Will software engineering profession die in the age of AI? IBM stock bleeds as Claude Code writes COBOL scripts. What it means for techies

AI agents like Claude Code are reshaping software development by automating legacy modernisation and routine coding. A recent ‘casualty’ of this was the legendary firm IBM, whose stocks fell.
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JetBrains introduces Java to Kotlin converter for Visual Studio Code

Extension that converts individual Java files to Kotlin code aims to ease the transition to Kotlin for Java developers.

From ‘Hallucinate’ To ‘Better Than Humans’: Nithin Kamath Impressed With Rapid Advance Of LLMs

Nithin Kamath highlights how LLMs evolved from hallucinations to Linus Torvalds-approved code, democratizing tech and transforming software development.

'Coding is becoming plain English': Nithin Kamath builds personal AI agent to tackle spam

Earlier, Kamath highlighted a massive shift in the tech landscape: Large Language Models (LLMs) have evolved from “hallucinating" random text in 2023 to gaining the approval of Linus Torvalds in 2026.
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Cloudflare Says It Used AI To Rebuild Next.js In 1 Week For $1,100

AI isn’t just helping out with coding — it’s helping complete entire projects at a pace and price-point that would’ve been unthinkable ...

Indie web browser Ladybird flutters toward Rust with a little help from AI

Project ditches Swift and translates C++ with LLM assistance The independent Ladybird web browser project is changing course ...
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Python’s popularity slip: Here’s what we know

Get the scoop on the most recent ranking from the Tiobe programming language index, learn a no-fuss way to distribute DIY tooling across Python projects, and take a peek at ComfyUI: interactive, ...