Amazon claims developers only code for an hour a day
Published in AI

But it is not really their fault

Amazon Web Services (AWS) claims the average developer spends a mere hour daily writing actual code—barely enough time to decide whether to indent with tabs or spaces.

SiFive P550 HiFive motherboard shipping, sold out
Published in PC Hardware


Great name for a dev computer

SiFive and generally RISC-V  are recently getting a lot of attention. With ARM and X86 well established in the market, many see RISC-V as a healthy alternative. The company is pacing out strongly as it stands out with its broad portfolio and being produced in silicon with billions of devices shipped,  from the many RISC-V competitors. Now the company announced the availability of the world’s highest performance RISC-V development board simply called SiFive HiFive Premier P550 board.

AI code developers work longer hours and don’t produce better code
Published in AI


Still think Copilot helps them

Code developers using Copilot work longer hours and produce less quality code despite thinking that AI helps.

AI offers no significant improvements to developers
Published in AI


Introduced more bugs

A recent Uplevel report found that AI was not the helpful tool developers and their bosses thought it might be.

AI assisted code is insecure
Published in AI
Wednesday, 21 December 2022 11:20

AI assisted code is insecure


Looks like the future is not here yet 

Companies looking to save money by using AI to assist their developers in coding are signing their companies up to a pain of hurt.

Developers not going to be replaced by AI yet
Published in AI
Tuesday, 27 September 2022 11:04

Developers not going to be replaced by AI yet


Amazon says it is science fantasy

Fears that developers jobs be taken by machines have been dismissed by Amazon big wig Vasi Philomin.

Developers love rust
Published in News
Monday, 27 June 2022 10:53

Developers love rust


It never sleeps even when they do

Rust is still the most loved by developers according to Stack Overflow's annual survey of more than 73,000 developers from 180 countries.

Apple allows developers to jack up app subscriptions
Published in News


Without users' permission

Fruit and Nutty cargo cult Apple is going to allow app developers to jack up subscription prices without asking user’s permission.

Russian developers suspended from GitHub
Published in News
Tuesday, 19 April 2022 11:29

Russian developers suspended from GitHub


No open sauce for you

Russian software developers are reporting that their GitHub accounts are being suspended without warning if they work for or previously worked for companies under US sanctions.

Ukrainian developers working while bombs falling
Published in News

 
And you thought it was difficult to get out of bed this morning

Shedloads of Ukrainian developers are working through the Tsar Putin’s invasion.