AI tools promise that anyone can build apps, so I put that claim to the test. After a few minor bumps, I built a custom ...

Understanding the core principles of computer programming is the first step to writing effective code. Learning about ...

Since 2013, there have been metaphorically for programmers to build annual rankings of the world’s most popular programming languages. The rankings have traditionally relied on public signals such as ...

When ChatGPT arrived in late 2022, it kicked off an AI boom that hasn't stopped since and showed how powerful ...

With the current mania for generative Artificial Intelligence (AI), there is much anguish about AI replacing jobs. Many university lecturers despair that the pinnacle of education, the ability of a ...

Dr. Berg teaches philosophy at the University of California, Irvine. Last spring, it became clear to me that over half the students in my large general education lecture course had used artificial ...

We did an informal poll around the Hackaday bunker and decided that, for most of us, our favorite programming language is solder. However, [Stephen Cass] over at IEEE Spectrum released their annual ...

Microsoft open-sourced the MS-BASIC language. Bill Gates would never have seen this coming back in the day. MS-BASIC 1.1 was many developers' first language. In 1976, they rebranded Altair BASIC to ...

AI has mushroomed. We know that generative AI has already become ubiquitous, so that it is now bidding to augment, assist and even replace the things we do. GPU company CEO Jensen Huang declared ...

Ada, a programming language born in the late 70s, has managed to break into the top 10 of the TIOBE Index for July 2025. The sudden return of this old-timer has developers debating whether it’s a ...