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@faun published <function LinkPost.objectify at 0x7f5ccde85fc0> Is Java Still Used? Current Trends and Market Demand in 2025 , 1 month, 3 weeks ago.
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Is Java Still Used? Current Trends and Market Demand in 2025

Java’s not just hanging on in 2025—it’s running the show. Over 90% of the Fortune 500 still trust it to power cloud platforms, big data pipelines, and IoT sprawl. What’s keeping it sharp? A brisk six-month release cadence. A battle-hardened ecosystem through OpenJDK and Jakarta EE. And a JVM that k..

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Esoteric Languages Challenge Coders to Think Way Outside the Box

Daniel Temkin has written a book about44 esoteric programming languages, including Valence, which uses ancient Greek measuring symbols. Temkin emphasizes the significance of esoteric languages in promoting creativity and investigating the complicated nature of modern programming. These languages hav..

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The Ultimate Sprint Retro: My 10 Years of Software Engineering

A decade in the trenches took one engineer from writing clean code to navigating company chaos—eventually landing in engineering management. The big shift? Less about scaling systems, more about scaling humans. What started with system design and production code morphed into leading teams, syncing ..

The Ultimate Sprint Retro: My 10 Years of Software Engineering
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The Raku Programming Language: There's More Than One Way To Do It

Raku throws togethermulti-paradigm support,gradual typing,first-class regex grammars, andmetaprogrammingthat actually earns the name. It comes with built-in concurrency,multiple dispatch, and fresh tools likeRakuASTfor syntax-aware code wrangling...

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Developer Experience at Pinterest: The Journey to PinConsole

Pinterest rolled outPinConsole, a custom-built Internal Developer Platform powered byBackstage. Years of scattered tools had piled on complexity. This is their clean slate. PinConsole pulls developer workflows into one place, plugging intoPinCompute (Kubernetes),GitHub,Jira, andPagerDuty. It also b..

Developer Experience at Pinterest: The Journey to PinConsole
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Building Etsy Buyer Profiles with LLMs

Every day, nearly 90M buyers look for unique items out of over 100 million listings on the Etsy. The platform uses large language models to create detailed buyer profiles anonymously capturing their interests. Adjustments in data retrieval and processing have reduced the time and cost of generating ..

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Zero-Click Remote Code Execution: Exploiting MCP & Agentic IDEs

A zero-click exploit is making the rounds—nasty stuff targeting agentic IDEs likeCursor. The trick? Slip a malicious Google Doc into the system. If MCP integration and allow-listedPython executionare on, the document gets auto-pulled, parsed, and runs code. No clicks. No prompts. Justremote code exe..

Zero-Click Remote Code Execution: Exploiting MCP & Agentic IDEs
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OpenAI eats jobs, then offers to help you find a new one

OpenAI just fired a shot across LinkedIn’s bow. Its new jobs platform—part ofOpenAI Academy—aims to certify AI skills, then plug users directly into hiring pipelines. Walmart's already on board. Market signal:OpenAI’s not just training people anymore. It's moving in on talent placement, pulling the ..

OpenAI eats jobs, then offers to help you find a new one