JetBrains has announced that its code completion LLM, Mellum, is now available on Hugging Face as an open source model. According to the company, Mellum is a “focal model,” meaning that it was built purposely for a specific task, rather than trying to be good at everything. “It’s designed to do one thing really well: … continue reading
Software companies are constantly trying to add more and more AI features to their platforms, and AI companies are constantly releasing new models and features. It can be hard to keep up with it all, so we’ve written this roundup to share several notable updates around AI that software developers should know about. OpenAI reveals … continue reading
JetBrains has been adding several AI offerings to its portfolio over the past few years, including AI Assistant and its AI agent Junie. Now, the company is announcing that all of those AI tools will be available under a single subscription. As part of this announcement, the company said that it will offer a free … continue reading
Software companies are constantly trying to add more and more AI features to their platforms, and it can be hard to keep up with it all. We’ve written this roundup to share updates from 10 notable companies that have recently enhanced their products with AI. Google announces public beta for Gen AI Toolbox for Databases … continue reading
JetBrains has announced an update to its AI Assistant that enables it to use local models so that developers under strict data privacy and compliance rules can work with it. To enable this feature, users will need to enable LM Studio under “Third-party AI providers” in the AI Assistant settings. LM Studio provides an interface … continue reading
JetBrains has announced the launch of its new AI coding agent, Junie. Junie runs within JetBrains IDEs and can take on simple coding tasks or assist on more complex tasks with collaboration from the developer. “Thanks to the power of JetBrains IDEs, coupled with reliable LLMs, Junie already solves tasks that would otherwise require hours … 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
JetBrains has announced the 2024.3 releases of its AI Assistant and several of its IDEs. AI Assistant 2024.3 adds support for Gemini models, enabling users to now choose between models from Gemini or OpenAI, or use local models. The assistant also now offers advanced code completion, enhanced context management, and inline prompt generation. “We’re excited … continue reading
JetBrains has announced the 2024.2 updates for its IDEs, the highlights being that the new UI is now the default and several improvements were made to AI Assistant. “We are thrilled to announce the 2024.2 updates to our IDEs and significant enhancements to our AI Assistant,” said Vladislav Tankov, Head of JetBrains AI. “With the impressive … continue reading
JetBrains has announced the release of a self-hosted version of its code quality platform Qodana. Qodana is a static code analysis tool that integrates into JetBrains’ IDEs, allowing issues to be addressed directly within the IDE. “Since launching the cloud version of Qodana last summer, we kept receiving requests for a self-hosted version. Following successful … continue reading
JetBrains has just released Kotlin 2.0, which it says is a major update to the programming language. It was announced at KotlinConf 2024, happening May 22-24, which is an event full of talks about using Kotlin. “Today we are excited to release Kotlin 2.0 with a stable K2 compiler, which is multiplatform from the ground … continue reading
JetBrains has announced that its test automation IDE, Aqua, is now generally available. Aqua makes it easy for testers to create automated tests for UIs, APIs, and other areas of an application. Like other JetBrains IDEs, it offers code completion and code refactoring capabilities. According to JetBrains, Aqua supports every aspect of test automation, including … continue reading
