How bad is Catalina? It's almost Apple Maps bad: MacOS 10.15 pushes Cupertino's low bar for code quality lower still Comment Devs lament 'trash fire' 'Windows Vista-like' release OSes11 Oct 2019 | 163
GNU means GNU's Not U: Stallman insists he's still Chief GNUisance while 18 maintainers want him out as leader Now-removed personal website statement sparks confusion Software07 Oct 2019 | 182
Surprise! Copying crummy code from Stack Overflow leads to vulnerable GitHub jobs Boffins find sharing snippets of code has a downside Software04 Oct 2019 | 70
Pupil mental health monitor promises app rewrite after hardcoded login creds discovered Exclusive You Steer-ed into some potential trouble there Security27 Sep 2019 | 25
Haskell, Erlang, and Frank walk into a bar – and begin new project to work in Unison It's not a joke, it's a programming language tuned for distributed systems Software26 Sep 2019 | 25
Are you a Nim-by? C-ish language, gentler than Go, friendlier than Rust, reaches version 1.0 We are the knights who say... Nim! Software24 Sep 2019 | 40
The '$4.4m a year' bug: Chipotle online orders swallowed by JavaScript credit-card form blunder Taco titan's e-ordering fails when browser autofill takes over Software20 Sep 2019 | 52
Hey, NPM. How do you like your Bogensberger? He's, well, done: CEO Bryan ejects from biz JavaScript packager seeks new boss amid internal friction, firings, unionization attempts Devops20 Sep 2019 | 8
Open-source companies gather to gripe: Cloud giants sell our code as a service – and we get the square root of nothing Analysis Biz bods head to Open Core Summit to ponder how to, you know, get paid SaaS20 Sep 2019 | 66
GitHub gobbles biz used by NASA, Google, etc to search code for bugs and security holes in Mars rovers, apps... Semmle's flaw-finding queries can be shared and used on multiple projects Security18 Sep 2019 | 12
Revealed: The 25 most dangerous software bug types – mem corruption, so hot right now Tired: SQLi. Expired: Format string exploits. Hired: Anyone who can port code from C/C++ Security18 Sep 2019 | 100
Stallman's final interview as FSF president: Last week we quizzed him over Microsoft visit. Now he quits top roles amid rape remarks outcry Interview GNU man resigns after Minsky email defense 'the final straw' for dev world Software17 Sep 2019 | 226
I got 99 problems but a switch() ain't one: Java SE 13 lands with various tweaks as per Oracle's less-is-more strategy Code One All part of Big Red's regular small-ish release plan as opposed to large infrequent updates Software16 Sep 2019 | 37
Another sign of the End Times: Free software guru Richard Stallman speaks at Microsoft HQ Photo Firebrand in town to give Redmond a GNU lease of life OSes05 Sep 2019 | 42
After banning adverts in command-line terminals, NPM floats idea of Patreon-style donations to open-source devs Cash-burning biz sees itself following in the footsteps of GitHub Sponsors Software04 Sep 2019 | 24
Developer reconsiders npm command-line ad caper after outcry Effort to help fund open-source projects proves too much Software30 Aug 2019 | 34
Clutching at its Perl 6, developer community ponders language name with less baggage First Gim, er, Glimpse – now our web vultures' favorite coding lingo Software30 Aug 2019 | 250
Git the news here! Code quality doesn't count for much when it comes to pull requests Reputation matters more than code correctness, boffins claim Software27 Aug 2019 | 23
No REST for the wicked: Ruby gem hacked to siphon passwords, secrets from web devs Developer account cracked due to credential reuse, source tampered with and released to hundreds of programmers Security20 Aug 2019 | 13
iFrame clickjacking countermeasures appear in Chrome source code. And it only took *checks calendar* three years After inaction, technical changes promise better fraud defense Security19 Aug 2019 | 11
That's bang out of order: Threesome hookup app 3Fun leaked lovers' data, locations, pix – report Holes supposedly plugged, fnar fnar, but Pen Test Partners believes there may be more Bootnotes09 Aug 2019 | 30
Facebook devs devise Hermes to push cross-platform JavaScript to godlike speeds Not named after the French couturier but the Greek god of trade, roads, and thieves Software12 Jul 2019 | 17
Front-end dev cops to billing NSA $220,000 for hours he didn't work Scam undone by key card and timecard logs Devops04 Jul 2019 | 63
Chrome ad-blocker crackdown preview due late July. Here's a half-dozen reasons why add-on devs are still upset Analysis Canary channel will let programmers experience tough new limits on extensions Personal Tech21 Jun 2019 | 68
Shameless Facebook treats its poor human moderators like absolute dirt. But y'know what it does treat right? Robots If you've dreamed of advancing human obsolescence, your time is at hand Science21 Jun 2019 | 14
Dissed Bash boshed: Apple makes fancy zsh default in forthcoming macOS 'Catalina' 10.15 echo "And we're ok with this" Software04 Jun 2019 | 67
Return of the JSedi: After being ousted from NPM Inc, former CTO is back with rival package registry Entropic CJ Silverio floats open-source federated approach to save JavaScript community from corporate clutches Software04 Jun 2019 | 3
Microsoft doles out PowerShell 7 preview. It works. People like it. We can't find a reason to be sarcastic about it Popular admin tool shifts to .Net Core 3.0 amid talk of future features Software31 May 2019 | 52
Google relents slightly in ad-blocker crackdown – for paid-up enterprise Chrome users, everyone else not so much Freeloaders will be limited to less capable content filtering Software29 May 2019 | 76
if developer_docs == bad then app_quality = bad; Coders slam Apple for subpar API manuals Sorry state of documentation baffles programmers as iGiant launches new MacBook Pros, promises better keyboards Software21 May 2019 | 24
Cloudflare gives websites their marching orders to hasten page rendering automatically Adjustments to HTTP/2 Prioritization allow faster delivery of web resources Networks15 May 2019 | 22
NPM today stands for Now Paging Microsoft: GitHub just launched its own software registry GitHub Package Registry provides libraries and other bits and bytes for Java, JavaScript, Ruby, .NET and more Devops10 May 2019 | 13
You're not still writing Android apps in Oracle's Java, are you? Google tut-tuts at dev conf Google I/O Ad giant pushes Kotlin language, Q beta 3, Flutter, ChromeOS, and more Software09 May 2019 | 67
Google jumps the shark from search results to your camera: Nest Hub, Pixels, and more from ad giant's coder confab Google I/O AI. Privacy. AI. Privacy. AI. Privacy. AI. Priva... Science07 May 2019 | 54
Docker made itself popular with devs. Now it has to make itself essential for biz. But how? Ah ha! Pay-as-you-go enterprise features Upstart enlists CapGemini to manage Docker Enterprise Devops30 Apr 2019 | 10
Node.js version 12 is now out: Let's pop the hood and see what's inside this JS runtime TLS 1.3, speedups, reduced memory overhead, and more Software23 Apr 2019 | 6
Hands off Brock! EFF pleads with Google not to kill its Privacy Badger with its Manifest destiny It's not hard, we just need some coding tweaks to make sure Privacy Badger stays sane Software19 Apr 2019 | 31
Microsoft debuts Bosque – a new programming language with no loops, inspired by TypeScript Interview Here's that regularized programming you wanted. Bish, bash, er, Bosque Software18 Apr 2019 | 197
Astronomer slams sexists trying to tear down black hole researcher's rep Misogynists sniping at Caltech's Kate Bouman get an earful Science12 Apr 2019 | 163
NPM apologizes for ham-fisted handling of recent staff layoffs Sorry song fails to quell online discontent, rumors swirl of competition ahead On-Prem11 Apr 2019 | 13
Mozilla tries to do Java as it should have been – with a WASI spec for all devices, computers, operating systems One binary to rule them all Software29 Mar 2019 | 74
This is the Send, encrypted end-to-end, this is the Send, my Mozillan friend Ride the fox, ride the fox Security13 Mar 2019 | 46
Amazon Web Services ships own open-source flavor of Elasticsearch, insists it's not trying to fork developers off This is not a split, says rent-a-server biz Storage12 Mar 2019 | 2
Freelance devs: Oh, you wanted the app to be secure? The job spec didn't mention that Boffins find pros-for-hire no better at writing secure code than compsci beginners Security11 Mar 2019 | 95
That marketing email database that exposed 809 million contact records? Maybe make that two-BILLION-plus? Updated 'This is a gigantic amalgamation of data all in one place' expert tells El Reg Databases08 Mar 2019 | 31
The biggest uptick in demand for software devs by bosses is for... *rubs eyes* blockchain engineers?!? Java meanwhile manages to be both the third-most-loved and second-most-hated programming language Software28 Feb 2019 | 54
Docker to anoint new CFO this week, lures execs from tech giants amid layoffs, hires Exclusive CEO of embattled biz tells The Reg: 'Docker Enterprise continues to be our main focus' Devops25 Feb 2019 | 3
Oracle sued for $4.5m after ERP system delivery date 'moved from 2015 to 2016, then 2017, then... er, never' Lawsuit accuses Big Red of fraud, breach of contract Software21 Feb 2019 | 32
Chrome ad, content blockers beg Google: Don't execute our code! Wait, no, do execute our code – just don't kill us! Worried devs list Manifest v3 problems they need tweaked Software20 Feb 2019 | 32
WWW = Woeful, er, winternet wendering? CERN browser rebuilt after 30 years barely recognizes modern web Berners-Lee's WorldWideWeb code can't handle much, but hey, it now runs in a browser Software19 Feb 2019 | 115
Git money, git paid: GitHub waves larger wads of dollar bills to tempt bug hunters Bounty bonanza balloons and beguiles Devops19 Feb 2019 | 4
Data-spewing Spectre chip flaws can't be killed by software alone, Google boffins conclude While browsers have got their act together, any other apps interpreting user-supplied code need to be aware of this Security18 Feb 2019 | 82
After outrage over Chrome ad-block block plan, Google backs away from crippling web advert, content filters Revised proposals attempt to address worries over Manifest v3 API changes Software16 Feb 2019 | 55
Why does that website take forever to load? Clues: Three syllables, starts with a J, rhymes with crock of sh... Ex-Googler reveals study and, yes, we're lookin' at you, WordAds Software15 Feb 2019 | 111
Google's stunning plan to avoid apps slurping Gmail inboxes: Charge devs for security audits Requirement threatens to break the bank Software11 Feb 2019 | 40
Website programming? Pffft, so 2011. Python's main squeeze is now data science, apparently Popular glue coding language sticks to everything Software07 Feb 2019 | 51
Good news! Only half of Internet of Crap apps fumble encryption Updated Android apps for TP-Link, LIFX, Belkin, and Broadlink kit found with holes, some at least have been repaired Edge + IoT04 Feb 2019 | 24
Boffins debunk study claiming certain languages (cough, C, PHP, JS...) lead to more buggy code than others Hard evidence that some coding lingo encourage flaws remains elusive Devops30 Jan 2019 | 154
As netizens, devs scream bloody murder over Chrome ad-block block, Googlers insist: It's not set in stone (yet) Analysis Advertising giant insists it's all still on drawing board – as plugin devs face code rewrites Security23 Jan 2019 | 44
Great, you've moved your website or app to HTTPS. How do you test it? Here's a tool to make local TLS certs painless Breathe easier knowing you've tested your software properly Security09 Jan 2019 | 38
This is the final straw, evil Microsoft. Making private GitHub repos free? You've gone too far First Redmond takes over code hotel, now it's telling us: You will, er, won't pay for this Software07 Jan 2019 | 129
Time for a little bet on Google? App-building framework Flutter now fitted for more than phones – desktops, too Dart-based dev tool aspires to allow the creation of software that runs everywhere Devops05 Dec 2018 | 6