Software Development

Microsoft rolls out .NET 11 Preview 7

Preview 7 highlights include new C# features, runtime-native async improvements, and major progress in CoreCLR on WebAssembly.

By Paul Krill

Aug 12, 20262 mins

C#Libraries and FrameworksMicrosoft .NET

Articles

What we lose when every engineer can do everything

As AI extends the reach of each engineer, engineering organizations risk allowing breadth to displace mastery.

By Mayada Gonimah

Aug 10, 2026 7 mins

DeveloperEngineerRoles

The best new features in Python 3.15

Highlights of Python 3.15 include lazy imports, faster JIT compilation, better error messages, and smarter profiling. A release candidate is now available.

By Serdar Yegulalp

Aug 10, 2026 8 mins

Programming LanguagesPythonSoftware Development

A brief guide to AI-powered software development environments

Development environments have evolved into toolkits for directing coding models and coordinating agents. GitHub Copilot, Google Antigravity, JetBrains Air, Kiro, Zed, and Zenflow offer different twists on the new paradigm.

By Martin Heller

Aug 10, 2026 18 mins

Development ToolsGenerative AIIntegrated Development Environments

Why observability doesn’t explain what happened

The observability stack tells you an incident is happening. What teams need next is the context that explains why.

By Sanjay Gidwani

Aug 10, 2026 8 mins

Application SecurityDevSecOpsDevops

Introducing the Redis/Intel Benchmarks Specification for Performance Testing, Profiling, and Analysis

Redis and Intel are collaborating on a “zero-touch” performance and profiling automation to scale Redis’s ability to pursue performance regressions and improve database code efficiency.

By Filipe Oliveira and Martin Dimitrov

Feb 21, 2023 8 mins

Build Automation

Enterprise AI lessons learned from autonomous mobility

Autonomous mobility is often treated as a specialized vertical. It should be treated as an early warning system.

By Sudeep George

Aug 10, 2026 8 mins

Artificial IntelligenceData ManagementGenerative AI

Rust preps improved borrow checker for stabilization

Next iteration of the Rust compiler component that enforces rules on references is being enabled on nightly releases for testing. It promises to allow more sound code to compile.

By Paul Krill

Aug 7, 2026 2 mins

Programming LanguagesRustSoftware Development

Airtable joins Evernote, Brightcove, WeTransfer and AOL in Bending Spoons portfolio

The Italian holding company has added another software business to its roster of distressed assets.

By Maxwell Cooter

Aug 7, 2026 2 mins

No Code and Low CodeSoftware Development

Microsoft releases open-source agent that generates unit tests

The code-testing-generator searches your repository for code that needs tests, then plans, writes, and checks its tests to prove that they work.

By Paul Krill

Aug 6, 2026 2 mins

Artificial IntelligenceDevelopment ToolsGenerative AI

Meta launches Muse Code for complex software work with persistent AI agents

Meta co-trained its Muse Spark 1.2 model with the terminal-based Muse Code agent, but analysts say the approach does not yet set it apart from rivals.

By Prasanth Aby Thomas

Aug 6, 2026 4 mins

Artificial IntelligenceDevelopment ToolsSoftware Development

Microsoft Web IQ: Ground your AI agents with up-to-date web data

Agents need fast, fresh, real-world data to stay grounded and avoid errors. Microsoft’s new grounding service helps solve this problem.

By Simon Bisson

Aug 6, 2026 8 mins

Artificial IntelligenceData ManagementGenerative AI

Visual Studio Code 1.132 advances built-in dictation

Latest update to Microsoft’s code editor improves dictation, introduces side chats, and adds support for comments to provide agent feedback in the integrated browser.

By Paul Krill

Aug 5, 2026 2 mins

Development ToolsIntegrated Development EnvironmentsVisual Studio Code