An artificially complex XML schema as a lock-in tool
The Document Foundation, which developers LibreOffice, is mad at Microsoft for the levels of complexity in the Microsoft 365 document format. They claim Microsoft intentionally makes this format’s XML schema as complex and obtuse as possible to lock ...
9 AI development skills tech companies want
Artificial intelligence (AI) is becoming increasingly important in software development, as organizations look to automate tasks, complete projects faster, enhance code quality, and increase developer productivity. AI tools can help with tasks such as...
How CodeRabbit brings AI to code reviews
Code reviews have always been one of the more loathsome duties in software engineering. Most developers would much rather be writing code than reviewing it. Most code reviews occur late in the development cycle, and are inconsistently applied, limited...
Why front-end development will persist
“The money [in front-end web development] is … gone.” This, according to Santiago Valdarrama, a leading voice on AI and software development. Not everyone agrees, of course—just look at the online storm he kicked off recently on X. Still, Vald...
HarfBuzz 11.3 Delivers Significant Performance Improvements
HarfBuzz 11.3 released on Sunday as the newest release of this open-source text shaping engine. HarfBuzz 11.3 brings some nice performance improvements for this text shaping engine that is used by many prominent software programs and toolkits like Goog...
9to5Linux Weekly Roundup: July 20th, 2025
The 9to5Linux Weekly Roundup for July 20th, 2025, brings news about KDE Plasma 6.4.3, Blender 4.5 LTS, VirtualBox 7.1.12, GStreamer 1.26.4, Wireshark 4.4.8, Rescuezilla 2.6.1, LibreOffice 25.2.5, Calibre 8.7, and more. The post 9to5Linux Weekly Roundu...
CP/M creator Gary Kildall’s memoirs released as free download
The year before his death in 1994, Gary Kildall—inventor of the early microcomputer operating system CP/M—wrote a draft of a memoir, “Computer Connections: People, Places, and Events in the Evolution of the Personal Computer Industry.” He dis...
Screenshot Tool Gradia Adds Code Snippet Generator, Snap Install
Gradia 1.7 adds code snippet generator, more text tool outlines, image rotation, and arrives on the Canonical Snap Store for easier installation on Ubuntu. You're reading Screenshot Tool Gradia Adds Code Snippet Generator, Snap Install, a blog post fro...
They’re putting blue food coloring in everything
“Why is my burger blue?” I asked, innocently. “Oh! We’re making all of our food blue, all the best restaurants are doing it now.” the waiter explained. But I didn’t want my burger to be blue. ↫ Luna Winters “Blue” food isn’t food.
TopGrade: One Command to Upgrade All The Things
Keeping your Ubuntu install up-to-date isn’t difficult, even from the command line – but once you begin to install packages from other sources, like Snap Store, Flathub and pip, you end up needing to type out a veritable shopping list of commands t...
This Tool Upgrades Everything on Ubuntu with One Command
Skip running multiple commands to update packages on Ubuntu with TopGrade, a CLI tool which upgrades everything, from apt to pip, with a single command. You're reading This Tool Upgrades Everything on Ubuntu with One Command, a blog post from OMG! Ubun...
