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PostgreSQL now top developer choice ahead of MySQL, according to massive new survey

A survey of 90,000 developers shows that PostgreSQL is ahead of MySQL as the choice of database engine, […]

Stack Overflow strives to protect community content from AI firms, striking mods say “re-enable the data dumps”

Stack Exchange, whose collection of Q&A sites includes the developer-favorite Stack Overflow, has quietly ended a long-standing policy […]

Edge functions: good for performance and cost, hard to debug and integrate, states new survey

Around 1,000 developers have expressed their views on edge functions, a modern approach to web applications, showing enthusiasm […]

Microsoft improves C# support in Visual Studio Code but full commercial use requires paid license

Microsoft has introduced a pre-release of C# Dev Kit, an extension to Visual Studio Code that brings many […]

Focus on Swift at Apple developer conference with C++ interop, SwiftData object-relational mapping and more

Apple’s WWDC (Worldwide Developer Conference) is under way, where the company has put a strong emphasis on improvements […]

Stack Overflow volunteer moderators down tools over secret new policy that obstructs removal of AI-generated content

A number of Stack Overflow moderators have declared a “general moderation strike” to protest about being instructed not […]

TypeScript 5.1 released, 5.2 beta on way with resource management on the roadmap – more like C#?

Microsoft has released TypeScript 5.1, with improvements including less fuss over functions that return void or undefined, and […]

GitHub Activity View now shows all pushes in single view, elicits mixed reaction from devs

GitHub has made a new Activity View available to all, though still marked as beta, showing all activity […]

More Rust ructions as project team confesses failure of “leadership chat”

The Rust project has had remarkable success in driving language adoption but project governance has been more problematic. […]

What’s coming in C# 12? Devs debate whether it’s too much or not enough

Microsoft’s C# lead designer Mads Torgersen, along with principal software engineer Dustin Campbell, presented a look at what […]