JetBrains goes live with Junie AI agent, updates AI assistant, adds free tier

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Developer tools maker JetBrains has declared its Junie AI coding agent production-ready, updated its older AI Assistant with support for new models, and introduced...

Encourage the AI coding skeptics, curb the enthusiasts, says software exec at dev talk

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One of those most pressing questions for developers right now is the future of coding. "The Anthropic CEO says that in three to six...

The paradox of vibe coding: It works best for those who do not need it

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The "new kind of coding" which leaves everything but prompts to AI was declared to "mostly work" last month by former director of AI...

Graphite debuts Diamond AI code reviewer, insists ‘AI will never replace human code review’

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Graphite has introduced Diamond, a code review agent based on its existing Graphite Reviewer, but also insists that "AI will never replace human code...

Eclipse Foundation previews AI-powered Theia IDE to counter ‘opaque single vendor ecosystems’

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The Eclipse Foundation has released an alpha version of its Theia IDE with AI features, along with an AI framework to enable others to...

Java productivity report shows rapid growth in developer use of AI

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A new Java productivity report shows rapid growth in developer use of AI tools, now at over 75 percent, though 12 percent of respondents...

Anthropic previews Claude Code: agentic coding, capable but costly

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Anthropic has released a "beta research preview" of Claude Code, an agentic coding tool which uses the Claude 3.7 Sonnet model to automate tasks...

Google previews free Gemini Code Assist tier – uses your code to improve AI models by default

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Google has introduced a free tier for its Gemini Code Assist service, as well as previewing AI code review for GitHub, though a privacy...

AI is eroding code quality states new in-depth report

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New research from GitClear, based on analysis of 211 million lines of code, suggest that AI coding assistants are eroding code quality by increasing...

Docker Bake is baked, and Desktop 4.38 previews AI agent

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Docker has made its new Bake feature generally available, and released Docker Desktop 4.38 including a preview of AI Agent, codenamed Gordon. Docker Bake simplifies...

VS Code update treats Copilot as “out-of-the-box” feature

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Microsoft has updated Visual Studio Code (VS Code) to version 1.97, in which the company said that GitHub Copilot is now treated as an...

Stack Exchange dabbles with AI answers – despite Stack Overflow banning them in 2022

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Stack Exchange is experimenting with AI-generated answers, despite a ban on using AI-generated content on Stack Overflow, the section of the site aimed at...

Podman adds OCI artifact support, and Podman Desktop 1.16 lands with experimental features

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The RedHat-sponsored Podman and Podman Desktop projects are evolving rapidly, with new and recent features including OCI (Open Container Initiative) artifact support in Podman,...

Perforce previews AI validation for Perfecto, edges toward “fully autonomous testing”

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Perforce has previewed AI-based testing in its Perfecto user interface (UI) testing platform. Testers use plain language prompts to define tests, and the company...

JetBrains debuts agentic AI coding with ‘Junie’, but reviews for existing AI Assistant are poor

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JetBrains has introduced a new AI coding agent called Junie, now in private preview for Mac and Linux only, a move towards agentic AI...

Coding help on StackOverflow dives as AI assistants rise

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StackOverflow, once the favoured destination of developers in search of coding help, is suffering from declining activity, with new questions tumbling 75 percent since...

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