Is PHP declining? JetBrains says yes. And no
24,500 devs polled, two blog posts, one confusion
Devops21 Oct 2025 | 35
Devops
Trust the AI, says new coding manifesto by Kim and Yegge
DevOps guru and ex-Googler say vibes beat reading diffs but there are risks
AI + ML21 Oct 2025 | 48
Lloyds Banking Group claims Microsoft Copilot saves staff 46 minutes a day
That's 46 minutes in which more work can be done, not an extended lunch
AI + ML20 Oct 2025 | 128
Ruby Central tries to make peace after 'hostile takeover'
Taps Ruby core to oversee RubyGems, Bundler
Devops18 Oct 2025 | 23
Microsoft kills 9.9-rated ASP.NET Core bug – 'our highest ever' score
Flaw in Kestrel web server allowed request smuggling, impact depends on hosting setup and application code
Security16 Oct 2025 | 3
AI startup Augment scraps 'unsustainable' pricing, users say new model is 10x worse
Second huge increase in six months sees some devs heading for the exit
AI + ML15 Oct 2025 | 25
Bun 1.3 stuffs everything and kitchen sink into JS runtime
All-in-one toolkit or over-ambitious feature creep? You decide
Devops13 Oct 2025 | 5
Meta will move React to Linux Foundation to address vendor dominance fears
Independent technical governance will hope to unite fractured ecosystem
Devops09 Oct 2025 | 5
Python releases version 3.14 – with cautious free-threaded support
JIT compiler included but experimental and can slow performance
Devops08 Oct 2025 | 18
OpenAI tells developers ChatGPT is ready to be their gatekeeper
Integrate your apps via their Apps SDK and maybe they'll send you some business
AI + ML06 Oct 2025 | 6
Kicked from RubyGems, maintainers forge new home at Gem Cooperative
gem.coop server promises continuity after Ruby Central’s takeover of key repos
Devops06 Oct 2025 | 47
Red Hat fesses up to GitLab breach after attackers brag of data theft
Open source giant admits intruders broke into dedicated consulting instance, but insists core products untouched
Cybersecurity Month03 Oct 2025 | 5
JetBrains wants to train AI models on your code snippets
Dangles free product licenses in return for code-related data for its training
Software01 Oct 2025 | 11
Socket will block it with free malicious package firewall
"sfw" stands for Socket Firewall, but perhaps also "safe for work."
Devops30 Sep 2025 | 10
IBM killing mainframe coding kit for PCs this year
Linux-based System z emulator will go away on Dec. 31, replaced by cloud-based solution from ISVs
Devops30 Sep 2025 | 15
Open source to closed doors: RubyGems control fight erupts
Ruby Central is accused of ousting maintainers from core gems under pressure from Shopify
Devops25 Sep 2025 | 18
Google-sponsored DORA report reframes AI as central to software development
Most organizations use AI in dev, the question now is how to use it properly, claims report
Devops24 Sep 2025 | 18
AI coding hype overblown, Bain shrugs
Tried by two-thirds of firms, ignored by most devs, and productivity barely moved
Devops23 Sep 2025 | 63
GitHub moves to tighten npm security amid phishing, malware plague
Hundreds of compromised packages pulled as registry shifts to 2FA and trusted publishing
Security23 Sep 2025 | 7
RubyGems maintainer quits after Ruby Central takes control of project
Long-time contributor Ellen Dash steps down after GitHub access shake-up and governance dispute
Devops22 Sep 2025 | 28
Popular
Microsoft's ancient icon library still lurks deep within Windows 11
Pixels of the past 'created just for fun'
SpaceX is behind schedule, so NASA will open Artemis III contract to competition
Lunar landing reality distortion field slips for Musk's rocketeers
AWS outage turned smart homes into dumb boxes – and sysadmins into therapists
Amazon's hours-long cloud blackout transformed the future of sleep into a sauna and cat care into chaos
Mobian makes Debian's latest 'Trixie' release pocket-sized
Another phone Linux? The Reg attempts to disentangle the options
Atlassian drops $1B on company that helps measure dev productivity
Aussie CEO promises AI everywhere, and clearer views of what your devs are up to
Devops18 Sep 2025 | 19
Vibe coding platform Replit's latest update is infuriating customers with surprise cost overruns
It's worst when going over older code, one user tells us
Devops18 Sep 2025 | 34
Overmind bags $6M to predict deployment blast radius before the explosion
Exclusive Startup slots into CI/CD pipelines to warn engineers when a change could wreck production
Devops16 Sep 2025 | 10
Atlassian's move to cloud-only means customers face integration issues and more
First, server products go end of life, now datacenter gets the chop, and larger customers will pay more
Devops09 Sep 2025 | 50
Linus has had enough of links that point to 'stupid useless garbage'
'Stop this garbage already!'
OSes08 Sep 2025 | 44
Dev snared in crypto phishing net, 18 npm packages compromised
Popular npm packages debug, chalk, and others hijacked in massive supply chain attack
Security08 Sep 2025 | 8
Let us git rid of it, angry GitHub users say of forced Copilot features
Unavoidable AI has developers looking for alternative code hosting options
Devops05 Sep 2025 | 72
Microsoft inches toward Rusty Windows drivers, production use still a no-no
Crates, cargo-wdk, and kernel hooks show progress, but hurdles remain
Devops04 Sep 2025 | 26
Programmers: you have to watch your weight, too
opinion We are drowning in code, but at least some folks are swimming
Devops30 Aug 2025 | 105
GitHub engineer claims team was 'coerced' to put Grok into Copilot
Platform's staffer complains security review was 'rushed'
Devops29 Aug 2025 | 23
Google and Zed push protocol to pry AI agents out of VS Code's clutches
Because not every bot wants to live inside Microsoft's walled garden
AI + ML28 Aug 2025 | 3
Bun JS toolkit adds MySQL driver, secrets API, YAML, and more
Feature bloat, or added value for this JavaScript toolkit?
Devops27 Aug 2025 |
Nx NPM packages poisoned in AI-assisted supply chain attack
Stolen dev credentials posted to GitHub as attackers abuse CLI tools for recon
Devops27 Aug 2025 | 2
Docker Desktop bug let containers hop the fence with barely a nudge
Isolation? We've heard of it
Devops26 Aug 2025 | 5
Tinker with LLMs in the privacy of your own home using Llama.cpp
Hands on Everything you need to know to build, run, serve, optimize and quantize models on your PC
AI + ML24 Aug 2025 | 7
Python survey shows growth even as Foundation funding falters
But 3.13 adoption lags as most devs stick with earlier releases
Devops19 Aug 2025 | 18
AWS pricing for Kiro dev tool dubbed 'a wallet-wrecking tragedy'
Updated Amazon giant blames pricing bug after updated plans way more expensive than initially suggested
AI + ML18 Aug 2025 | 29
Codeberg beset by AI bots that now bypass Anubis tarpit
Nowhere to hide
Devops15 Aug 2025 | 27
GitHub head ankles as Microsoft takes biz by the hand
Code hosting biz takes a back seat within Microsoft's CoreAI division
Devops11 Aug 2025 | 17
GitHub CEO: Future devs will not code, they will manage AI
Meanwhile, users complain the code shack is getting slower thanks to React
Devops07 Aug 2025 | 59
NIST discovers DevSecOps, thinks world should really check this out
What's next - gonna tell us it's time to migrate to Windows 8?
Devops31 Jul 2025 | 2
AWS Lambda loves charging for idle time: Vercel claims it found a way to dodge the bill
Startup’s workaround reuses stuck compute slots to rein in runaway function costs
Devops31 Jul 2025 | 12
Not pretty, not Windows-only: npm phishing attack laces popular packages with malware
The "is" package was infected with cross-platform malware after a scam targeting maintainers
Security24 Jul 2025 | 10
GitHub command palette wins stay of execution after dev pushback
Fans say low usage no surprise when obscure but beloved feature disabled by default
Devops22 Jul 2025 | 3
AWS slaps usage caps on Kiro as AI editor preview proves too popular for its own good
'Actually not terrible' says industry watcher Corey Quinn – but pricing plans have disappeared
AI + ML21 Jul 2025 | 2
Vibe coding service Replit deleted user’s production database, faked data, told fibs galore
AI ignored instruction to freeze code, forgot it could roll back errors, and generally made a terrible hash of things
AI + ML21 Jul 2025 | 144
Nearly 3 out of 4 Oracle Java users say they've been audited in the past 3 years
Big Red’s changes to Java licensing also inspire exodus to open source
Devops15 Jul 2025 | 45
Uncle Sam wants you – to use memory-safe programming languages
'Memory vulnerabilities pose serious risks to national security and critical infrastructure,' say CISA and NSA
Devops27 Jun 2025 | 46
CloudBees CEO says customers are slowing down on 'black box' code from AIs
interview Learning from the lessons of the past
Devops25 Jun 2025 | 11
New GitHub Copilot limits push AI users to pricier tiers
Welcome to bill shock, AI style
Devops20 Jun 2025 | 39
Cisco returns to load balancing market as it chases VMware refugees
Cisco Live Uses eBPF, which both Google and Meta have proven out at scale
Devops11 Jun 2025 | 2
HashiCorp speaks up about adjusting to life under IBM
Freshly acquired cloud darling talks mainframes, Ansible, and influencing Big Blue at HashiDays event
Devops05 Jun 2025 | 7
Anthropic Claude 4 models a little more willing than before to blackmail some users
Open the pod bay door
AI + ML22 May 2025 | 21
AI can't replace devs until it understands office politics
Column Being human and working on a team is the job, not writing code
AI + ML21 May 2025 | 74
Google crowns Jules to be its agent and spreads the AI love
Google I/O Choc Fac brings gen mods to Android, Chrome, pretty much everywhere else
AI + ML21 May 2025 | 6
Devs sound alarm after Microsoft subtracts C/C++ extension from VS Code forks
Cursor, Codium makers lose access as add-on goes exclusive
Devops24 Apr 2025 | 69
Cursor AI's own support bot hallucinated its usage policy
Making up subscription limits as it goes? Super encouraging from a code assistant. Anyways, back to
int main(enter the void)...
AI Software Development Week18 Apr 2025 | 24
LLMs can't stop making up software dependencies and sabotaging everything
Hallucinated package names fuel 'slopsquatting'
AI Software Development Week12 Apr 2025 | 98
Apps-from-prompts Firebase Studio is a great example – of why AI can't replace devs
Cloud Next Big G reckons this agentic IDE speeds up or simplifies coding. Developers who've used it aren't so sure
AI + ML11 Apr 2025 | 18
Did someone say AI agents, Google asks, bursting in
Cloud Next Customers aren't sure, economy isn't great, tech looks cute, though
AI + ML10 Apr 2025 | 5
DOGE dilettantes 'didn't test' Social Security fraud detection tool at appropriate scale
Feds claim creaky COBOL, user spike is real reason key portal now flaky
Public Sector09 Apr 2025 | 67
That massive GitHub supply chain attack? It all started with a stolen SpotBugs token
But this mystery isn't over yet, Unit 42 opines
Devops07 Apr 2025 | 7
Public-facing Kubernetes clusters at risk of takeover thanks to Ingress-Nginx flaw
How many K8s systems are sat on the internet front porch like that ... Oh, thousands, apparently
Patches25 Mar 2025 | 1
Show top LLMs some code and they'll merrily add in the bugs they saw in training
One more time, with feeling ... Garbage in, garbage out
AI + ML19 Mar 2025 | 33
IBM likes Hashicorp, finally puts a $6.4B ring on it
Monopoly watchdogs forever hold their peace, unlike developers still unhappy about Terraform license switch
Devops28 Feb 2025 | 9
Does terrible code drive you mad? Wait until you see what it does to OpenAI's GPT-4o
Updated Model was fine-tuned to write vulnerable software – then suggested enslaving humanity
AI + ML27 Feb 2025 | 127
Hurrah! AI won't destroy developer or DBA jobs
Uncle Sam's number-crunchers warn lawyers, customer service reps to brace for change, say techies will be fine
Databases25 Feb 2025 | 11
If you thought training AI models was hard, try building enterprise apps with them
Interview Aleph Alpha's Jonas Andrulis on the challenges of building sovereign AI
AI + ML23 Feb 2025 | 4
Docker delays Hub pull limits by a month, tweaks maximums, stalls storage billing indefinitely
Image fetches to be capped on hourly basis for Personal, unauthenticated use, paid-for plans get unlimited access
Devops22 Feb 2025 | 10
GitLab and its execs sued again and again over 'misleading' AI hype, price hikes
Bosses bragged about Duo Chat bot, buyers weren’t buying it – claim
AI + ML20 Feb 2025 | 7
Even Linus Torvalds can have trouble with autocycle … autocracy… AUTOCOMPLETE!
Penguin Emperor's weekly State Of The Kernel post went astray
OSes18 Feb 2025 | 38
IBM banks on friendlier US regulatory climate for dealmaking
Reckons completion of Hashicorp buy is around the corner, plans to use some of $7B free cash for more M&A
Devops31 Jan 2025 | 5
North Koreans clone open source projects to plant backdoors, steal credentials
Stealing crypto is so 2024. Supply-chain attacks leading to data exfil pays off better?
Devops29 Jan 2025 | 2
Don't want your Kubernetes Windows nodes hijacked? Patch this hole now
SYSTEM-level command injection via API parameter *chef's kiss*
Patches24 Jan 2025 | 4
Tool touted as 'first AI software engineer' is bad at its job, testers claim
Nailed just 15% of assigned tasks
AI + ML23 Jan 2025 | 76
Atlassian's Bitbucket Cloud went down 'hard' today
Same, Big A, same
SaaS21 Jan 2025 | 11
Just as your LLM once again goes off the rails, Cisco, Nvidia are at the door smiling
Some of you have apparently already botched chatbots or allowed ‘shadow AI’ to creep in
Nvidia GTC17 Jan 2025 | 11
In AI agent push, Microsoft re-orgs to create 'CoreAI – Platform and Tools' team
Nad lad says 30 years of change happening in 3 years ... we're certainly feeling the compression of time
AI + ML13 Jan 2025 | 10
Hands-on jobs to grow fastest, because AI can't touch them
World Economic Forum finds huge demand for brainbox skills, news for how it changes your role
AI + ML10 Jan 2025 | 60
Brackets go there? Oops. That’s not where I used them and now things are broken
Who, Me? Weird syntax AND/OR a junior techie can be very bad for business
Devops06 Jan 2025 | 82
Edgio bankruptcy results in endpoint change for Microsoft
That strange time between Christmas and New Year – perfect for changing production projects
Devops02 Jan 2025 | 13
Open source maintainers are drowning in junk bug reports written by AI
Python security developer-in-residence decries use of bots that 'cannot understand code'
Devops10 Dec 2024 | 91
Solana blockchain's popular web3.js npm package backdoored to steal keys, funds
Damage likely limited to those running bots with private PKI access
Cyber-crime05 Dec 2024 | 7
AWS says AI could disrupt everything – and hopes it will do just that to Windows
re:Invent Cloud colossus reckons it can clarify hallucinations, get your apps off Microsoft's OS at pleasing speed
AI + ML04 Dec 2024 | 36
We'll answer any questions DoJ has, HPE CEO tells us as Feds probe $14B Juniper buy
Takeover still expected to close late 2024 or early next year
Networks20 Nov 2024 | 11
HashiCorp unveils 'Terraform 2.0' while tiptoeing around Big Blue elephant in the room
HashiConf shindig oddly reluctant to mention impending IBM acquisition
Devops18 Oct 2024 | 15
Google's memory safety plan includes rehab for unsafe languages
Large C and C++ codebases will be around for the 'foreseeable future'
Security16 Oct 2024 | 30
You have issues with 'Issues' always being called 'Issues' in Jira, so Atlassian now allows them to be called ‘Tasks’
Developers get auto-coding ideas drawn from bug reports, and more AI besides
Devops10 Oct 2024 | 22
Deno 2.0 looks to backward compatibility to move forward
Modern runtime for JavaScript and TypeScript plays nicer with Node.js
Devops09 Oct 2024 | 4
Rackspace internal monitoring web servers hit by zero-day
Exclusive Intruders accessed machines via tool bundled with ScienceLogic, 'limited' info taken, customers told not to worry
Security30 Sep 2024 | 9
As IBM pushes for more automation, its AI simply not up to the job of replacing staff
So say our sources, who warn job cuts, outsourcing risk depriving biz of seasoned technical talent
Off-Prem24 Sep 2024 | 53
While HashiCorp plays license roulette, Virter rolls out to rescue FOSS VM testing
Open Source Summit Europe BSL shenanigans continue to make waves
Devops20 Sep 2024 | 7
Deadline looms: Google Workspace mandates OAuth by September 30
27 days to get your users' third-party apps on Google’s sign-in
Devops03 Sep 2024 | 8
Alibaba Cloud boosts failure prediction with logfile timestamps
Machine learning helps, but more data catches more faults - so Chinese champ has shared its data
Devops03 Sep 2024 | 2
You probably want to patch this critical GitHub Enterprise Server bug now
Unless you're cool with an unauthorized criminal enjoying admin privileges to comb through your code
Patches21 Aug 2024 |
Core Python developer suspended for three months
Code of Conduct violations include allegations that posts created 'atmosphere of FUD'
Devops09 Aug 2024 | 236
It's 2024 and we're just getting round to stopping browsers insecurely accessing 0.0.0.0
Can't reach someone's private server on localhost from outside? No problem
Research09 Aug 2024 | 39
Study backer: Catastrophic takes on Agile overemphasize new features
Interview Users just want stuff that works. How hard can it be?
Devops07 Aug 2024 | 92
OpenTofu hits version 1.8 with more crowd-pleasing features
Open source TerraForm rival introduces a new file extension so users can 'keep older code around for compatibility'
Devops31 Jul 2024 | 5
DigiCert gives unlucky folks 24 hours to replace doomed certificates after code blunder
For the want of an underscore
CSO31 Jul 2024 | 27
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