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This is a guest post by Mateusz Maćkowski and Marek Grzelak, co-maintainers of cot.rs and speakers at Rustikon 2026. You can watch the full talk here. RIIR. If you've spent any time in open source communities, you've seen it. Someone opens an issue on a C or C++ project and suggests rewriting in…

We’ve just released the first minor update for IntelliJ IDEA 2026.2 – v2026.2.1. You can update to this version from inside the IDE, using the Toolbox App, or using snaps if you are a Ubuntu user. You can also download it from our website. Here are the most notable updates: Markd…

Frontend development has historically meant working in three separate environments: a design tool for specs and prototypes, the IDE for coding, and a browser to check if everything works. A few days ago, we released the new plugin Figma Connect for WebStorm, which eliminated the first context switch…

This post is a follow-up to our July 27, 2026, announcement about CVE-2026-63077. Summary Since our initial announcement on July 27, 2026, we have received reports of active exploitation, as well as attempted exploitation, targeting unpatched TeamCity servers. We strongly recommend that cu…

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The simplest tools are often the most useful, and debugging is a prime example of this. There are many advanced debugging techniques, and while they all have their use cases, println debugging is still the #1 choice, whether you're doing it manually or with the help of coding agents. Inser…

Where time actually goes in design-to-code Every design implementation starts the same way: find the Figma tab, find the right frame, screenshot it, paste it somewhere, switch back to the terminal. By the time you write the first line of code, you've already done five minutes of busywork, and you…

With the rapid rise in agent-first development, many developers are adopting AI-first editors like Cursor, Google Antigravity IDE, Devin Desktop, and Kiro into their workflows. The appeal is obvious: deep, contextual AI assistance integrated directly into the coding surface. But if you write C# and …

July gave the tech world plenty to talk about, from fresh releases and useful tutorials to Kotlin updates, AI experiments, and new ideas across the wider ecosystem. We packed the best of it into one issue, so you can skip scrolling and get straight to the good stuff. To top it all off, Donald Raab j…

Drew Penrod is an experienced fullstack engineer at a company that makes phones designed for kids using Samsung Galaxy hardware running custom software. He and his team develop and maintain an Android-based platform that gives parents control over apps, contacts, screen time, messaging, and browsing…