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Microsoft open sources XAML Studio amid developer discontent with Visual Studio designers

Development Tim Anderson - January 7, 2026

In another twist to Visual Studio's long-running designer drought, the near-forgotten XAML Studio has been open sourced - though this is unlikely to satisfy...

Ruby 4.0 released – but its best new features are not production ready

Development Tim Anderson - January 6, 2026

Ruby 4.0 was released on 25 December, following a tradition of pushing out major versions on Christmas day, and marking its 30th anniversary. Key additions...

Dramatic drop in Stack Overflow questions as devs look elsewhere for help

AI/ML Tim Anderson - January 5, 2026

Stack Overflow, long the go-to resource for developers seeking coding help, saw its question volume plummet further in 2025. Only 3,862 questions were posted...

Docker Hardened Images now free, devs give cautious welcome

Containers Tim Anderson - December 18, 2025

Docker has made its catalog of hardened images - designed to run common runtimes on a secure and minimalist base - free for general...

GitHub to charge for self-hosted runners from March 2026

Development Tim Anderson - December 17, 2025

GitHub will charge $0.002 per minute for self-hosted runners (used for GitHub Actions) from March 1 2026 – a significant shift as these were...

Cursor AI editor gets visual designer – but bugs and ever-changing UI irk developers

AI/ML Tim Anderson - December 16, 2025

Anysphere's Cursor AI editor recently added a visual web designer, but the enhancement has drawn mixed reactions from developers who are voicing concerns about...

Rust boosted by permanent adoption for Linux kernel code

Development Tim Anderson - December 15, 2025

Use of the Rust programming language in the Linux kernel is no longer experimental, following a decision at the 2025 Kernel Maintainer Summit in...

VS Code update brings agent overload, TypeScript 7 preview, and the end of IntelliCode

AI/ML Tim Anderson - December 11, 2025

Microsoft has updated Visual Studio Code (VS Code), the most popular programmer’s editor, with Agent HQ alongside numerous agentic coding updates, a preview of...

Research: AI can help or hinder software development, and old-style best practices make the difference

AI/ML Tim Anderson - December 11, 2025

Generative AI can write lots of code but its overall impact on developer productivity is more nuanced. Research from Atlassian’s DX, Google, LaunchDarkly and...

JetBrains abandons Fleet IDE, pins hopes on forthcoming Air agentic development tool

AI/ML Tim Anderson - December 9, 2025

Developer tools company JetBrains is discontinuing its Fleet IDE, which was introduced in 2021 but never made it out of public preview. The company...

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