Open source MySQL repository has no commits in more than three months

Databases Tim Anderson -
Oracle-owned MySQL, whose website claims it to be the "world’s most popular open source database," has received no commits to…

Fly.io introduces Sprites: lightweight, persistent VMs to isolate agentic AI

AI/ML Tim Anderson -
Developer-focused hosting company Fly.io has introduced Sprites, VMs (virtual machines) based on the AWS-sponsored Firecracker which are designed to isolate…

GitHub to charge for self-hosted runners from March 2026

Development Tim Anderson -
GitHub will charge $0.002 per minute for self-hosted runners (used for GitHub Actions) from March 1 2026 – a significant…

Cursor AI editor gets visual designer – but bugs and ever-changing UI irk developers

AI/ML Tim Anderson -
Anysphere's Cursor AI editor recently added a visual web designer, but the enhancement has drawn mixed reactions from developers who…

Rust boosted by permanent adoption for Linux kernel code

Development Tim Anderson -
Use of the Rust programming language in the Linux kernel is no longer experimental, following a decision at the 2025…

VS Code update brings agent overload, TypeScript 7 preview, and the end of IntelliCode

AI/ML Tim Anderson -
Microsoft has updated Visual Studio Code (VS Code), the most popular programmer’s editor, with Agent HQ alongside numerous agentic coding…

Research: AI can help or hinder software development, and old-style best practices make the difference

AI/ML Tim Anderson -
Generative AI can write lots of code but its overall impact on developer productivity is more nuanced. Research from Atlassian’s…

JetBrains abandons Fleet IDE, pins hopes on forthcoming Air agentic development tool

AI/ML Tim Anderson -
Developer tools company JetBrains is discontinuing its Fleet IDE, which was introduced in 2021 but never made it out of…

AWS shows Rust love at re:Invent: 10 times faster than Kotlin, one tenth the latency of Go

Development Tim Anderson -
At its re:Invent conference in Las Vegas last week, AWS described how it now uses Rust by default for certain…

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