The rise of “soft” skills: How GenAI is reshaping developer roles

The software development landscape is undergoing a profound transformation as generative AI (GenAI) reshapes traditional coding practices. This technological revolution isn’t just changing how code is written—it’s fundamentally altering the skill set developers need to succeed in their careers. As development teams across the industry integrate GenAI into their workflows, a new paradigm is emerging …

The top software development news of 2024

As 2024 comes to a close, SD Times is looking back at the top software development news stories of the year across the industry. Here are 10 of what we believe to be the biggest stories we covered throughout the year: Microsoft releases .NET 9 .NET 9 was released in November, adding a number of …

GitHub Copilot Free launches to expand reach of platform to all developers

GitHub has announced a free tier of GitHub Copilot to expand the platform’s reach to more developers. “We couldn’t be more excited to make Copilot available to the 150M developers on GitHub,” Thomas Dohmke, CEO of GitHub, wrote in a post.  The free tier provides access to 2,000 code completions and 50 chat messages per …

OpenAI announces latest capabilities for developers

OpenAI announced several new capabilities for developers, including the availability of OpenAI o1 in the API and updates to the Realtime API. OpenAI o1 is the company’s reasoning model for complex multi-step tasks, and it has begun rolling out to developers on the API’s usage tier 5.  Some key capabilities enabled by o1 include function …

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Tabnine introduces Code Provenance and Attribution feature that flags restrictively licensed code generated by AI assistants

The AI coding assistant provider Tabnine today announced a new feature, Code Provenance and Attribution, to protect companies from unintentionally adding restrictively licensed code into their codebase when using generative AI to write code.  The new feature checks AI-generated code against public GitHub repositories to find matches, and flags the license type of the original …

Emotional intelligence in IT management: Impact, challenges, and cultural differences

Emotional intelligence (EI) has become one of the most sought-after soft skills in the IT industry, especially at the management level. The ability to understand and manage emotions — both one’s own and those of others — is critical in many areas of IT, from support services and user experience (UX) to cross-functional leadership and …

Redefining software excellence: Quality, testing, and observability in the age of GenAI

As software development undergoes a seismic shift with GenAI at the forefront, testing, quality assurance, and observability are being transformed in unprecedented ways. These advancements are driving new levels of automation and efficiencies, while challenging traditional methodologies and long-held assumptions about speed, adaptability, and innovation. As GenAI automates routine tasks and enables smarter decision-making, it …

Report: TypeScript, Rust, and Python among the languages showing the most promise in 2024

JetBrains has released its annual State of Developer Ecosystem report, highlighting the trends across software development. This year the report includes a new section called the Language Promise Index, which ranks languages by growth, stability, and adoption willingness. Across the board since 2017, JavaScript has topped the list, with 61% of users programming in that …

Google announces Gemini 2.0 Flash and new coding agent

Google has announced the launch of the latest model in the Gemini family, as well as a new coding agent for developers called Jules.  Gemini comes in two different model variants, with Flash balancing performance with speed and Pro optimizing for performance. The newest model, Gemini 2.0 Flash, is twice as fast as Gemini 1.5 …

OpenSilver 3.1 adds new drag-and-drop XAML designer for VS Code

OpenSilver 3.1 has been released, bringing new features to the open source framework for building web apps using .NET. These include a drag-and-drop XAML designer for VS code, a more modern UI theme, expanded support for Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) features, and full compatibility with .NET 9. The new drag-and-drop XAML designer in VS Code …

LexisNexis unveils new API for accessing generative AI-approved licensed news content, corporate data

The data information and analytics company LexisNexis today announced the launch of Nexis Data+, a new API that provides access to corporate, legal, financial, and compliance data, as well as generative AI-approved licensed news content. Developers and data analysts will be able to integrate that data into their existing tools, platforms, AI models, and workflows …

How to address change fatigue to sustain business agility

Change is necessary for growth in software engineering organizations, but adapting to change requires time, energy and resources that can detract from a focus on delivering value. While a certain degree of change is essential, excessive change can lead to change fatigue among developers. Change fatigue is a negative response to change and can include …

OpenAI launches Usage API to provide developers insights into costs

OpenAI has announced the release of its Usage API, which provides developers with insights into activity across the OpenAI API, allowing them to better track costs.  Developers can monitor token usage by the minute, hour, or day, and filter usage by invoice line item, API key, project ID, user ID, model, and more. The Usage …

New report finds signs of slowing supply chain security momentum, plateaued DevOps maturity

The number of security challenges companies are facing continue to grow, but organizations are beginning to display signs of “AppSec exhaustion,” or decreased engagement in security practices.  This is according to Snyk’s new State of Open Source report, which found that dependency tracking and code ship frequency has remained largely unchanged since last year. There …

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