It was on a very silly project, but with even Linux's creator now using AI, the debate over code quality, maintainability, and developer skills is likely to intensify.

Python stays far ahead; C strengthens at #2, Java edges past C++, C# is 2025’s winner; Delphi returns, R holds #10.

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AI tools promise that anyone can build apps, so I put that claim to the test. After a few minor bumps, I built a custom ...

Chinese artificial intelligence startup MiniMax today announced the release of M2.1, a significantly enhanced performance for real-world complex tasks and agentic capabilities across more programming ...

Newer languages might soak up all the glory, but these die-hard languages have their place. Here are eight languages developers still use daily, and what they’re good for. The computer revolution has ...

Since 2013, there have been metaphorically for programmers to build annual rankings of the world’s most popular programming languages. The rankings have traditionally relied on public signals such as ...

Developers are navigating confusing gaps between expectation and reality. So are the rest of us. Depending who you ask, AI-powered coding is either giving software developers an unprecedented ...

We did an informal poll around the Hackaday bunker and decided that, for most of us, our favorite programming language is solder. However, [Stephen Cass] over at IEEE Spectrum released their annual ...

In 2005, Travis Oliphant was an information scientist working on medical and biological imaging at Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah, when he began work on NumPy, a library that has become a ...

Rust mascot Ferris the crab welcomes attendees to RustConf 2025 in Seattle, where the community marked the 10th anniversary of the open-source programming language’s first stable release, and ...