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March Week 3
1+ hour, 37+ min ago (581+ words) If you want to keep up with what's important from the point of view of the developer, you can rely on the" I"Programmer team to sift through the news to select items that are of interest. This week included…...
Firefox Adds Kit - Mascot And Companion
1+ day, 2+ hour ago (389+ words) Mozilla has added a new global mascot to the'Firefox'web browser. Kit is a "flame-bright fox" with a "protective streak," and Mozilla intends Kit to make Firefox more friendly and to provide a helpful companion for users to help them stay…...
The Healthy Programmer, 2nd Ed (Pragmatic Bookshelf)
1+ day, 5+ hour ago (217+ words) Programming book reviews, programming tutorials,programming news, C#, Ruby, Python,C, C++, PHP, Visual Basic, Computer book reviews, computer history, programming history, joomla, theory, spreadsheets and more. The premise of this book is that to keep doing what you love,…...
Zvec - Lightweight Vector Database
1+ day, 10+ hour ago (391+ words) Alibaba has introduced Zvec, an open-source vector database designed to function as a lightweight library for on-device Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG). It's specifically designed for edge computing and on-device workloads, usable in RAG pipelines, semantic search, and AI agent workflows running…...
Wing Python Improves Syntax Highlighting
2+ day, 2+ hour ago (381+ words) Wing Python IDE version 11.1 has been released with improved pseudo TTY emulation in OS Commands, Start Terminal on Windows, syntax highlighting for Rust and TOML,and support for newer OpenAI models in AI Chat." Wing Python is an IDE with…...
From Kotlin To CodeSpeak
2+ day, 18+ hour ago (425+ words) The future of programming is currently looking bleak with AI breathing down our necks. Perhaps we are the last" programmers, but perhaps it is more a matter of change. The lead designer of Kotlin thinks that we need a new…...
The Genius of Lisp (Berksoft Publications)
2+ day, 18+ hour ago (191+ words) Programming book reviews, programming tutorials,programming news, C#, Ruby, Python,C, C++, PHP, Visual Basic, Computer book reviews, computer history, programming history, joomla, theory, spreadsheets and more. This book explores how Lisp came about and why it was designed the…...
How Is React Doing
3+ day, 2+ hour ago (706+ words) The results of the 2025 React Survey are out. What do they tell us about the state of the React Ecosystem. React is widely regarded as dominant in JavaScript front-end development and maintains a lead in job demand. As it isn't…...
Programming The ESP32 Using Arduino - Direct To Hardware
3+ day, 23+ hour ago (523+ words) The Arduino core is easy to use but at the expense of power. If you want to do more then you need to work directly with the hardware. This is an extract from Harry Fairhead's latest book on programming the…...
Apache HugeGraph Becomes Top-Level Project
4+ day, 3+ hour ago (272+ words) HugeGraph is a graph database that has high performance and scalability, and includes an OLTP engine and REST API and backends. HugeGraph integrates with the Apache ecosystem, including Apache Flink, Apache Spark, and Apache SeaTunnel." Originally developed by "Baidu, the…...