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2025. August 04.

TypeScript 5.9

One of the most important innovations in TypeScript 5.9 is support for deferred module evaluation via the import defer syntax, which implements a proposed future ECMAScript standard.

2025. July 23.

After so many "I hate CSS" articles, how is it that CSS is still so successful?

If you've ever googled "why do developers hate CSS", you know there's a flood of complaints waiting to be found online. Thousands of forum posts, tweets, memes, and long blog entries lament CSS’s "incomprehensible behavior," its "not-really-programming" nature, or the idea that it's "just for designers." It almost feels like one of the unspoken rules of developer culture is that CSS is a necessary evil—something you use only when you absolutely have to, and preferably as quickly as possible. But if so many people hate it this much—why hasn't it disappeared? In fact, why do we see more and more non-web UI platforms adopting CSS-like semantics?

2025. July 19.

According to Replit's CEO, AI Will Make Programming More Human

The rise of artificial intelligence is transforming countless industries, and software development is no exception. While many fear that AI will take over jobs and bring about a dystopian future, Amjad Masad, CEO of Replit, sees it differently. He believes AI will make work more human, interactive, and versatile. He elaborated on this vision in an interview on Y Combinator’s YouTube channel, which serves as the primary source for this article.

2025. June 24.

A new era in software development

Over the past few decades, software development has fundamentally shaped our digital world, but the latest technological breakthroughs are ushering in a new era in which computer programming is undergoing a radical transformation. According to Andrej Karpathy, former director of artificial intelligence at Tesla, software development has accelerated dramatically in recent years after decades of slow change, fundamentally rewriting our understanding of programming.

2025. June 10.

Google Cloud Run Adds GPU Support for AI and Batch Workloads

Google Cloud has officially launched general availability of NVIDIA GPU support for Cloud Run, marking a major step forward in its serverless platform. This update aims to give developers a cost-effective, scalable solution for GPU-powered tasks, especially those involving AI inference and batch processing. It addresses the rising need for accessible, production-ready GPU resources in the cloud—while preserving the key features that have made Cloud Run popular with developers.

2025. May 15.

Gemini Advanced Strengthens GitHub Integration

There is no shortage of innovation in the world of AI-based development tools. Google has now announced direct GitHub integration for its premium AI assistant, Gemini Advanced. This move is not only a response to similar developments by its competitor OpenAI, but also a significant step forward in improving developer workflows.

2025. May 05.

Apple Plans Its Own “Vibe-Coding” Platform in Partnership with Anthropic

Apple has encountered several challenges in developing its own AI solutions recently, so it’s perhaps unsurprising that the company is turning to external expertise. According to the latest reports, Apple has decided to join forces with Anthropic to create a revolutionary “vibe-coding” software platform that uses generative AI to write, edit, and test programmers’ code.

2025. May 02.

JetBrains Mellum Is Now Open Source

As of April 30, 2025, JetBrains has taken a major step forward in AI by open-sourcing Mellum, its custom language model for code completion. Previously available only in JetBrains’ commercial products, this 4-billion-parameter model is now freely accessible on Hugging Face, opening new doors for researchers, educators, and development teams.

2025. April 30.

Trends in the Use of LLMs in Development Based on Anthropic's Survey

Anthropic is a leading company in artificial intelligence research and development, best known for its large language model, Claude. The Claude.ai and Claude Code product lines have become especially popular among software developers in recent years due to their strong code generation abilities and excellent performance in automation.

2025. April 28.

Shortage of Artificial Intelligence Specialists in India Could Soon Affect Other Countries

India has long been a major player in global IT services, so it is natural that it has also become a leader in artificial intelligence (AI) research in recent years. According to experts, the majority of companies (around 80% according to Deloitte) are already working on autonomous, "agent-based" AI systems. These new technologies are creating challenges that could soon spread across the world. Demand for specialists with the right skills is growing sharply, while the current supply is not enough to meet the expected needs.

2025. April 16.

Google Introduces the Agent2Agent (A2A) Open Source Protocol

In a recent speech, Jensen Huang (CEO of NVIDIA) divided the evolution of artificial intelligence into several phases and called the current phase the era of Agentic AI. Although he mainly focused on the next phase of the physical AI era, we should not forget that the Agentic AI era also started only this year, so its fully developed form has not yet been seen. The recent announcement by Google of the open source Agent2Agent protocol gives us a hint of what this more advanced form might look like. The protocol is designed to bridge the gap between AI agents created on different platforms, frameworks, and by various vendors, enabling smooth communication and collaboration.

2025. April 08.

Jakarta EE Web Profile 11 Has Been Released

A bit later than originally planned, version 11 of the Jakarta EE Web Profile—maintained by the Eclipse Foundation—has officially arrived, bringing major improvements over previous releases.

2025. April 03.

New Standard Lock File Format for Python Package Management

With the adoption of PEP 751, the Python development community has introduced the pylock.toml format, a uniform and secure solution for managing dependencies. This change addresses a long-standing issue: there was no official standard to ensure that package versions and dependencies were handled consistently across different environments.

2025. March 31.

Babylon.js 8.0 Has Arrived

After a year of intense development, Microsoft has finally unveiled Babylon.js version 8.0. This new release brings several advanced features that enable faster, more visually appealing, and interactive web experiences. IBL shadows create more realistic environment lighting, while area lights allow for simple yet effective 2D lighting effects. In addition, the Node Render Graph—introduced in its alpha stage—gives developers full control over the rendering process, and the new Lightweight Viewer and WGSL Core Engine shaders help reduce development time and boost performance.

2025. March 14.

Ten Times Faster After Rewriting the TypeScript Engine in Go

The TypeScript team has tried several times to rewrite the original JavaScript engine in a different programming language, but so far these attempts have not produced the desired results. Recently, however, they announced a breakthrough by rewriting it in Go.

2025. March 09.

App-Free Experience by Deutsche Telekom

Deutsche Telekom is following Spain’s Telefónica in introducing a digital assistant—essentially an artificial butler—to its phones. This solution is promised to debut on new handsets by the second half of the year. Older devices will also offer an AI-based service, available under the name Magenta AI.

2025. February 27.

Earn money with Poe Apps—even without programming skills

Quora recently introduced a new feature called Poe Apps, which lets users create and share custom AI-powered applications on the Poe platform. Quora promises to pay up to $100 per subscriber and up to $10,000 for every thousand messages.

2025. February 26.

Will quantum computers kill Bitcoin?

As we approach the era of industrially usable quantum computers, fears are growing about the future of certain cryptocurrencies—especially Bitcoin. Will they remain secure, or will the encryption protecting them be broken in minutes? In this article, I examine—based on expert analysis—whether these fears are justified.