AI tools promise that anyone can build apps, so I put that claim to the test. After a few minor bumps, I built a custom ...

Maintainers and developers are now using AI to help build Linux. Simultaneously, Rust has graduated to being a co-equal language with C for mainstream Linux development. However, the programming world ...

You might be staring at your budget, wondering how you’re supposed to cover rent, debt, and everything else on $20–$25 an ...

Small hands-on Python projects help young learners understand loops, variables, and logic naturally through play. Instant on-screen results maintain motivation and make coding feel rewarding rather ...

Five months after Databricks Inc. acquired one of its main rivals for $1 billion, Supabase has raised $100 million in late-stage funding to build a database tool dubbed Multigres. Announced today, the ...

The big picture: The Windows ecosystem has offered an unparalleled level of backward compatibility for decades. However, Microsoft is now working to remove as many legacy technologies as possible in ...

We'd venture that most folks under 40 or so aren't aware that Bill Gates and Paul Allen, former head honchos of Microsoft, actually started their empire as hardcore programmers, and darn good ones at ...

Microsoft open-sourced the MS-BASIC language. Bill Gates would never have seen this coming back in the day. MS-BASIC 1.1 was many developers' first language. In 1976, they rebranded Altair BASIC to ...

On Wednesday, Microsoft released the complete source code for Microsoft BASIC for 6502 Version 1.1, the 1978 interpreter that powered the Commodore PET, VIC-20, Commodore 64, and Apple II through ...

Tech leaders have been adamant that artificial intelligence will forever change industries, jobs, and skills. That remains to be seen in most industries, but in the world of software engineering, AI ...

Every so often, someone creates or changes a programming language. In the process, these language creators make a number of design choices. They may wonder whether to check certain conditions at ...