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A newly-published paper entitled "Vibe coding kills open source" makes the claim that everyone's favourite new hobby—that is, using AI tools to code their own products—is actively damaging the ...

TIOBE Index for February 2026: Top 10 Most Popular Programming Languages Your email has been sent February’s TIOBE Index shows a leaderboard that looks steady at first glance, but small shifts beneath ...

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