Windows UI for disk formatting was a temporary solution that stuck for 30 years
A basic user interface that Microsoft chose to keep for three decades
Programming articles
Jensen Huang on generative AI: Being successful won't depend on programming skills
"You don't have to be a C++ programmer to be successful. You just have to be a prompt engineer"
New DirectX 12 SDK includes a feature to make the most out of modern GPUs
A novel API with a whole new paradigm for efficient game development
Visual Studio Code now lets you use dictate directly in the editor
The latest version of VS Code brings many useful updates including voice dictation with multi-language support, multi-cursor inline suggestions, and Copilot suggestions for dev containers.
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang's message to kids: generative AI means you don't need to learn coding
"Everybody in the world is now a programmer. This is the miracle of artificial intelligence"
Face it, there is nothing that can replace COBOL
And don't hang your hope on generative AI, at least not yet
Microsoft's vision for .NET 9 development framework is all about AI and cloud
Forward-looking: Earlier editions of the .NET Framework were designed to provide a development platform for Windows-exclusive applications. Today, the technology supports all major computer and mobile operating systems. In the future, .NET aims to enhance app development by offering improved support for cloud and AI services.
Microsoft is seeking a software architect to port Microsoft 365 to Rust
A strategic position to deliver global impact, steering Microsoft's code away from C#
The software engineer profession is under threat from AI and intense competition
"There's just so much f**king competition"
AI-generated bug reports are becoming a big waste of time for developers
Better sounding crap is still hallucinated crap, curl project creator states
Open Source Initiative co-founder imagines a post-open-source world
Bruce Perens: "Open Source doesn't work for the average user anymore"
Turbo Pascal celebrates 40 years of innovation and legacy in the programming world
Looking back on the software that changed the programming language landscape
IBM launches AI-powered Watsonx for translating COBOL programs into Java code
Bringing mainframe computing into the cloud era
C# nears Java: a dramatic climb in programming language popularity rankings
It may topple it in about two months based on the current trends
Visual Studio Code now includes a GitHub Copilot preview
Popular source-code editor, VS Code now incorporates AI tool GitHub Copilot to enhance your skills. The latest version also includes accessibility and UI improvements.
IBM foresees no layoffs due to AI, company will hire more workers than it lets go
Its CEO previously predicted 30% of roles at IBM being replaced by AI
The Rust programming language is growing in popularity
More "rustaceans" are writing code in Rust, a recent survey said
After source code leak, WipeOut gets unofficial ports that can be played on a web browser
One unofficial conversion supports Windows, macOS, Linux, and web browsers
Google says attackers are still using "versioning" to bypass Play Store's malware checks
There is little the search giant can do aside from building an Apple-like wall
ChatGPT gets more than half the programming questions wrong in recent study
But ChatGPT's confidence and politeness convince some people it's right
India's outsourced coders face job extinction by 2025 due to AI advancements
According to Stability AI's CEO
Google Colab will soon get AI code generation and a chatbot
Democratizing generative AI for low-resource Python programmers
Microsoft adopts Rust to boost Windows security and performance
Recap: Historically, the vast majority of security issues encountered on the Windows platform have been memory-related bugs. Rust can provide a highly effective solution to this long-standing problem, and Windows programmers are well aware of its potential.
Shader Compilation and Why It Causes Stuttering, Explained
The latest and biggest 3D games often seem to have a problem with stuttering. Ask around and finger of blame often points to shader compilation. But why, and what can be done about it?
