At the core of every AI coding agent is a technology called a large language model (LLM), which is a type of neural network ...

The free software community has always thwarted the toughest challenges facing freedom in technology. This winter season, we want to thank the many individuals and projects that have helped us get ...

Are you a programmer, coder, developer, or engineer? The names for software makers tell us what it means to be in the ...

Programming will change. There will be fewer professional programmers who make their living coding line-by-line. But programmers will still be needed in order to code line-by-line, either to fill in ...

Abstract: Generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) is emerging as a transformative technology in higher education, particularly in programming instruction. However, its impact on learning, ...

Adrian Crane climbed mountains in Scotland with his father and uncle when he was a boy. He remembers using ice axes to climb in the winter when he was only 15. There is this “great feeling you get of ...

Vibe coding — the fast-growing trend of using generative AI to spin up code from plain-language prompts — is quick, creative, and great for instant prototypes. But many argue that it's not cut out for ...

Cookie Jam, and more precisely the Buzzword event, features 20 questions every week. We have a few days to answer them all and win some rewards. Sometimes they are easy, sometimes tricky, but my ...

Melissa Sarnowski has been a game writer for over two years. While she's willing to dig into any game for an article, she heavily focuses on The Legend of Zelda, Resident Evil, Final Fantasy, and The ...

First reported by Automaton, veteran programmer Koji Sugimoto (Chrono Trigger, Xenogears, Final Fantasy 10) criticized modern games' emulation of retro visual glitches, specifically the affine texture ...

Have computer programmers innovated themselves out of a job? That’s the fear driving theories that AI will remove the need for humans who can write computer code. Today's most sophisticated large ...