Tag: developer
Meta based its Threads on Instagram to ship it quickly – and now has to unpick it
QCon London: Meta software engineer Zahan Malkani, speaking at QCon London, said that Threads was shipped in just […]
Stack Overflow turns to Google for hosting and AI features, trusts in Gemini for tech answers
Developer question and answer site Stack Overflow has signed a deal with Google Cloud, through which Stack Overflow […]
Docker introduces Build Cloud for accelerated local development
Docker has introduced Build Cloud, a remote build service that runs in the background to speed up local […]
Unity disunity: Community up in arms after announcement of runtime fee from January 2024
Game engine company Unity has announced a new runtime fee, applicable from 1st January 2024, based on game installs, […]
Python top programming language in new survey – what happened to JavaScript?
A new programming language survey from IEEE Spectrum places Python as the top language, followed by Java, C++ […]
Smaller, faster, less legacy: Four years after last major release, Svelte 4 arrives
The Svelte team, led by Rich Harris, has released Svelte 4, with many refinements including a 75 percent […]
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, […]
TypeScript is ‘not worth it’ for developing libraries, says Svelte author, as team switches to JavaScript and JSDoc
Svelte creator Rich Harris has made the case for switching from TypeScript to JavaScript and JSDoc, countering a […]
Updates for Git and Git for Windows after severe bug rash
A brace of Git vulnerabilities revealed this week prompted a patch release of the code management tool, and […]
Open source devs finally get a taste of full strength SLSA
The Open Source Security Foundation (OpenSSF) has delivered a full digit version of one of its key software […]