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Turso retires bug bounty program because most "CRITICAL" issues are just AI slop

Usama Jawad — Fri, 15 May 2026 14:42:01 +0000

Open-source database project Turso killed its bug bounty after AI agents flooded developers with useless, nonsensical bug reports. Read more...

Good news: JetBrains makes another IDE free for non-commercial use

David Uzondu — Thu, 02 Oct 2025 05:40:01 +0000

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AI's impact on programming language popularity revealed

Paul Hill — Wed, 24 Sep 2025 14:40:01 +0000

AI is changing the game for programming languages. According to a new report, Python holds the top spot while JavaScript drops. The reason? "Vibe coding" with AI assistants. Read more...

Microsoft reveals plans for SQL Server Management Studio

Usama Jawad — Thu, 04 Sep 2025 17:12:02 +0000

Microsoft has revealed some details about what's next for SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS). Customers should expect multiple SSMS releases soon. Read more...

Microsoft announces SQL Server 2025 Release Candidate 0

Usama Jawad — Fri, 22 Aug 2025 17:18:01 +0000

Microsoft has released the first release candidate for SQL Server 2025, touting AI capabilities and experimental features through PREVIEW_FEATURES. Read more...

Microsoft claims its new mssql-python driver is miles better than pyodbc

Usama Jawad — Tue, 12 Aug 2025 13:04:02 +0000

Microsoft is previewing its new mssql-python driver, claiming that it is significantly faster and better than the industry-standard pyodbc. Read more...

On the ground: A data professional's warning exposes the hidden dangers of LLMs

Paul Hill — Fri, 08 Aug 2025 05:58:01 +0000

AI is undoubtedly an amazing tool to help with programming tasks, but there is the danger that it's becoming too heavily relied upon, with some professionals unable to debug the code it creates. Read more...

.NET and JDBC drivers get native vector data support, enabling up to 50x faster reads

Usama Jawad — Thu, 31 Jul 2025 18:36:01 +0000

Microsoft has introduced native support for vectors in .NET and JDBC drivers, enabling up to 50x read speed improvements and 3.3x for write operations. Read more...

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Hamza Jawad — Wed, 07 Apr 2021 18:16:02 +0000

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Hamza Jawad — Tue, 10 Sep 2019 21:06:01 +0000

Microsoft has released the September update for Azure Data Studio, bringing SQL Server command line mode in the Query Editor, Notebook improvements, the Query Editor Boost extension, and more. Read more...

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Hamza Jawad — Fri, 30 Aug 2019 12:38:01 +0000

After releasing SQL Server 2019's first release candidate last week, Microsoft has now made the RC1 refresh available. This brings bits for Big Data Clusters, something that was previewed last month. Read more...

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