Tim Anderson
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 […]