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 ...

This was supposed to be the year when autonomous agents took over everyday tasks. The tech industry overpromised and ...

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Newer languages might soak up all the glory, but these die-hard languages have their place. Here are eight languages developers still use daily, and what they’re good for. The computer revolution has ...

Automatic control systems, embedded systems, cyber-physical systems, real-time systems, reactive systems: All of these refer to computer systems that interact continuously with their environment, ...

While the programming of microcontroller-based embeddable devices typically is the realm of the C language, such devices are now finding their way into the classroom for CS education, even at the ...

Every so often, someone creates or changes a programming language. In the process, these language creators make a number of design choices. They may wonder whether to check certain conditions at ...

Some programming languages helped send humans to the moon, some are cooking up new leukemia drugs, and some exist just to fuck with you. Brainfuck is a minimalist “esoteric language,” or “esolang,” ...

In the expansive world of software development, GitHub has emerged as the go-to platform for code sharing and collaboration, boasting a remarkable community of over 100 million developers. In 2025, ...

Each year, the code-sharing platform GitHub releases its ‘State of the Octoverse’ report, which among other things ranks the popularity of programming languages. The latest report, released in October ...

Once I started thinking about the apocalypse, it was hard to stop. An unsettling encounter with the doomsday clock that hangs over New York City’s Union Square got me frantically searching WikiHow for ...

Abstract: Compiler design for programming language recognition is a tedious process with crucial phases. These phases include lexical analysis, syntax parsing, semantic validation, intermediate code ...