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Software developer burnout costs enterprises $1 trillion a year
By Emma Woollacott published
News A new report shows software developers are taking on more, with less confidence that they can achieve what's required
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Developers beware: These rogue Python packages hide a nasty surprise
By Steve Ranger published
News Malicious Python packages uploaded to PyPi hide malware, researchers have warned, and won’t fix your troublesome coding problems
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‘It’s time to question agile’s cult following’: Doubts cast on method’s future, with 65% of projects more likely to fail
By Emma Woollacott published
News Agile development methods just aren’t delivering, and it's time devs acknowledged its failings
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Mistral just launched its own competitor to GitHub Copilot
By Ross Kelly published
News The launch of Codestral marks Mistral AI’s first foray into the coding assistant market, pitting it against major platforms like GitHub Copilot and Code Llama
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Farewell VBScript: Microsoft confirms plans to begin phasing out the programming language
By George Fitzmaurice published
News VBScript, the lightweight programming language often used for task automation, will be phased out from mid-2024 onward
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'Context switching' is a major drain on developer productivity — here’s how GitHub plans to solve that
By George Fitzmaurice published
News The new GitHub platform promises to aid developers by streamlining activity across different environments
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Stack Overflow hailed its OpenAI partnership as a boon for developers — but now disgruntled users say they're being banned for deleting posts
By George Fitzmaurice published
News Stack Overflow users have pushed back against a new partnership with OpenAI by altering contributions
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Path traversal vulnerabilities have been ‘unforgivable’ for decades — developers still haven’t got the message
By Steve Ranger published
News 27 years of warnings over path traversal vulnerabilities are apparently still not enough for some people
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