Tim Anderson
StackBlitz Bolt.new blurs boundaries between web development and skilled use of AI prompts
An open source development environment called Bolt.new, currently in beta, combines AI and Web Containers, running Node.js inside […]
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), […]
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 […]
Microsoft previews unified .NET API for AI, and delivers .NET 9 Release Candidate with go-live license
Microsoft has previewed an AI extension library which it hopes will form a unified API for AI programming […]
Ruby on Rails 8.0 first beta release: A big bet on SQLite in production
Ruby on Rails 8.00 beta 1 has been released, with a strong emphasis on using SQLite in production […]
OpenAI previews major update to ChatGPT visual interface for writing and coding
OpenAI has introduced an early beta of Canvas, a new interface for working with ChatGPT on writing and […]
Python 3.13 delayed by ‘drastic change’ removal of incremental garbage collector
The full release of CPython 3.13 has been delayed by a week in order to remove the incremental […]
Why Windows 11 24H2 is a big yawn for developers
The great Windows 11 24H2 roll-out started this week, the major annual feature update for Microsoft’s ubiquitous operating […]
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 […]
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 […]