Rust-based Zed editor preview adds direct SSH remoting, a key feature for potential VS Code switchers
The open source Zed editor, built with Rust, has added SSH remoting to its feature list, though both […]
GitHub Universe: Anthropic and Google models come to Copilot, Python ascendant, and a new take on citizen development
At GitHub’s Universe event, the Microsoft-owned org talked of AI and little else – Copilot is no longer […]
Flutter forked as Flock, developer cites ‘company-wide issues at Google’
Matt Carroll, a Flutter developer and consultant who was formerly on the Flutter team at Google, has forked […]
Microsoft engineer describes a flaw in Git that can hugely bloat repositories – fix is on the way
A flaw in the way Git calculates the difference between versions of the same file can bloat repositories […]
‘Special privileges’ for VS Code GitHub Copilot extension show Microsoft’s advantage over competitors, claim users
Updated: The GitHub Copilot add-on for Visual Studio Code appears to break the rules that others must follow […]
Should JavaScript be split into two languages? New Google-driven proposal divides opinion
A Google engineer presented a proposal to the official standardization committee that would split JavaScript into two languages, […]
Express.js team explain purpose of version 5.00, released after ten years to revive project ecosystem
The Express.js team has explained the thinking behind the recently completed version 5.0 of this popular framework for […]
AWS brings Finch container development to Linux, but it’s not so easy to get started
AWS has made Finch on Linux – a project to simplify container development on multiple platforms – generally […]
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), […]