Is “AI slop” code here to stay? A few months ago I wrote about the dark side of vibe coding tools: They often generate code that introduces bugs or security vulnerabilities that surface later. They ...

A new variation of the fake recruiter campaign from North Korean threat actors is targeting JavaScript and Python developers with cryptocurrency-related tasks. The activity has been ongoing since at ...

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AI is already having a seismic impact on how software is written, with much of the grunt work of programming now performed by swarms of agents and subagents. But as developers experiment with new ...

Has AI coding reached a tipping point? That seems to be the case for Spotify at least, which shared this week during its fourth-quarter earnings call that the best developers at the company “have not ...

Close to one-third of code is now AI-generated. Developer productivity is up 4% due to generative AI. Productivity gains are limited to more experienced developers. The amount of AI-generated code ...

Spotify’s most senior engineers don’t type code anymore. In fact, they have not written a single line of code since December, co-CEO Gustav Söderström revealed during a recent earnings call. It’s not ...

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Feb. 4, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — UpGuard, a leader in cybersecurity and risk management, released new research highlighting a critical security vulnerability within developer ...

The Release Candidate of Xcode 26.3 is rolling out as we publish this with brand new agentic coding capabilities. With the update, developers can connect to either OpenAI’s Codex or Anthropic’s Claude ...

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