A new era of AI-driven application rebuilds – now it is Microsoft Office and Adobe Photoshop
AI coding makes it easier and quicker to re-create existing applications with new code, side-stepping copyright concerns since copyright protects code rather than specification. In February this year Cloudflare rebuilt Next.js with AI in one week and then followed with a WordPress-compatible CMS (content management system) called EmDash. Brandon Thomas, a developer from Atlanta, Georgia … Continue reading A new era of AI-driven application rebuilds – now it is Microsoft Office and Adobe Photoshop
Counterfeit Braun shaver heads on eBay
I have a Braun electric razor and needed a new 70S shaver head. There are plenty on eBay; some are advertised as compatible and sell from around £7.00 up, and some are presented as genuine Braun parts and sell for anywhere between £18.00 and £60.00 (the price from a Braun UK dealer is £45.00). I … Continue reading Counterfeit Braun shaver heads on eBay
Deno’s endo – team joins CloudFlare, runtime will be abandoned in one year’s time
Deno (and Node.js) inventor Ryan Dahl has posted that his team is joining Cloudflare and that after one more year of support “we will end our development of the Deno runtime. Deno will remain open source, and we welcome others who want to continue its development.” Deno 1.0 was released in 2020 as an attempt … Continue reading Deno’s endo – team joins CloudFlare, runtime will be abandoned in one year’s time
JetBrains posts a loss (but revenue is up), puts spotlight on future of IDEs
A report that independent developer tools vendor JetBrains posted a financial loss for the first time in “tracked history” prompted much discussion on Hacker News, though the title of the thread was changed from one that was too negative, since the company is not in any sort of financial trouble, to one that is too … Continue reading JetBrains posts a loss (but revenue is up), puts spotlight on future of IDEs
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