2026 • Feb 01
Developers say AI coding tools work—and that's precisely what worries them
Ars spoke to several software devs about AI and found enthusiasm tempered by unease. ...
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2025 • Dec 24
How AI coding agents work—and what to remember if you use them
From compression tricks to multi-agent teamwork, here's what makes them tick. ...
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2025 • Dec 13
OpenAI built an AI coding agent and uses it to improve the agent itself
"The vast majority of Codex is built by Codex," OpenAI told us about its new AI coding agent. ...
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2025 • Dec 04
In 1995, a Netscape employee wrote a hack in 10 days that now runs the Internet
Thirty years later, JavaScript is the glue that holds the interactive web together, warts and all. ...
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2025 • Nov 12
The Mac calculator’s original design came from letting Steve Jobs play with menus for ten minutes
In 1982, a young Mac developer turned Jobs into a UI designer—and accidentally invented a new technique. ...
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2025 • Sep 10
Developers joke about “coding like cavemen” as AI service suffers major outage
Anthropic outage takes down AI tools some developers rely on to create software. ...
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2025 • Aug 20
In Xcode 26, Apple shows first signs of offering ChatGPT alternatives
Claude support in Xcode heralds bigger moves across the ecosystem. ...
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2025 • Aug 01
Developer survey shows trust in AI coding tools is falling as usage rises
"AI solutions that are almost right, but not quite" lead to more debugging work. ...
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