Developers don’t belong on an assembly line

As we all learned in history class in high school, the Industrial Revolution gave birth to machine-driven manufacturing processes that greatly increased production, lowered the costs of manufactured goods, and raised everyone’s standard of living. It even changed how...

Is the React compiler ready for prime time?

React’s development team has been quietly working on a compiler to improve the default performance of applications that rely on React. The goal is a compiler that comprehends both JavaScript and React and outputs optimized versions of both; a major undertaking. Word...

JetBrains updates Kotlin roadmap

JetBrains has updated its Kotlin language roadmap, with key priorities that include more efficient data handling, increased abstraction, and enhanced performance. The company also promised faster code completion, highlighting, and search, along with more stable code...

GitHub Copilot expands AI model support

GitHub is bringing multi-model support to GitHub Copilot, its AI-powered coding assistant, enabling developers to select from multiple generative AI models including Google Gemini 1.5 Pro, OpenAI GPT-4o, OpenAI o1-preview, OpenAI o1-mini, and Anthropic Claude 3.5...

Tabnine previews AI code review agent

Tabnine, maker of the Tabnine AI coding assistant, has unveiled the Tabnine Code Review Agent, an AI-powered software validation agent that helps users to produce higher quality, more secure code.   Now available in a private preview for Tabnine enterprise customers,...