5 November 2020 · 965 words · 5 mins
OpenAI’s GPT-3 API is spawning a wave of developer tools and startups. The implications for software development are becoming clearer — and more nuanced — than the initial hype suggested.
8 October 2020 · 821 words · 4 mins
Python 3.9 dropped this week with new parser, dict merge operators, and type hinting improvements — here’s what actually matters for production code.
1 October 2020 · 871 words · 5 mins
Python 3.9 arrives with dictionary merge operators, relaxed type hint syntax, and a new parser that sets the stage for the language’s future.
24 September 2020 · 941 words · 5 mins
Vue.js 3.0 ships after two years of development with a TypeScript rewrite, Composition API, and significant performance improvements.
17 September 2020 · 864 words · 5 mins
GitHub CLI 1.0 is here, bringing pull requests, issues, and repo management to the terminal. A look at what it means for developer workflows.
20 August 2020 · 850 words · 4 mins
TypeScript 4.0 is here with variadic tuple types, labeled tuples, and smarter inference. It’s a major version that earns its number.
13 August 2020 · 972 words · 5 mins
Epic Games just declared war on Apple’s App Store policies. The implications for the developer ecosystem extend far beyond gaming.
6 August 2020 · 817 words · 4 mins
Linux 5.8 lands with a massive changeset. Linus Torvalds himself says it’s one of the biggest releases of all time — here’s what developers should care about.
30 July 2020 · 847 words · 4 mins
OpenAI’s GPT-3 API is generating jaw-dropping demos across the developer community. Here’s what it means for the rest of us.
23 July 2020 · 1080 words · 6 mins
OpenAI is granting beta access to the GPT-3 API. After a week of experimentation, here’s what’s genuinely impressive and what’s overhyped.
2 July 2020 · 945 words · 5 mins
Redis 6.0 brings ACLs and I/O threading to the world’s most popular in-memory data store. Here’s what the changes mean in practice.
25 June 2020 · 955 words · 5 mins
Apple announces the transition from Intel to custom ARM chips for Mac. Here’s what developers need to prepare for.