internal source code, is focused on Google services

Google has introduced Gemini Code Assist Enterprise, an AI coding assistant which can be trained on internal polices and source…

The SQLite team is preparing an efficient remote replication tool

SQLite, the ubiquitous database engine, is likely to be enhanced with a replication tool that will ensure a consistent snapshot…

Kubernetes 1.31 now a 'truly vendor-neutral platform' thanks to removal of built-in cloud provider code

The newly released Kubernetes 1.31 has completed the removal of in-tree cloud provider integrations in what team members described as…

Harness previews Cloud Development Environments, AI assistants, turns to Google for AI DevOps

DevOps company Harness has introduced new services including AI Assistants for DevOps, coding and QA; cloud development environments (CDEs) for…

Survey: Ruby on Rails devs happy to go their own way, now prefer Stimulus.js over React

A community survey of Ruby on Rails developers shows stimulus.js, a lightweight JavaScript framework from Rails company 37signals, is now…

GitHub adds Microsoft Azure-based EU data residency to Enterprise Cloud

GitHub has introduced a data residency feature for Enterprise Cloud, beginning with general availability in the EU from October 29,…

Deno version 2.0 is nearly done – but after over 4 years, the project's big bets have yet to pay off

Version 2.0 of Deno, a JavaScript and TypeScript runtime, is now feature complete and a release candidate is available, four…

Pulumi releases security management product, touts benefits of IaC using general-purpose programming languages

At the PulumiUP virtual event, Pulumi made its security management product, ESC (Environments, Secrets and Configuration) generally available, previewed the…