Will software engineering profession die in the age of AI? IBM stock bleeds as Claude Code writes COBOL scripts. What it means for techies

AI agents like Claude Code are reshaping software development by automating legacy modernisation and routine coding. A recent ...
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Microsoft brings C++ smarts to GitHub Copilot in Visual Studio Code

Updates to GitHub Copilot in VS Code provide the same C++ symbol context and CMake build configuration awareness as Microsoft’s C/C++ DevTools and CMake Tools extensions.
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Why is the C programming language called C? And what happened to D?

There's more to the story than the alphabet.
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Anthropic Study: AI Coding Assistance Reduces Developer Skill Mastery by 17%

Anthropic research shows developers using AI assistance scored 17% lower on comprehension tests when learning new coding ...
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Python’s popularity slip: Here’s what we know

Get the scoop on the most recent ranking from the Tiobe programming language index, learn a no-fuss way to distribute DIY tooling across Python projects, and take a peek at ComfyUI: interactive, ...