Godot 4.4 released: open source game engine adds Jolt physics, .NET 8 and more

The Godot game engine team has released version 4.4, with new features including the Jolt physics engine integrated into the Godot engine, the game...

React Native survey shows rocky path for new architecture

A new State of React Native survey shows that the long-awaited new architecture, which was declared stable last year, remains a pain point for...

Anthropic previews Claude Code: agentic coding, capable but costly

Anthropic has released a "beta research preview" of Claude Code, an agentic coding tool which uses the Claude 3.7 Sonnet model to automate tasks...

Microsoft previews .NET 10 including first look at C# 14

Microsoft has previewed .NET 10, which will be a long-term support release, with new features including a first look at C# 14. The release notes...

Google previews free Gemini Code Assist tier – uses your code to improve AI models by default

Google has introduced a free tier for its Gemini Code Assist service, as well as previewing AI code review for GitHub, though a privacy...

Swift on the server? Faster and cheaper than Python in case study, but beware slow builds

A case study from app developer Cultured Code shows a four times performance gain at one third the cost, compared to a legacy system...

AI is eroding code quality states new in-depth report

New research from GitClear, based on analysis of 211 million lines of code, suggest that AI coding assistants are eroding code quality by increasing...

AWS Amplify hosting adds server-side IAM roles for integration with other services

AWS has added the ability to add IAM (Identity and Access Management) server roles to Amplify hosting, enabling more secure access to other AWS...

State of Rust survey 2024: most Rust developers worry about the future of the language

The State of Rust survey results for 2024 are out, showing increased productivity but also that slow compilation and debugging difficulty remain big challenges....

React team formally deprecates Create React App following ‘perfect storm of incompatibility’

The React team has officially deprecated the Create React App, once recommended as an easy way to get started, following breakage with the recently...