The AI coding assistant provider Tabnine today announced a new feature, Code Provenance and Attribution, to protect companies from unintentionally adding restrictively licensed code into their codebase when using generative AI to write code. The new feature checks AI-generated code against public GitHub repositories to find matches, and flags the license type of the original … continue reading
Emotional intelligence (EI) has become one of the most sought-after soft skills in the IT industry, especially at the management level. The ability to understand and manage emotions — both one’s own and those of others — is critical in many areas of IT, from support services and user experience (UX) to cross-functional leadership and … continue reading
As software development undergoes a seismic shift with GenAI at the forefront, testing, quality assurance, and observability are being transformed in unprecedented ways. These advancements are driving new levels of automation and efficiencies, while challenging traditional methodologies and long-held assumptions about speed, adaptability, and innovation. As GenAI automates routine tasks and enables smarter decision-making, it … continue reading
JetBrains has released its annual State of Developer Ecosystem report, highlighting the trends across software development. This year the report includes a new section called the Language Promise Index, which ranks languages by growth, stability, and adoption willingness. Across the board since 2017, JavaScript has topped the list, with 61% of users programming in that … continue reading
Google has announced the launch of the latest model in the Gemini family, as well as a new coding agent for developers called Jules. Gemini comes in two different model variants, with Flash balancing performance with speed and Pro optimizing for performance. The newest model, Gemini 2.0 Flash, is twice as fast as Gemini 1.5 … continue reading
EnterpriseDB (“EDB”), the leading Postgres data and AI company, today introduced significant enhancements to EDB Postgres® AI, empowering enterprises to deploy secure, flexible AI-driven applications in a sovereign, hybrid environment. EDB Postgres AI delivers a single pane of glass (SPoG), combining cloud agility with a hybrid-first intelligent platform tailored for transactional, analytical, and AI workloads—allowing organizations … continue reading
OpenSilver 3.1 has been released, bringing new features to the open source framework for building web apps using .NET. These include a drag-and-drop XAML designer for VS code, a more modern UI theme, expanded support for Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) features, and full compatibility with .NET 9. The new drag-and-drop XAML designer in VS Code … continue reading
The data information and analytics company LexisNexis today announced the launch of Nexis Data+, a new API that provides access to corporate, legal, financial, and compliance data, as well as generative AI-approved licensed news content. Developers and data analysts will be able to integrate that data into their existing tools, platforms, AI models, and workflows … continue reading
Change is necessary for growth in software engineering organizations, but adapting to change requires time, energy and resources that can detract from a focus on delivering value. While a certain degree of change is essential, excessive change can lead to change fatigue among developers. Change fatigue is a negative response to change and can include … continue reading
OpenAI has announced the release of its Usage API, which provides developers with insights into activity across the OpenAI API, allowing them to better track costs. Developers can monitor token usage by the minute, hour, or day, and filter usage by invoice line item, API key, project ID, user ID, model, and more. The Usage … continue reading
ScyllaDB, the database for predictable performance at scale, today announced ScyllaDB 2024.2, the first enterprise release featuring ScyllaDB’s new “tablets” replication architecture. This new architecture, part of a multiyear project to implement and extend the Raft consensus protocol, delivers unprecedented levels of elasticity and efficiency. It builds upon ScyllaDB’s signature shard-per-core architecture, which is known … continue reading
The number of security challenges companies are facing continue to grow, but organizations are beginning to display signs of “AppSec exhaustion,” or decreased engagement in security practices. This is according to Snyk’s new State of Open Source report, which found that dependency tracking and code ship frequency has remained largely unchanged since last year. There … continue reading
