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Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff pictured during an interview at Bloomberg House during the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland, on Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2025.

Salesforce may put hiring freeze on software engineers, Benioff suggests

By George Fitzmaurice published

News Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff has suggested the company may freeze hiring for software engineers as the company records productivity boosts through AI agents.

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Mark Zuckerberg, chief executive officer of Meta Platforms Inc., during the Meta Connect event in Menlo Park, California, US, on Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2024

Mark Zuckerberg says AI will be doing the work of mid-level engineers this year

By Solomon Klappholz published

News The Meta founder thinks 2025 will herald a profound shift in the software engineering profession

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Google logo pictured at the company's Bay View campus in Mountain View, California.

AI helped Google engineers cut code migration times in half

By George Fitzmaurice published

News The firm also simplified communications as migrations can be completed by a single engineer

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Female software developer using AI coding tools on a desktop computer with light from screen reflecting in spectacles.

Shadow AI is creeping its way into software development

By Solomon Klappholz published

News Enterprises need to create smart AI usage policies that balance the benefits and risks

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Software developer looking stressed at desk in a dark room with monitor light illuminating face.

Developers are struggling to build generative AI applications – here's why

By George Fitzmaurice published

News AI coding tools could help, though experts told ITPro that businesses should keep a focus on core software engineering skills

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Male software developer using AI coding tools on a desktop computer while sitting in an open plan office space.

AI coding tools aren’t the solution to the growing ‘developer crisis’

By Solomon Klappholz published

News AI is pitched as the perfect solution to growing developer productivity problems, but it comes with its own problems

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Software developer coding in VBScript programming language at a computer with screen reflecting in glasses.

Interest in traditional programming languages is declining

By George Fitzmaurice published

News Research raises questions about the relationship between AI coding tools and changing developer skill sets

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GitHub login screen pictured on a laptop display for GitHub Copilot tool.

GitHub just launched a new free tier for its Copilot assistant

By Nicole Kobie published

News Limited access to GitHub Copilot in VS Code is now available free of charge

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Software developer working on a desktop computer with virtual reality headset while colleague looks on from the background.

Virtual reality could be the next frontier in software development — here’s why

By Solomon Klappholz published

News Coding in virtual reality has a lot of promise, but exorbitant costs and health concerns mean adoption remains low

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Female software engineer sitting idly at desk while staring at a desktop computer screen.

Are ‘ghost engineers’ stunting software productivity?

By George Fitzmaurice published

News The study used an algorithm to assess the amount of work being done by software engineers at hundreds of firms

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