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Expanding AI by developers revealed in new survey

Monday, July 7, 2025 by Richard Harris

Expanding AI use has become the number one priority for technology leaders, with 73% identifying it as their primary focus in 2025, according to part two of the 2025 Reveal Software Development Challenges Survey of 250 technology leaders, released today by Infragistics. The data shows widespread momentum: 75% of organizations already leveraged AI for software creation i...

BLACK app empowers student collaboration

Wednesday, June 18, 2025 by Freeman Lightner

In a time when academic pressure and digital distractions are at their peak, students are increasingly in need of tools that simplify communication, streamline resource sharing, and foster collective learning. Rising to meet this challenge is BLACK, a student-built mobile application developed with one clear goal, to transform how students collaborate. The creator be...

Amazon Q Developer now available in GitHub preview

Friday, June 13, 2025 by Russ Scritchfield

Amazon Q Developer is now available in preview on GitHub, providing a powerful tool for developers who use GitHub for both professional and personal projects. This integration allows developers to leverage Amazon Q Developer for feature development, code reviews, and Java code migration directly within the GitHub interface. Amazon Q Developer now available in GitHub ...

Using Porkbun for your .app or .dev domain

Monday, June 2, 2025 by Richard Harris

When you’re a developer, your domain name isn’t just a URL, it’s part of your product and personal branding. Whether you’re launching a new app, showcasing your portfolio, or launching your latest side project, how you present your work online matters. And more than ever, developers are turning to .app and .dev domains to make that first impressi...

AI harms addressed by Anthropic

Wednesday, May 21, 2025 by Austin Harris

As AI capabilities rapidly advance, understanding and addressing the full spectrum of potential impacts becomes increasingly important. Today, we're sharing insights into our evolving approach to assessing and mitigating various harms that could result from our systems, ranging from catastrophic scenarios like biological threats to critical concerns like child safet...

CodeRabbit now available on Visual Studio Code

Tuesday, May 20, 2025 by Richard Harris

CodeRabbit is now available on the popular Visual Studio Code editor. The integration brings CodeRabbit’s AI code reviews directly into Cursor, Windsurf, and VS Code at the earliest stages of software development—inside the code editor itself - at no cost to the developers. This new support enhances CodeRabbit’s multi-layered review approach: contin...

Gen AI revolution accelerated by IBM

Monday, May 19, 2025 by Richard Harris

At the company's annual THINK event, IBM (NYSE: IBM) unveiled new hybrid technologies that break down the longstanding barriers to scaling enterprise AI – enabling businesses to build and deploy AI agents with their own enterprise data. IBM estimates that over one billion apps will emerge by 2028, putting pressure on businesses to scale across increasingly ...

MongoDB names Mike Berry CFO

Friday, May 16, 2025 by Richard Harris

MongoDB, Inc. has announced the appointment of Mike Berry as Chief Financial Officer, effective May 27, 2025. In his new role, Berry will oversee MongoDB's accounting, financial planning and analysis (FP&A), treasury, and investor relations functions. Additionally, he will collaborate with other senior executives to establish and execute the company's long-t...

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...

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...

Boost app quality with new Play Console Insights

Wednesday, April 23, 2025 by Austin Harris

At Google Play, the team partners with developers to help their app or game business reach its full potential, providing powerful tools and insights every step of the way. In Google Play Console, developers will find the features needed to test, publish, improve, and grow their apps. Google is excited to share several enhancements to give developers even more actionable...

Collaborative AI tools are reshaping software development

Thursday, April 10, 2025 by Richard Harris

Cory Hymel, Vice President of Innovation and Research at Crowdbotics, brings his extensive expertise in AI and software development to the forefront in this engaging Q&A. Hymel delves into the transformative impact of AI on the software development lifecycle, highlighting its influence on areas like code generation, requirements engineering, and context management. ...

AI development challenges addressed in new update from Mendix

Wednesday, March 19, 2025 by Richard Harris

Mendix recently announced the general availability of Mendix 10.18. The latest release includes new features, performance upgrades, and AI-driven enhancements designed to make software development easier and more accessible. By combining low-code with the power of AI, Mendix 10.18 provides organizations with: AI-powered assistance across the entire so...

Native apps in Snowflake

Wednesday, March 12, 2025 by Russ Scritchfield

Melissa is now available on Snowflake Marketplace. Offering Melissa APIs as Snowflake native apps, and a selection of its comprehensive datasets, Melissa is supporting enterprise users worldwide with enriched customer data for better business intelligence and global customer engagement. This integration simplifies access to Melissa’s high-quality data and ver...

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...

Cybersecurity in 2025

Tuesday, February 4, 2025 by Richard Harris

Timothy Hollebeek shares his insights on the key cybersecurity trends shaping 2025, focusing on the evolving landscape of digital trust and identity. As quantum computing and AI continue to advance, they bring both groundbreaking innovations and new cybersecurity risks. The introduction of Google’s Willow chip signals a new era of quantum technology, accelerating ...

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...

API Security Perspectives 2025 report from Kong Inc

Monday, December 30, 2024 by Richard Harris

Kong Inc. released findings from their API Security Perspectives 2025: AI-Enhanced Threats and API Security Report which highlights today’s API security landscape and how new developments in AI will impact it. Most notably, 25% of respondents have encountered AI-enhanced security threats related to APIs or LLMs, with 75% of respondents expressing serious concern a...

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...

Hill Climb Racing most downloaded racing game

Friday, December 20, 2024 by Austin Harris

Hill Climb Racing is a global phenomenon known for its cartoony style, simple gameplay, and smooth, fun physics. Since the original was launched in 2012, Fingersoft has constantly been developing the game, its sequel, and, subsequently, the franchise. Recently, Fingersoft announced an exclusive IP collaboration with Konami Digital Entertainment in the form of an in-game...

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...

Agentic AI app development streamlined with new Capella AI services

Monday, December 16, 2024 by Richard Harris

Couchbase, Inc. unveiled Capella AI Services to help enterprises address the growing data challenges of AI development and deployment and streamline how they build secure agentic AI applications at scale. The comprehensive AI Services, including model hosting, automated vectorization, unstructured data preprocessing and AI agent catalog services, allow organizations to ...

Real time security software development from Symbiotic Security

Friday, November 22, 2024 by Richard Harris

Symbiotic Security launched a real-time security for software development that combines detection and remediation with just-in-time training – incorporating security testing and training directly into the development process without breaking developers’ workflows. Backed with $3 million of seed funding from investors including Lerer Hippeau, Axeleo C...

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 ...

Developer Relations Foundation formed by Linux Foundation

Monday, October 28, 2024 by Richard Harris

The Linux Foundation, the nonprofit organization enabling mass innovation through open source, recently announced its intent to form the Developer Relations Foundation (DRF). The DRF is a new community-driven project under the Linux Foundation, with the mission to elevate the professional practice of developer relations (DevRel) and increase awareness of its role as a c...

Load testing engine from SmartBear added to its TestComplete tool

Wednesday, October 16, 2024 by Russ Scritchfield

SmartBear has integrated the load testing engine of LoadNinja into its award-winning automated testing tool, TestComplete. Testers can now re-use their functional tests and run them as a load test in a single workflow, optimizing efficiency and productivity, enhancing test coverage, and reducing costs – solving the pain of needing point solutions to run a complete...

Software developer incubator program from Pega expands globally

Tuesday, October 15, 2024 by Russ Scritchfield

Pegasystems Inc., the enterprise AI decisioning and workflow automation platform provider, recently announced an expansion of its Pega University Program to find and cultivate new Pega-certified professionals with promising employment opportunities upon program completion. Building off its initial success in India, the Pega University Program will provide clie...

React Native studio from Wavemaker accelerates app development

Monday, October 7, 2024 by Brittany Hainzinger

WaveMaker, the development system for accelerating modern software development, recently announced React Native studio that makes native mobile app building accessible to web developers familiar with JavaScript. WaveMaker announces React Native studio, accelerates iOS and Android app development React Native technology accelerates and simplifies developm...

Trustworthy AI capabilities released by Microsoft

Thursday, October 3, 2024 by Richard Harris

Microsoft's latest announcement emphasizes the importance of trust in unlocking the potential of AI for organizations and communities worldwide. The company is committed to developing trustworthy AI that is secure, safe, and private, ensuring customers and developers are protected at every level. New trustworthy AI capabilities: Unlocking human potential starts w...

Gemini in Snapchat My AI chatbot

Wednesday, October 2, 2024 by Russ Scritchfield

Google Cloud recently announced an expanded strategic partnership with Snap Inc. to power generative AI experiences within My AI, Snapchat’s AI-powered chatbot and one of the largest consumer chatbots available today. Snap Inc. partners with Google Cloud to power multi-modal generative AI experiences: Gemini in Snapchat My AI chatbot Snapchat will leverage t...

AI Audit tool launched by Cloudflare for content creators

Saturday, September 28, 2024 by Richard Harris

Cloudflare, Inc., the connectivity cloud company, announced the launch of AI Audit, a suite of tools designed to help websites of all sizes analyze and manage how their content is utilized by artificial intelligence (AI) models. This initiative enables website and content creators to quickly understand how AI model providers are using their content and to control whethe...

Copilot in Excel with Python announced by Microsoft

Wednesday, September 25, 2024 by Russ Scritchfield

The next wave of Microsoft 365 Copilot is being launched, uniting web, work, and Pages as a new design system for knowledge work. First, Copilot Pages is introduced as a dynamic, persistent canvas designed for multiplayer AI collaboration, marking the first new digital artifact for the AI age. Second, enhancements to Copilot in the Microsoft 365 apps are being rap...

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...