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Why ‘boring’ VS Code keeps winning

Developer trust in tools and a reliable ecosystem are a hard combination to beat. Competing tools, like Google’s Antigravity, need to deliver more than innovation.

By Matt Asay

Jan 12, 20267 mins

DeveloperGitHubVisual Studio Code

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Enterprise Spotlight: Setting the 2026 IT agenda

Download the January 2026 issue of the Enterprise Spotlight from the editors of CIO, Computerworld, CSO, InfoWorld, and Network World and learn about the trends and technologies that will drive the IT agenda in the year ahead.

By InfoWorld.com staff

Jan 16, 2026 1 min

Artificial IntelligenceEnterprise Buyer’s GuidesIT Leadership

What is GitOps? Extending devops to Kubernetes and beyond

GitOps applies the same techniques to deploying infrastructure as devops and CI/CD use to deploy applications

By Josh Fruhlinger

Jan 15, 2026 9 mins

Build AutomationCloud ComputingDevops

React tutorial: Get started with the React JavaScript library

Learn the key concepts behind React, including how to set up a React build with Vite and how to use JSX and React components to build lean, fast web front ends.

By Matthew Tyson

Jan 15, 2026 12 mins

JavaScriptLibraries and FrameworksTypeScript

For agentic AI, other disciplines need their own Git

Git provides the structure that makes agentic workflows in software engineering viable. Other disciplines need an equivalent backbone.

By Abigail Wall

Jan 15, 2026 5 mins

Development ToolsGenerative AIVersion Control Systems

Rust slow to compile? Here’s how to speed it up

If the big bottleneck in your Rust development workflow is compile time, there are at least five ways you can fix it.

By Serdar Yegulalp

Jan 14, 2026 7 mins

Development ToolsLibraries and FrameworksRust

Why hybrid cloud is the future of enterprise platforms

The rise of artificial intelligence makes cloud and on-premises integration the best path forward for scalable, effective deployments.

By David Linthicum

Jan 13, 2026 4 mins

Artificial IntelligenceCloud ArchitectureHybrid Cloud

How to succeed with AI-powered, low-code and no-code development tools

Developers have a growing array of options for AI-powered low-code and no-code development tools. But using them to their full advantage requires adopting best practices.

By Bob Violino

Jan 12, 2026 9 mins

Development ToolsGenerative AINo Code and Low Code

From distributed monolith to composable architecture on AWS: A modern approach to scalable software

If your “microservices” still deploy like a monolith, maybe it’s time to break free with a truly composable AWS architecture.

By Neel Shah

Jan 13, 2026 8 mins

APIsAmazon Web ServicesMicroservices

Stack thinking: Why a single AI platform won’t cut it

It’s time to build an AI toolbench instead.

By Tom Popomaronis

Jan 12, 2026 8 mins

Artificial IntelligenceDevelopment ToolsSoftware Development

Python starts 2026 with a bang

The world’s most popular programming language kicks off the new year with a wicked-fast type checker, a C code generator, and a second chance for the tail-calling interpreter.

By Serdar Yegulalp

Jan 9, 2026 2 mins

Programming LanguagesPythonSoftware Development

6 incredibly hyped software trends that failed to deliver

In hindsight, what were we thinking?

By Bill Doerrfeld

Jan 5, 2026 13 mins

Big DataBlockchainTechnology Industry

The hidden devops crisis that AI workloads are about to expose

Devops teams that cling to component-level testing and basic monitoring will struggle to keep pace with the data demands of AI.

By Joseph Morais

Jan 8, 2026 6 mins

Artificial IntelligenceDevopsGenerative AI

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Spotlight: Setting the 2026 IT agenda

Articles Buyer’s Guide

Given the rapid pace of technology change today, IT leaders are setting their short-term agendas with agility, flexibility, and tangible business outcomes in mind. This month’s topic leans on Foundry’s original Tech Priorities research and external research, along with conversations with IT leaders to uncover enterprise technology trends for the year ahead. Automating, streamlining, and modernizing IT operations is a must as IT teams struggle with skill and staff shortages and increasing demands. A wide variety of tech vendors have solutions aimed at bring IT operations into the AI age.

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10 principles for creating a great developer experience

Tech leaders who maximize developer satisfaction and minimize frustration reap the rewards in hiring, retaining, and delivering results from their dev teams.

By Isaac Sacolick

May 6, 202412 mins

EngineerSoftware DevelopmentTechnology Industry