Software Engineering Archives

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Software Engineering

Embedded Swift Improvements Coming in Swift 6.3

Embedded Swift is a subset of Swift that’s designed for low resource usage, making it capable of running on constrained environments like microcontrollers. Using a special compilation mode, Embedded Swift produces…

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Software Engineering

Visual Studio 2026 is here: faster, smarter, and a hit with early adopters

Dear developers, We’re thrilled to announce that Visual Studio 2026 is now generally available! This is a moment we’ve built side by side with you. Your feedback has helped shape…

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Software Engineering

Introducing Google Gen AI .NET SDK

Last year, we announced the Google Gen AI SDK as the new unified library for Gemini on Google AI (via the Gemini Developer API) and Vertex AI (via the Vertex AI API). At the time, it…

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Software Engineering

Julia 1.12 Highlights

Julia version 1.12 has finally been released. We want to thank all the contributors to this release and all the testers who helped find regressions and issues in the pre-releases.…

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Development gets better with Age

He has heard the whispers, “he is getting older, who will replace him?” People asking him with a straight face, “when will you retire?” After close to 25 years at…

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Software Engineering

The Growth of the Swift Server Ecosystem

Nearly ten years ago, Swift was open sourced and an official runtime for Linux was released. I’ve been involved with Swift on the server since almost the very beginning, originally…

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What is an ISV (independent software vendor)?

An ISV (independent software vendor) makes and sells software products that work with computer hardware, operating systems (OSes) or software platforms made by another company.An ISV (independent software vendor) makes…

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What is an SBOM (software bill of materials)?

An SBOM (software bill of materials) is a detailed inventory of all components and software dependencies involved in the development and delivery of an application.An SBOM (software bill of materials)…

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Claude 3.7 Sonnet and Claude Code

Today, we’re announcing Claude 3.7 Sonnet1, our most intelligent model to date and the first hybrid reasoning model on the market. Claude 3.7 Sonnet can produce near-instant responses or extended,…

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This Month in Julia World

A monthly newsletter, mostly on julia internals, digestible for casual observers. A biased, incomplete, editorialized list of what I found interesting this month, with contributions from the community. “Internals” Fora…

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