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Vibe coded applications full of security blunders

AI/ML Tim Anderson - January 15, 2026

Applications generated using vibe coding - where the developer gives free reign to an agent - are likely to be insecure, with popular agents...

Code signing Windows apps may be easier and more secure with new Azure Artifact service

Security Tim Anderson - January 14, 2026

Microsoft has made Azure Artifact Signing (AAS) generally available in the USA, Canada and Europe. The service, which was previewed as Trusted Signing, enables...

Open source MySQL repository has no commits in more than three months

Databases Tim Anderson - January 13, 2026

Oracle-owned MySQL, whose website claims it to be the "world’s most popular open source database," has received no commits to its GitHub repository for...

Fly.io introduces Sprites: lightweight, persistent VMs to isolate agentic AI

AI/ML Tim Anderson - January 13, 2026

Developer-focused hosting company Fly.io has introduced Sprites, VMs (virtual machines) based on the AWS-sponsored Firecracker which are designed to isolate coding agents while also...

Tailwind Labs lays off 75 percent of its engineers thanks to ‘brutal impact’ of AI

AI/ML Tim Anderson - January 8, 2026

Updated: Tailwind Labs CEO Adam Wathan, inventor of the popular open source Tailwind CSS framework, this week confirmed that "75 percent of the people...

Microsoft open sources XAML Studio amid developer discontent with Visual Studio designers

Development Tim Anderson - January 7, 2026

In another twist to Visual Studio's long-running designer drought, the near-forgotten XAML Studio has been open sourced - though this is unlikely to satisfy...

Ruby 4.0 released – but its best new features are not production ready

Development Tim Anderson - January 6, 2026

Ruby 4.0 was released on 25 December, following a tradition of pushing out major versions on Christmas day, and marking its 30th anniversary. Key additions...

Dramatic drop in Stack Overflow questions as devs look elsewhere for help

AI/ML Tim Anderson - January 5, 2026

Stack Overflow, long the go-to resource for developers seeking coding help, saw its question volume plummet further in 2025. Only 3,862 questions were posted...

Docker Hardened Images now free, devs give cautious welcome

Containers Tim Anderson - December 18, 2025

Docker has made its catalog of hardened images - designed to run common runtimes on a secure and minimalist base - free for general...

GitHub to charge for self-hosted runners from March 2026

Development Tim Anderson - December 17, 2025

GitHub will charge $0.002 per minute for self-hosted runners (used for GitHub Actions) from March 1 2026 – a significant shift as these were...

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