Python -O won’t magically make every script faster, but in the right workloads it’s a free win—here’s how to test it safely.

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An AI agent got nasty after its pull request got rejected. Can open-source development survive autonomous bot contributors?

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang says English could become the most powerful programming language as AI reduces the need for traditional coding and shifts focus toward intent-driven human-machine interaction.

Oh, sure, I can “code.” That is, I can flail my way through a block of (relatively simple) pseudocode and follow the flow. I ...

This desktop app for hosting and running LLMs locally is rough in a few spots, but still useful right out of the box.

Java developers are simultaneously abandoning Oracle’s distribution to cut costs while expanding their use of the language to ...