Microsoft continues push to switch code over to Rust
Microsoft is continuing the push to move over all of its C code to Rust in all of its product portfolios. The company is doing this as part of an acceleration of the previously established "Rewrite Everything in Rust" initiative.
Microsoft has been working for some time to replace the currently ... Read more
Windows Server 2025 tests ‘super user’ feature
Windows Server 2025 appears to be getting a 'sudo' feature similar to Linux. This will still give users with low privileges 'super user' privileges for certain commands. This is evidenced by a leaked new Insider Preview build for the upcoming version of Windows Server.
From the leaked Windows Se... Read more
What is Windows Dev Home?
Microsoft released the Dev Home app a few months ago. With it, it provides an environment for developers where they can centralize all the information they need for their work. What exactly is Dev Home, and why is it attractive for developers?
With Dev Home, Microsoft offers developers a central... Read more
AI coding tools divide developers’ opinions
Developers are not likely to agree on which AI coding tools are up to scratch, if any at all. Despite its great potential, robust AI code with any degree of complexity is still seen as a rare occurrance. Moreover, nobody wants it to be shoved in their face. Instead, the desire for artificial assist... Read more
Windows Terminal Preview 1.20 introduces visual tweaks
Microsoft has released the Windows Terminal Preview 1.20 update. The new version of the application brings visual updates, but also introduces a new approach to updating Terminal.
Windows Terminal Preview is an application for users of command-line tools and shells, such as Command Prompt, Power... Read more
CloudBolt: How to build (and use) FinOps
FinOps specialist CloudBolt has detailed its FinOps vision and wider strategy as part of a gathering attended by its global technical team, its sales front line and the company’s top management. Known as CloudBolt Lightning Strike 2024, we attended this year’s meetings to learn more about how a... Read more
Google lets developers instantly see how their app runs on iOS or Android
Google has added new features to Project IDX. Through this in-browser environment, developers can now test their apps on an Android emulator and an iOS simulator. Despite this addition to Project IDX, users should ask themselves how much they want to rely on this functionality.
Project IDX is si... Read more
“AI assistants put downward pressure on quality of programming code”
AI assistance in writing programming code does not always turn out to be positive. Based on research, overall code quality appears to have dropped since the introduction of GitHub Copilot a year ago.
The GitClear study looked at the quality of generated code one year after the introduction of t... Read more
Docker Build Cloud puts compute processes in the cloud to save time
Docker recently introduced its new service, Docker Build Cloud. With this service, developers can speed up building container-based applications. That lets companies save significantly on development time.
With the immediately available Docker Build Cloud, the container and DevOps specialist aim... Read more
How the Kotlin programming language has conquered Android
When Google announced in 2017 that Kotlin would now be supported as an official Android language, the audience cheered loudly. That enthusiasm has turned into adoption, as 80 percent of all apps on Android now use Kotlin. What's behind the rapid rise of this programming language?
The development... Read more