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A former Uber distinguished engineer says all engineers should be writing code regularly — no matter their rank

Software engineers don't just code; they plan, design, and can even manage teams. One former Uber engineer leader advises tech workers to stay close to the fundamentals. Joakim Recht spent nearly nine ...
TheServerSide

5 code refactoring patterns, with examples

Once a developer finishes writing code and it works, it can feel like the job is done. It is not. The job is over when the code is refactored and cleaned up. Developers inevitably work to a deadline ...
Wired

AI Could Soon Write Code Based on Ordinary Language

In recent years, researchers have used artificial intelligence to improve translation between programming languages or automatically fix problems. The AI system ...
ZDNet

ChatGPT can write code. Now researchers say it's good at fixing bugs, too

OpenAI's ChatGPT chatbot can fix software bugs very well, but its key advantage over other methods and AI models is its unique ability for dialogue with humans that allows it to improve the ...
Semiconductor Engineering

Smarter Write Barriers For Arm64 In .NET CoreCLR

Introducing multiple Arm64 variants of the JIT_WriteBarrier function. Each variant is tuned for a GC mode. Because many parts ...
Wired

AI Can Write Code Like Humans

Some software developers are now letting artificial intelligence help write their code. They’re finding that AI is just as flawed as humans. Last June, GitHub, a subsidiary of Microsoft that provides ...