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On-Device Debugging and JUnit 5

This is the first follow-up to Friday's release post, and it covers the two changes from this release that affect how you iterate on a Codename One app rather than what the app its...

iOS Compiler Independent of Xcode: Detailed Explanation of the kxbuild Tool in kxapp

In iOS development, compilation is rarely discussed. Most of the time, after writing code, you click Run, and the IDE handles the rest. But if you break down this process, many st...

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Free Tools Help Developers Build Embedded Systems

Developers can now use tools for writing code, adding machine learning, and building safer systems without paying license fees. Embedded developers can now use Microchip’s MPLAB XC...

How the JVM Decides What to Compile: Inside the JIT Tier System and Profiling Pipeline

A conceptual walkthrough of C1, C2, tiered compilation, and why the JVM’s optimizer knows more about your code than you do. Java is often described as a compiled language and an in...

FOSS dev builds a BASIC compiler using LLVM

Not just any old BASIC, either: OS-9’s BASIC09

Embedded Toolchain TCO: The Hidden Cost of Free Compilers

Ask a procurement manager or a software lead why they use open-source toolchains, and you’ll likely hear the same shrug:... The post Embedded Toolchain TCO: The Hidden Cost of Free...

[Перевод] Что именно делал компилятор: как ассемблер помогает разобраться в производительности кода на C++

Расскажу вам одну историю о том, как смог прокачаться в качестве C++-программиста. Мне в этом помогло не чтение стандарта. Я тогда ещё не понимал до конца метапрограммирование с ис...

The Two Things That Bit Me In Emscripten

While building a web application using React, TypeScript, C++, Emscripten, and Raylib, I ran into two linker-related issues that took far longer to diagnose than they should have....

Debugging AI Coding Agents: How to See Prompts, Tool Calls, Token Usage, and Cost

When a coding agent fails, the visible error is rarely the whole story. You might see: a tool call that never ran a command repeated again and again a sudden token spike a provi...

BASIC09 Programming Language Front-End Developed For LLVM

The 46-year-old BASIC09 programming language has new compiler support with a front-end having been developed for the LLVM compiler stack. BASIC09 was developed in 1980 for the Moto...

AsmX с движком Raptor: Архитектура абсолютного контроля

Raptor Engine: Как 30 000 строк кода на TypeScript вдохнули жизнь в компилятор AsmXМожно ли объединить абсолютный контроль низкоуровневого ассемблера x86-64 с изяществом ООП, шабло...

C programmers commit fresh crimes against readability

Prepare to be befuddled and bamboozled – and probably bewitched

5 Best AI Coding Tools in 2026: Tested and Compared | Simplilearn

TL;DR: AI coding tools work best as supervised pair programmers, speeding up boilerplate, testing, and debugging. While 84% of developers use these tools, only 33% fully trust thei...