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When we shared this year’s Octoverse data with Guido van Rossum, the creator of Python, his first reaction was genuine surprise. While TypeScript overtook Python to become the most used language on GitHub as of August 2025 (marking the biggest language shift in more than a decade), Python still grew 49% year over year in […]
Everyone is trying to put the massive AI spend by technology companies into context. The easiest historical analogies are the telecomm buildout in the 1990s dot-com bubble and the railway bubbles of the 1800s. Each period was defined by excessive infrastructure spending, investor euphoria, and bubbles that popped but still had lasting positive effects. I’m […]
Key Takeaways Alphabet (Google’s parent company) stock rose after news that Meta (Facebook, Instagram) is considering using Google’s TPUs (tensor processing units) in its data centers. Google’s custom AI chips were previously developed for internal use only. Share this article Alphabet stock climbed today following reports that Meta Platforms, the social media company that operates […]
Since joining Imprint a bit over six months ago as the CTO of a ~50 engineer team, I’ve merged 104 pull requests, which is slightly over four per week. Many of them are very minimal configuration and documentation tweaks, and none were the hardest or even most time-sensitive task available at any given time; I’m […]
Taylor Kerns / Android Authority YouTube has been gradually expanding its AI age-estimation operations in the US over the past few months. It started in July, with the announcement that the platform would require users who didn’t seem sufficiently adult to verify they’re over the age of 18 before accessing all of what the platform […]
If you’ve been waiting to try Apple TV+, now’s the time to jump in. You can get six months of access for only $36 for Black Friday, giving you a chance to stream award-winning originals like Severance, Ted Lasso and The Morning Show. The offer is live for a limited time through December 1, so […]
Editing code often involves a series of small but necessary changes ranging from refactors to fixes to cleanup and edge-case handling. In February, we launched next edit suggestions (NES), a custom Copilot model that predicts the next logical edit based on the code you’ve already written. Since launch, we’ve shipped several major model updates, including […]
Server chaos doesn’t have to be the norm. AI-ready infrastructure and automation can bring clarity, performance, and focus back to your web work. If you build or manage websites for a living, you know the feeling. Your day is a constant juggle; one moment you’re fine-tuning a design, the next you’re troubleshooting a slow server […]
For more than a decade, the XRP Ledger (XRPL) has, for one reason or another, stood apart from the rest of the blockchain industry. Built in 2012, long before the rise of modern DeFi, it embraced a minimalist design of fast settlement, deterministic consensus, and no economic incentives for validators. That architecture helped XRPL grow […]
According to the Financial Times, Tim Cook could step down as Apple CEO as early as next year. And the board has started to seriously work out a succession plan. FT says that John Ternus, Apple’s senior vice-president of hardware engineering, is considered the frontrunner for the position. Rumors of Cook’s stepping down follow the […]
