Microsoft AI Rust Migration: Research vs 1M Lines/Month Hype
Microsoft Distinguished Engineer Galen Hunt made headlines December 24 with an ambitious LinkedIn post: eliminate “every line of C and C++” from Microsoft ...
Software Engineer Salary Stagnation: AI Premium vs Junior Market Collapse 2025
The software engineering career ladder broke in 2025. Junior developer hiring (P1/P2) collapsed by 73% ...
GitHub Self-Hosted Runner Pricing: 24-Hour Reversal
GitHub tried to charge developers for using their own hardware. The backlash was so fierce ...
OpenAI GPT-OSS: DeepSeek Forced 6-Year Reversal
After six years of broken promises, OpenAI just released its first open-source models since 2019. ...
Vibe Coding Hangover: $1.5T Debt Warning and Development Hell
The vibe coding party is over, and the hangover is brutal. Fast Company reported in ...
Developer Productivity Metrics Crisis: 66% Don’t Trust DORA
Two-thirds of developers don’t trust the productivity metrics measuring their work. According to JetBrains’ State of Developer Ecosystem 2025 survey of 24,534 developers ...
FFmpeg Files DMCA Against Rockchip: 2-Year GPL Standoff
GitHub disabled Rockchip’s Media Process Platform repository today, December 26, 2025, after an FFmpeg developer ...
ChatGPT Enthusiasm Slider: Symptom-Treating AI Tone Problems
OpenAI just solved a problem. ChatGPT was too enthusiastic, too warm, too emoji-happy. Their solution? ...
OpenAI $100B Raise at $830B Valuation: AI Bubble Warnings
OpenAI is in talks to raise up to $100 billion at an $830 billion valuation—a ...
ICE Surveillance Tech: $1.4B Spend Sparks Privacy Backlash
In September 2025, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement spent $1.4 billion on surveillance technology—the highest ...
