Stories tagged “Software Development.”
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Git's upcoming 2.56 release offers incremental improvements, while the highly anticipated Git 3.0 is expected to introduce significant, potentially incompatible changes, most notably a default switch to SHA-256 hashing.
One engineer shipped 2,000 PRs a month to production. Verification is the key.
Engineer's productivity highlights need for robust verification in software development.
Why human oversight is shifting from writing code to defining requirements
Human oversight moves from coding to requirement definition
Coding Agents Select Their Tools of Choice: A Decade on Brand Building
Coding agents choose their tools, reflecting 20 years of brand building that froze in time.
Permissions belong in the assembly context
Enterprise RAG and permission assembly context
Ask HN: How do you manage skills files?
A Hacker News discussion explores various methods for managing "skills files" for AI agents, covering creation, organization, testing, and deployment strategies.
Jernej Barbič, a computer science professor at USC, received a 2025 technical achievement Academy Award for his Ziva VFX software, which creates realistic digital characters for films.
OpenAI built a chip in nine months. Then it let AI rewrite the code.
OpenAI has developed a chip in nine months and then used AI to rewrite the code. This achievement showcases the company's capabilities in both hardware and software development.
JetBrains' Junie now runs entirely offline. Can you spare a 64 GB M5 Mac?
JetBrains' Junie, a local agent for running applications, can now run entirely offline. This development is significant for users who require a reliable and secure way to run applications without an internet connection.
Apple has released second release candidates for macOS Tahoe 26.7 and macOS Sequoia 15.8, following the first RC for macOS 26.7 which revealed details about upcoming products.
Version 31.1 of the Emacs editor has been released, featuring a long list of changes including the removal of the Emacs dumper and a new user Lisp directory feature.
One pull to wipe them all - AI Coding Agent Security
The New Stack discusses the security implications of AI coding agents, highlighting the potential risks and consequences of their use.
Debian just proposed banning AI code. Here’s why it matters for open source developers & maintainers.
Debian has proposed banning AI code, which could have significant implications for open source developers and maintainers. The proposal aims to address concerns about the use of AI-generated code in open source projects.
Slack makes it easier to install agents built with third-party tools
Slack has made it easier to install agents built with third-party tools, making it simpler for developers to integrate these tools into their workflows.
AI-generated Rust compiles perfectly. That’s the scary part.
A recent development in AI-generated Rust code has raised concerns about the potential implications of this technology. The code compiles perfectly, but this has sparked fears about its potential misuse.
SoLo is an open-source tool enabling static Linux binaries, particularly those built with musl libc, to dynamically load glibc-linked shared objects like GPU drivers. This allows for highly portable software deployment without containers or AppImages, bridging ABI differe…
What happens to your indexed data when Mistral flips the switch?
The New Stack discusses the implications of Mistral's MCP connector migration on indexed data. The article explores the potential consequences of this change and its impact on users.
GitHub Copilot's canvases make workflows visible, steerable, and cost-efficient by providing a durable, shared surface for developers and agents to interact on. This approach reduces context loss, unnecessary back-and-forth, and rework, saving time and money while improvi…
The GIMP project is working on a new project file format, which will replace the current XCF format used since 1997. The new format will be a zipped XML structure, allowing for more efficient handling of file operations, auto-saving, and better handling of large and multi…
New Tenant Is Change
Per-developer environments were the goal, but agents moved the goalposts. The New Stack explores the shift in focus.
Debian developers are voting on a general resolution regarding the use of Large Language Models (LLMs) within the project. The resolution aims to decide how comfortable developers are with AI/LLM contributions in Debian.
Grok 4.6 matched Fable 5 Max at an 85% discount. Downloadable models set that price.
Grok 4.6 matched Fable 5 Max at an 85% discount, with downloadable models setting that price.
DeepSeek open sources an agent harness where everything is a plugin
DeepSeek has open-sourced an agent harness where everything is a plugin, allowing developers to create and customize their own plugins. This move is expected to make it easier for developers to build and integrate AI-powered plugins into their applications.
Issue tracking is dead; How the pull request became the last chokepoint in the SDLC bottleneck
The pull request has become the last chokepoint in the software development lifecycle bottleneck, making issue tracking obsolete.
Self-hosted software applications are now demanding monthly fees for features that execute entirely on customer-supplied infrastructure, turning the very tools people chose to escape subscription culture into another line item on the monthly budget.
Meta Superintelligence Labs has released Muse Glimmer, a large language model with 30 billion parameters, designed for local agent workflows. The model is open-source and available under an Apache 2.0 license.
Evaluating Coding Agents Framework
Coding agents can be evaluated by assessing their work.
AI Coding Got Faster. Why Didn't Engineering?
A recent study found that AI coding has gotten faster, but engineering productivity hasn't kept pace. This article explores the reasons behind this gap and what it means for the future of software development.
Meta’s new coding agent is cheap (but it’ll cost you your data).
Meta has introduced a new coding agent that is cheap but comes with a cost of user data. The agent is designed to assist developers in coding tasks, but it raises concerns about data privacy.
The b4 software-development tool has been updated to version 0.16.0, featuring bug-tracking support, improved review workflow, and conflict-resolution overhaul.