2025: The Year of the Return of the Ada Programming Language?
In 2025, the Ada programming language made what might be considered a comeback. (But don’t call it one! Yet.) Last...
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Excel is officially a programming language: Here’s what that means
If you thought Microsoft Excel was just for data entry, think again. It has evolved into an officially Turing-complete programming...
Claude Code for writers
This is a column about Claude Code. My boyfriend works at Anthropic. See my full ethics disclosure here.Three years ago this...
A programming language called ‘PURRTRAN’ for people who want a cat to help them code has been released, coding with an assistant cat that will die if not properly cared for
Jan 09, 2026 19:00:00 A new programming language called ' PURTRAN ' has been released, designed to give you the...
AI Coding Degrades: Silent Failures Emerge
In recent months, I’ve noticed a troubling trend with AI coding assistants. After two years of steady improvements, over the...
Beyond Python: Why LLMs Need More Stable, Open Source Code
In the future dreams of Large Language Models, there will be no need for human intervention and they will write...
C# Is TIOBE Language of 2025
For the second time in three years, C# has been awarded the accolade TIOBE Programming Language of the Year by...
Rust moves from experiment to a core Linux kernel language
Where does Rust in Linux go now? In a word, “Everywhere.”Back in December, the memory-safe, computer language Rust moved from “experiment”...
13-Year Rust Veteran Creates New Programming Language from Scratch with Claude, Writes 100,000 Lines of Code in 11 Days
"Can one person develop a programming language without funds or a team?" This is a question that Steve Klabnik, a...
