Enlarge / Part of the cover illustration from “The Applesoft Tutorial” BASIC manual that shipped with the Apple II computer starting in 1981. Apple, Inc. reader comments 71 Sixty years ago, on May 1, 1964, at 4 am in the morning, a quiet revolution in computing began at Dartmouth College. That’s when mathematicians John G.… Read More »
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Enlarge / Curling, like the cURL project, requires precision and is underappreciated. reader comments 28 with Share this story When you first start messing with the command line, it can feel like there’s an impermeable wall between the local space you’re messing around in and the greater Internet. On your side, you’ve got your commands… Read More »
Enlarge / Replit’s Ghostwriter AI tool can assist you while you code. reader comments 15 with 11 posters participating Share this story Today, Replit announced Ghostwriter, an AI-powered programming assistant that can make suggestions to make coding easier. It works within Replit’s online development environment and resembles GitHub Copilot’s ability to recognize and compose code… Read More »
Enlarge / Öppna Skolplattformen hoped to succeed where Skolplattform had failed. Comstock | Getty Images reader comments 8 with 8 posters participating Share this story Christian Landgren’s patience was running out. Every day the separated father of three was wasting precious time trying to get the City of Stockholm’s official school system, Skolplattform, to work… Read More »
Vicki Been | Getty Images reader comments 45 with 29 posters participating Share this story Two months ago, Jacob Eiting closed the Series B for his startup RevenueCat, which makes a platform for managing in-app subscriptions. The $40 million investment was meant to grow the company and, crucially, to hire more people. The 35-person startup… Read More »
Enlarge / Shozoku and ninjato are encouraged, but not strictly required, in order to compete. reader comments 17 with 13 posters participating Share this story Annual programming competition Runcode.ninja is back again in its fourth year, beginning Friday, November 6. RunCode is a nonprofit organization staffed by volunteers working in their spare time and focused… Read More »