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Coding improvements in new OpenAI GPT models

Tuesday, May 13, 2025 by Richard Harris

OpenAI recently launched three new models in the API: GPT‑4.1, GPT‑4.1 mini, and GPT‑4.1 nano. These models outperform GPT‑4o and GPT‑4o mini across the board, with major gains in coding and instruction following. They also have larger context windows—supporting up to 1 million tokens of context, and are able to better use that context with improved long-context c...

Gemini Pro preview - Even better coding performance

Tuesday, May 6, 2025 by Richard Harris

Developers had been doing amazing things with Gemini 2.5 Pro, so an updated version was released a couple of weeks early to get into developers’ hands sooner. Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview (I/O edition) was recently released. This update features even stronger coding capabilities, for developers to start building with before Google I/O later this month. Meaningful imp...

Vibe Coding: Revolution or risk

Monday, May 5, 2025 by Richard Harris

A new buzzword has entered the software development lexicon: "AI Vibe Coding." Popularized in early 2025 by AI researcher Andrej Karpathy, vibe coding refers to a coding approach where developers essentially "go with the flow" of AI code suggestions, providing only loose guidance or high-level vibes of what they want. In theory, you describe the feat...

Nutrient expands their cloud based services

Monday, April 28, 2025 by Brittany Hainzinger

Nutrient has announced a significant expansion of its cloud-based services, as well as a series of updates to its SDK products, aimed at enhancing the developer experience by allowing developers to build, scale, and innovate with less friction. These new tools are designed to help developers streamline day-to-day workflows, leverage more deployment options, and deliver ...

AutonomyAI to transform development with autonomous AI Agent

Wednesday, April 16, 2025 by Brittany Hainzinger

AutonomyAI has announced its launch from stealth with $4 million in pre-seed funding, with participation from Inbound Capital, Gilad Shany of IoN Partners and Vikram Makhiija, Senior Director at Google Cloud Security, among others. Research firm IDC predicts that by 2028, the market for AI-supporting technology investments will reach $749 billion, with 67% of the $22...

AI no-code web app launched by Hostinger

Thursday, March 20, 2025 by Richard Harris

Hostinger is globally launching its AI-powered no-code web app solution, Hostinger Horizons. This new product unlocks web app creation for businesses and individuals with great ideas but no coding skills to bring them to life. Unlike other AI-powered coding tools, Hostinger Horizons does not require third-party connections to publish and host web apps. With just a fe...

Brazil Games and ApexBrasil to participate in GDC 2025

Wednesday, March 12, 2025 by Richard Harris

The Brazil Games Export Program, a partnership between the Brazilian Game Companies Association (Abragames) and the Brazilian Trade and Investment Promotion Agency (ApexBrasil), is excited to announce its participation as an official exhibitor at the Game Developers Conference (GDC) 2025, taking place from March 19 to March 21 at the Moscone Center in San Francisco, Cal...

AI virtual escape room challenge

Friday, March 7, 2025 by Freeman Lightner

Pangea recently announced the general availability of AI Guard and Prompt Guard to secure AI, defending against threats like prompt injection and sensitive information disclosure. Alongside the company’s existing AI Access Control and AI Visibility products, Pangea now offers the industry’s most comprehensive suite of guardrails to secure AI applications.&nb...

Generative automation platform Pinkfish AI

Thursday, March 6, 2025 by Brittany Hainzinger

Pinkfish AI launched a platform that radically changes how enterprises create and manage automations. Now available for use by enterprises anywhere, the Pinkfish Generative Automation platform combines the intuitive interface of generative AI with enterprise-grade reliability to empower anyone, including those in operations, services, and other business units who have n...

Automated code refactoring platform Moderne

Thursday, March 6, 2025 by Russ Scritchfield

Moderne announced it has closed $30 million in Series B funding led by Acrew Capital with participation from Morgan Stanley, Amex Ventures, and TIAA Ventures, as well as all previous investors Allstate, Intel Capital, Mango Capital, and True Ventures. The funding is further validation that Moderne is emerging as the only company driving mass-scale code modernizatio...

AI coding security discussion with JFrog

Wednesday, February 19, 2025 by Richard Harris

Eyal Dyment, Vice President of Security Products at JFrog, shares his insights in this Q&A on the crucial considerations for developers and businesses when selecting an AI platform. With AI’s transformative role in coding and software development, Eyal addresses key security risks, the growing reliance on AI-powered technologies, and the steps developers can t...

Voice driven navigation solution from Mapbox and Cerence AI

Monday, January 20, 2025 by Richard Harris

Mapbox, the mapping and location services provider, and Cerence Inc. (“Cerence AI”), have announced a partnership in which the companies will integrate Mapbox navigation services and data with Cerence AI’s solutions, including its in-car assistant platform. Together, the companies will deliver a fully integrated, voice-powered navigation solution desig...

AI developer tools and build cycles in 2025

Wednesday, January 15, 2025 by Austin Harris

Devang Shah, Vice President and Practice Leader for Cloud Technologies at WinWire Technologies Inc., offers his insights into the transformative shifts expected in software development by 2025. In this article, he shares his predictions on emerging trends such as AI integration, DevOps evolution, and the rise of low-code platforms, highlighting the skills developers wil...

Top growth areas for developers in 2025

Monday, January 13, 2025 by Freeman Lightner

There are many ways artificial intelligence can assist developers today, from helping to streamline the development process by instantly detecting and fixing errors to summarizing code and generating documentation. A recent survey corroborated that 76% of developers are using or planning to use AI coding tools. Respondents cited several benefits for using AI such as inc...

AGI coding predictions for 2025

Tuesday, January 7, 2025 by Richard Harris

In 2024, there was much excitement about AI code assistance, and also a realization that it poses major risks. Suddenly non-experts could act like expert developers and ask AI to generate a Python script, for example. Without understanding the nuances they simply didn’t know what they didn't know. Often these users failed to ask the right questions, and the AI...

AI automation to simplify developers roles in 2025

Friday, January 3, 2025 by Richard Harris

As we look ahead to 2025, Sacha Labourey, co-founder of CloudBees, predicts that AI automation will revolutionize developer roles. Shifting from task automation to full workflow management, AI will simplify developers' workloads, streamline security and compliance tasks, and reduce inefficiencies caused by fragmented tools. Labourey emphasizes the importance of unif...

Software security in 2025 - Four encouraging trends

Thursday, December 26, 2024 by Freeman Lightner

The good news is that over the last few years software development organizations have embraced their role in ensuring the security of their applications in the face of ever-increasing threats to their organizations. The bad news is that they are struggling with how to protect code without overburdening developers, slowing down releases, and generally hindering innovatio...

App development predictions for 2025 from Kochava

Friday, December 20, 2024 by Richard Harris

As we approach 2025, app development is rapidly evolving. Technological advancements, changes in user expectations, and emerging global trends are redefining what it means to build, deploy, and use mobile and web applications. 2025 app development predictions from Amro Hassan at Kochava With groundbreaking advancements in artificial intelligence, connectivity, and...

Why your ChatGPT app will need a no-code rescue

Wednesday, December 18, 2024 by Josh Haas

Josh Haas explains how generative AI falls short in app development, leaving founders to face challenges like iteration, security, and usability. He highlights how pairing AI with no-code platforms enables faster, scalable, and secure app creation. Why your ChatGPT app will need a no-code rescue Every day, we see YouTube videos of people using AI to turn plain English...

AI software development shifts as AWS and poolside team up

Tuesday, December 17, 2024 by Austin Harris

Amazon Web Services and poolside have announced a multi-year agreement to make poolside's generative AI Assistant and foundation models (FMs) available in Amazon Bedrock. Amazon Bedrock is a fully-managed service that offers developers access to high-performing models from leading AI companies through a single API. As a result, enterprise customers will soon be...

Java development testing tool Diffblue Cover Developer Edition

Wednesday, December 11, 2024 by Richard Harris

Diffblue released a new edition of its flagship product, Diffblue Cover. Diffblue Cover: Developer Edition meets the unique needs of individual Java developers and small teams, offering an accessible solution for AI-driven, continuous unit testing to drive efficiency, consistency, and scalability. Diffblue Cover is widely adopted by medium-to-large enterprises &ndash...

Microsoft misconfigurations expose millions of records globally

Monday, November 18, 2024 by Freeman Lightner

In September 2024, significant data exposure was discovered within Microsoft Power Pages, a low-code SaaS platform, due to misconfigured access controls. The exposure, which potentially affected millions of individuals, highlights the risks associated with excessive permissions granted to the platform's "Anonymous" and "Authenticated" user roles....

Lottie animation creation using SVGator

Tuesday, November 12, 2024 by Richard Harris

The world of digital animation is constantly evolving, and SVGator is at the forefront of this transformation. With its recent updates, SVGator has made it easier than ever to create custom Lottie animations, offering a streamlined process that integrates seamlessly with existing design tools. This article explores how you can harness SVGator’s capabilities to cre...

AWS Elemental MediaLive differences between AWS MediaConvert

Sunday, November 3, 2024 by Brittany Hainzinger

In today's digital age, video streaming has become a pivotal component of global communication and business strategy. Companies worldwide are increasingly embracing video content to enhance their outreach and engagement. However, not all organizations find it straightforward to integrate video streaming into their operations. The challenges often stem from the need ...

Github Spark introduces a tool for creating web apps using plain English

Wednesday, October 30, 2024 by Freeman Lightner

GitHub has announced a groundbreaking tool, GitHub Spark, designed to empower developers by enabling the creation of web applications through plain English instructions. This innovation marks a significant stride in the evolution of coding, as it allows users to describe the desired functionality of an app in natural language, and the tool translates these descriptions ...

Swift Student Challenge 2025 announced by Apple

Tuesday, October 15, 2024 by Richard Harris

Apple is excited to introduce the Swift Student Challenge, a program dedicated to empowering the next generation of developers, creators, and entrepreneurs. This initiative has allowed thousands of student developers to exhibit their creativity and coding skills through app playgrounds while acquiring valuable real-world experience that can benefit their future careers....

Increasing cyber threats from artificial intelligence

Wednesday, October 9, 2024 by Freeman Lightner

The UK Cybersecurity M&A market has grown significantly over the past decade, with the deal volume trend line increasing, and the sector continuing to attract significant investment from Private Equity, alongside larger corporates consolidating emerging technologies to counter increasingly sophisticated threats. The UK National Cyber Security Centre has...

Frontend observability solution launched by Honeycomb

Wednesday, October 2, 2024 by Richard Harris

Honeycomb, the observability platform that enables engineering teams to solve problems they couldn’t before, today announced the general availability of Honeycomb for Frontend Observability. This new offering extends Honeycomb’s powerful debugging capabilities to the frontend, enabling engineering teams to gain deep insights into web application performance ...

OpenAI o1 preview

Wednesday, September 25, 2024 by Freeman Lightner

OpenAI recently announced the development of a new series of AI models designed to spend more time thinking before responding. These models can reason through complex tasks and solve harder problems than previous iterations in science, coding, and math. OpenAI o1 preview, has been released in ChatGPT and the API The first model in this series, named OpenAI o1-prev...

AI education expanding after CodePath lands 5M in funding

Monday, September 23, 2024 by Austin Harris

CodePath, the organization dedicated to reprogramming higher education to create the most diverse generation of engineers, CTOs, and founders, announced today Google would be contributing $5 million toward its efforts to provide AI-focused educational opportunities for an additional 25,000 college computer science students around the country. The new grant is part of Go...

Future of software development and AI explored in new survey

Tuesday, September 17, 2024 by Russ Scritchfield

As the reach of artificial intelligence (AI) expands, IT leaders are exploring new use cases for technology used throughout the software development lifecycle (SDLC), according to a new survey launched today titled "AI in software development: Exploring opportunities and uncertainties" by OutSystems, a global leader transforming how companies innovate thr...

AI regulations in software development

Tuesday, August 27, 2024 by Richard Harris

AI is rapidly changing the software development field, making clear regulations essential to prevent risks like data breaches and ensure ethical practices. These regulations are also key to reshaping developer roles while preserving the need for human expertise. AI regulations in software development The implementation of formal AI policies within companies is cri...

PayPal Developer Day registration opens

Thursday, August 15, 2024 by Austin Harris

PayPal is set to host its Developer Day for Fastlane on August 20-21, 2024, at its headquarters in San Jose, CA. This event will offer a comprehensive overview of integrating Fastlane with PayPal Complete Payments (PPCP) and Braintree. Attendees will benefit from technical sessions covering REST APIs, JavaScript SDKs, and GraphQL APIs, along with hands-on coding labs an...

Meta AI is multilingual now

Tuesday, July 30, 2024 by Freeman Lightner

Meta has announced that they are expanding access to Meta AI, the assistant in their apps and devices, and introducing new features to help users with answers, ideas, and inspiration. Meta AI is now available in 22 countries, with the latest additions being Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Mexico, Peru, and Cameroon. Users can also interact with Meta AI across Whats...

Apple Swift Student Challenge winners for 2024

Wednesday, July 24, 2024 by Austin Harris

Apple’s annual Swift Student Challenge recognizes the best in student coding, and this year, it has added a new category to its ranks. Out of 350 winning submissions, 50 students have been named Distinguished Winners for building app playgrounds that stand out for their innovation, creativity, social impact, or inclusivity. These 50 students have been invited to a...