How much will openness matter to AI?

Sometimes in tech we misunderstand our history. For example, because Linux eventually commoditized the Unix wars, and because Apache and Kubernetes became the standard plumbing of the web, we assume that “openness” is an inevitable force of nature. The narrative is...

How to succeed as an independent software developer

Success as an independent software developer requires a lot of preparation and hard work, as well as some luck. But as baseball executive Branch Rickey once said, luck is the residue of design. Income for freelance developers varies depending on factors such as...

Cloud fragility is costing us billions

It was supposed to be a routine Tuesday. Employees trickled into the office of a mid-sized logistics company; some grabbed coffee, others settled at their desks. As they tried to access their shipment-tracking dashboards, schedule pickups, or even log in to the HR...

Python vs. Kotlin: Which loops do you like better?

Prepare to be surprised when we compare Python and Kotlin for simple programs, loops, imports, exceptions, and more. You can also get a super early preview of Python’s next-generation (Python 3.15) sampling profiler, get up close with AWS’s new AI-powered Zed editor,...