How to hire software developers

Salaries are usually a business’s top expense, and a bad hire can cause all kinds of problems, financially and culturally. In some places, getting rid of someone who just isn’t working out can be a challenge. Add in laws, rules, and regulations surrounding human...

AI didn’t kill Stack Overflow

It would be easy to say that artificial intelligence killed off Stack Overflow, but it would be truer to say that AI delivered the final blow. What really happened is a parable of human community and experiments in self-governance gone bizarrely wrong. Stack Overflow...

Microsoft rolls out TypeScript Native Previews

Microsoft has announced the availability of TypeScript Native Previews, featuring early previews of a native TypeScript compiler and tool set based on the Go language. The port has achieved “a 10x speed-up on most projects,” the company said. Announced May 22, the...

Mistral unveils Mistral Agents API

Artificial intelligence startup Mistral AI Tuesday announced the Mistral Agents API, a complement to its Chat Completion API that “simplifies implementing agentic use cases,” the company said. The Agents API combines Mistral’s large language models (LLMs) with...