ECMAScript 2025: The best new features in JavaScript
This year’s update to the JavaScript specification covers a lot of ground. The headline addition is the new built-in Iterator object and its functional operators. Other updates include new Set methods, a direct JSON module import, improvements to re...
Database design tips for developers
It is a universal truth that everything in software eventually rots. Things slowly get worse. What starts out as cool and clean becomes “what the hell were they thinking” before you know it. But that doesn’t mean we sit back and let it happen...
Cognition agrees to buy what’s left of Windsurf
AI builders are starving for agentic integrated development environments (IDEs), which help developers code more efficiently and thus, ideally, speed up production. And nowhere has this been more apparent than in the tug-of-war over Windsurf. In the l...
Kiro, Amazon-Backed AI-Powered IDE, Enters Public Preview
Kiro, a new AI-powered IDE for Linux, macOS, and Windows, is now in public preview. Learn about its "spec-driven" workflow and VS Code compatibility. You're reading Kiro, Amazon-Backed AI-Powered IDE, Enters Public Preview, a blog post from OMG! Ubuntu...
Kiro, Amazon-Backed Agentic IDE, Enters Public Preview
Kiro, a new AI-powered IDE for Linux, macOS, and Windows, is now in public preview. Learn about its "spec-driven" workflow and VS Code compatibility. You're reading Kiro, Amazon-Backed Agentic IDE, Enters Public Preview, a blog post from OMG! Ubuntu. D...
Akka releases platform for agentic AI
Akka, provider of a popular framework for building reactive, distributed applications on the JVM, has introduced the Akka Agentic Platform, an integrated suite of offerings for building, operating, and evaluating agentic AI systems. Announced July 14,...
KDE’s Plasma Bigscreen TV interface sees a ton of improvements
Did you know KDE has a television-focused user interface? It’s been languishing for a while now, but a recent week-long effort by KDE developer Devin has brought a lot of new life into the project. I have been a long time Plasma Mobile contributor,...