Pebble smartwatch revival to avoid obsolescence with open-source

Eric Migicovsky, founder of the Pebble smartwatch, is turning to open-source to ensure device longevity with the iconic wearable’s relaunch. When a hardware vendor folds, the device usually dies with it. By advancing Pebble’s software stack from partial to complete openness, Core Devices – the company behind Pebble – is effectively insuring its hardware against …

JetBrains teaches developers how to use AI coding tools effectively

JetBrains wants to solve the disconnect between developers having access to AI coding tools and knowing how to use them effectively. Generative models are now commonplace, but integrating autonomous agents into established workflows is a far messier reality. JetBrains, partnering with Nebius, is attempting to close this gap with a new educational push designed to …

From MVP to scale: When to invest in custom software vs. low-code

Every growing tech team faces the same fork in the road: stay with a low-code platform that got the MVP to market or rebuild with custom software built for scale. Knowing when to make that shift can define how your product performs and evolves in the long term. Speed matters in the beginning. However, as …

Open-source developer burnout fuels supply chain risks

Open-source developers are suffering from burnout, fuelling supply chain risks for the 96% of enterprises relying on external code libraries. According to a report by psychologist Miranda Heath, 73% of developers report burnout and 60% of open-source maintainers have considered walking away entirely. When these volunteers quit, the supply chain snaps. Downstream, that means unpatched …

Gemini 3: Google enables new agentic AI workflows for developers

For developers, Gemini 3 is expanding the promise of AI beyond simple code completion to the concept of autonomous agentic workflows. As development teams face increasing pressure to deliver complex software faster, the bottleneck often transfers from writing syntax to managing logic and architecture. Google’s latest dual release – the Gemini 3 model and the …

Software projects late, costly, and irrelevant?

For enterprise leaders, the pressure to deliver new digital products is high. Software projects run late, overrun budgets, and disappoint users. Research from Boston Consulting Group shows that 30% of software development projects miss time or cost targets, and half of those still fail to meet expectations. For CIOs and COOs trying to balance innovation …

Ada: Should developers revisit the veteran programming language?

Ada, a 45-year-old programming language, might just solve the very problems developers have been grappling with for years. I realise that for many developers – particularly those who entered the industry this side of the millennium – Ada might conjure images of monolithic, over-engineered military programmes from a bygone era. It’s a language with a …

Epic Games releases Unreal Engine 5.7 for building lifelike worlds

Epic Games has released Unreal Engine 5.7 with new features aimed at building and rendering large-scale, high-fidelity, and real-time worlds. For any studio working on digital twins, simulations, or blockbuster games, the maths has always been difficult. Creating expansive and detailed environments is a manual, costly slog, and rendering that complexity in real-time brings even …