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The Australian Taxation Office is preparing to pilot an enterprise-grade AI coding assistant for its roughly 800 core developers, a move that could reshape how government software is produced — from legacy COBOL modernization to automated test generation — while raising familiar questions about...

Amazon Web Services (AWS) has unveiled Kiro, an AI-powered Integrated Development Environment (IDE) designed to revolutionize software development by integrating artificial intelligence directly into the coding process. Built upon Code OSS, the open-source foundation of Microsoft's Visual Studio...

Microsoft’s embrace of artificial intelligence for internal code review is rewriting the rulebook for software development at scale. In what represents a significant milestone in enterprise deployment of generative AI, the tech giant revealed that its in-house AI-powered code review assistant...

GitHub Copilot, the latest collaboration between GitHub and OpenAI, signals a new era for developers seeking efficiency and innovation in software creation. The technical preview of this AI-powered tool, built atop OpenAI's Codex, isn’t just another programmer’s helper—it represents a bold step...

Amazon’s software engineers are finding themselves at the nexus of an unprecedented transformation, as artificial intelligence redefines not only how code is written, but what it means to be a developer in one of the world’s largest and most influential tech companies. Once characterized by...

The unmistakable hum of innovation at Amazon, one of the world’s foremost technology powerhouses, is being underscored by a rising chorus of discontent. As generative artificial intelligence moves from disruptive experimental phase to everyday essential, the e-commerce giant is rapidly embedding...

GitHub has unveiled a groundbreaking AI coding agent designed to autonomously handle tasks such as fixing bugs, adding features, and enhancing documentation. This agent is seamlessly integrated into GitHub Copilot and activates upon assignment of a task by the developer. Operational Mechanism...

If you believed artificial intelligence coding assistants peaked back in 2023, you haven’t been paying attention—or maybe you were burned by the baseless hype. Like many an over-promoted rookie, Microsoft Copilot emerged swinging wildly, making plenty of promises but connecting with precious...

In today's rapidly evolving tech landscape, transformative partnerships are reshaping how enterprises approach engineering and IT infrastructure. The recent announcement that Faros AI is partnering with Microsoft to harness AI-powered engineering efficiency on Microsoft Azure marks a significant...

Announcing Windows Community Toolkit v7.1 The Windows Community Toolkit has another update filled with improvements and features! We’re thrilled to announce version 7.1 is available today! Made possible again with the support and contributions of our developer community. 🎉 If you are new to the...

Babylon.js is an open source framework that allows you to easily create stunning 3D experiences in your browser or your web apps. Built with simplicity and performance in mind, it is the engine that fuels the Remix3D site, Link Removed or 3D objects preview in Link Removed or Link Removed on...

Just a couple months ago I highlighted one of our favorite refactoring/analyzer projects, Refactoring Essentials - Open Source, Cross Platform Refactoring and Analyzers. Well the team is on a tear, with Andreas Weizel announcing that Refactoring Essentials v2 is now available in preview...

Jeff Wilcox is a developer on the Silverlight team. He spends a lot of his time (~80%) coding in C++. Strange? Of course not... Silverlight is a portable managed runtime and C++ (C with classes in this case) is what enables Silverlight portability. Of course, Jeff also spends a significant...

We've started a new Show on Channel 9 and it's the result of a conversation I had with Erik Meijer just after the Link Removed Erik told me that he wanted to go around the company and meet everyday devs—the folks who first and foremost spend their time at work designing and writing code. The...

Recognize the worst traits of programmers everywhere and save yourself from developer hell Being a good developer takes a lifetime of training and practice. But without proper discipline, even the best programmers risk falling prey to their worse natures. Some bad habits are so insidious that...

Link RemovedWhen we asked you*Link Removed, one of the top three most requested topics was How to Unit Test Workflows. On this episode, I'll show you how to test Simple activities using WorkflowInvoker Complex activities with bookmarks and WorkflowApplication WorkflowServices...