AWS to remove 62,000-message Simple Email Service ‘always free’ tier from August 2023
AWS has told customers of its Simple Email Service that the existing indefinite free tier, which included 62,000 […]
Figma introduces Dev Mode, VS Code plugin, and more – much of it for paid plans only
Adobe acquisition target Figma introduced Dev Mode this week, described by CTO Kris Rasmussen as: “A view into […]
Chef inventor Adam Jacob introduces System Initiative, ‘Figma for infrastructure’
System Initiative, a US company co-founded in 2019 by Chef inventor Adam Jacob along with ex-Chef Chief of […]
C++ 26 is already taking shape, says Herb Sutter
Herb Sutter, chair of the ISO C++ standards committee and native languages architect at Microsoft, has posted about […]
Microsoft releases new preview of MAUI with ‘lots of bug fixes’ but quality concerns linger
Microsoft has released a preview 5 of the forthcoming .NET 8, including many bug fixes for its cross-platform […]
Amazon ‘Verified Permissions’ for custom apps now generally available, built on open-source Cedar project
Amazon has this week fully released its Verified Permissions service, designed to assist developers in adding fine-grained permission […]
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 […]