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The World Depends on 60-Year-Old Code No One Knows
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The World Depends on 60-Year-Old Code No One Knows

COBOL is one of the top mainframe programming languages in use, but most schools and universities have not taught COBOL  in decades.

Could AI-Assisted Coding Make Your Job More Complicated?
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Could AI-Assisted Coding Make Your Job More Complicated?

Developers recognize generative AI as a powerful productivity tool, but it could also make their jobs more complicated by adding to code sprawl and technical debt...

Code Is Run More Than Read
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Code Is Run More Than Read

The person writing a piece of code shouldn't buy convenience at the expense of the people who will have to read it and modify it in the future.

'Make It Real' AI Prototype Wows Devs by Turning Drawings Into Working Software
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'Make It Real' AI Prototype Wows Devs by Turning Drawings Into Working Software

A collaborative whiteboard app maker called "tldraw" made waves online this week by releasing a prototype of a feature called "Make it Real" that lets users draw...

Ten Hard Truths About Software Engineering Jobs
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Ten Hard Truths About Software Engineering Jobs

Some students with new degrees who are pursuing their first software engineering job have a pretty wrong perception of the job. Here are ten hard-to-swallow truths...

The Impact of ChatGPT on Programming Education
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The Impact of ChatGPT on Programming Education

Over 10,000 surveyed coders describe how ChatGPT is rewriting their learning narratives, reshaping career paths, and influencing their visions of an AI-forward...

The Impact of AI on Software Development? Still Unclear
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The Impact of AI on Software Development? Still Unclear

There's no evidence that AI tools boost software development productivity, perhaps because the tools are still in the early stage of adoption, according to Google's...

Crunchtime for Coders
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Crunchtime for Coders

Fueled by Red Bull and pizza, nearly 300 students from across the U.S. gathered for HopHacks, a sleepless 36-hour weekend coding marathon at Johns Hopkins University...

Computer Science Is No Longer the Safe Major
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Computer Science Is No Longer the Safe Major

Software engineers, more than any other American workers, believe that generative AI will have a major impact on their jobs over the next 20 years.

Group Wants to Create An Open Standard for Accelerator Programming
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Group Wants to Create An Open Standard for Accelerator Programming

The Linux Foundation has announced the formation of the Unified Acceleration (UXL) Foundation, a group of companies whose goal is to deliver "an open standard accelerator...

What Silicon Valley 'Gets' About Software Engineers That Traditional Companies Do Not
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What Silicon Valley 'Gets' About Software Engineers That Traditional Companies Do Not

Silicon Valley-like companies consistently "get" a few things about software engineers that result in faster innovation and better professional growth for engineers...

How I Became An $800K Meta Staff Engineer
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How I Became An $800K Meta Staff Engineer

Software engineer Rahul Pandey describes how his total compensation with Meta more than doubled to $823K over four-and-a-half years after joining Facebook in 2017...

Seven Simple Habits of The Top 1% of Engineers
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Seven Simple Habits of The Top 1% of Engineers

Phenomenal engineers all have some overlapping habits in the code they produce.

How to Pass A Coding Interview With Me
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How to Pass A Coding Interview With Me

Here's a cheat sheet containing 22 tips about how to pass a programming challenge interview. The tips can't replace skill and practice, but they will help you calm...

Chinese Students Risk Losing Degrees If Caught Using AI to Write Papers
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Chinese Students Risk Losing Degrees If Caught Using AI to Write Papers

Students in China who use artificial intelligence to write papers could lose their degrees under a draft law being considered by the country's top legislative body...

More Developers Are Using Rust
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More Developers Are Using Rust

2022 State of Rust Survey finds that Rust language usage continues to grow, while language difficulty and complexity are top concerns.

Office Jobs Are Now More at Risk Due to AI
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Office Jobs Are Now More at Risk Due to AI

The jobs most exposed to large language models are now office jobs performed by highly paid, college-educated workers, a variety of research has found.

IT Pros Embrace Low-Code and No-Code Tools Meant for Beginners
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IT Pros Embrace Low-Code and No-Code Tools Meant for Beginners

Low-code and no-code software development tools and platforms are helping to offload IT department workloads. It appears that the most enthusiastic users may be...

Hackers Rig Casino Card-Shuffling Machines for 'Full Control' Cheating
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Hackers Rig Casino Card-Shuffling Machines for 'Full Control' Cheating

Security researchers at IOActive accessed an internal camera inside the Deckmate 2 card shuffler used in casinos to learn the exact deck order and the hand of every...

Ranking the Best Computer Scientists
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Ranking the Best Computer Scientists

The 9th edition of Research.com ranking of the best scientists in the field of Computer Science is based on data consolidated from various data sources including...
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