Software Development

OpenAI’s desktop superapp: The end of ChatGPT as we know it?

A product consolidation raises bigger questions about where OpenAI is really headed.

By Gyana Swain

Mar 20, 20265 mins

Artificial IntelligenceDevelopment ToolsSoftware Development

Articles

Why AI evals are the new necessity for building effective AI agents

Benchmarks measure what models can do. Interaction-layer evaluation determines whether users will trust what agents actually deliver.

By Priyanka Kuvalekar

Mar 19, 2026 10 mins

Artificial IntelligenceGenerative AISoftware Development

9 reasons Java is still great

Java has endured radical transformations in the technology landscape and many threats to its prominence. What makes this technology so great, and what does the future hold for Java?

By Matthew Tyson

Mar 19, 2026 10 mins

Development ToolsJavaOpen Source

Java future calls for boosts with records, primitives, classes

Features now not included in Java releases will be added, while Java theme ambitions plan for easier use for immutable data and preserving the feel of Java.

By Paul Krill

Mar 18, 2026 4 mins

JavaProgramming LanguagesSoftware Development

Edge.js launched to run Node.js for AI

A WebAssembly sandbox is used for Node.js workloads and can isolate the unsafe parts of execution.

By Paul Krill

Mar 18, 2026 2 mins

Generative AIJavaScriptWebAssembly

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

I ran Qwen3.5 locally instead of Claude Code. Here’s what happened.

You can now run LLMs for software development on consumer-grade PCs. But we’re still a ways off from having Claude at home.

By Serdar Yegulalp

Mar 18, 2026 9 mins

Artificial IntelligenceDevelopment ToolsGenerative AI

We mistook event handling for architecture

Events are essential inputs to front-end systems. But when we mistake reactions for architecture, we drown in complexity. We need to shift our focus to state.

By Sonu Kapoor

Mar 18, 2026 7 mins

Development ApproachesSoftware DevelopmentWeb Development

Project Detroit, bridging Java, Python, JavaScript, moves forward

Oracle to introduce Detroit project at JavaOne, for faster interop between Java, JavaScript, and Python.

By Paul Krill

Mar 17, 2026 2 mins

JavaJavaScriptPython

JDK 26: The new features in Java 26

JDK 26 moves to general production availability. This short-term release is backed by six months of Premier-level support.

By Paul Krill

Mar 17, 2026 8 mins

JavaProgramming LanguagesSoftware Development

Oracle unveils the Java Verified Portfolio

The JVP is a curated set of Oracle-supported Java tools including JavaFX, the Helidon microservices framework, and the Java Platform extension for VS Code.

By Paul Krill

Mar 17, 2026 2 mins

Development ToolsJavaLibraries and Frameworks

Update your databases now to avoid data debt

End-of-life dates loom for MySQL 8.0, PostgreSQL 14, Redis 7.2 and 7.4, and MongoDB 6.0 in the coming months. It’s time to plan ahead.

By Laura Czajkowski

Mar 17, 2026 8 mins

Data ManagementDatabasesOpen Source

Startups accuse Microsoft of ‘billing trap’ in Azure AI Foundry after unexpected charges

Microsoft for Startups member complaints about unexpected charges for models in Azure AI Foundry are escalating, prompting a petition urging Microsoft to fix what critics call a confusing billing design.

By Anirban Ghoshal

Mar 16, 2026 4 mins

Development ToolsIaaSMicrosoft Azure

Open VSX extensions hijacked: GlassWorm malware spreads via dependency abuse

Threat actors are publishing clean extensions that later update to depend on hidden payload packages, bypassing marketplace checks and silently installing malware onto developers’ systems.

By Shweta Sharma

Mar 16, 2026 3 mins

CybercrimeDevelopment ToolsMalware