How I, a 40-something Computer Novice, Learned to Build Websites with AI

A story of learning and encounters that changed me from someone who couldn't do anything—Introduction: You can change your ...
Communications of the ACMOpinion

Teaching Novice Computing and Programming in the Agentic AI Era

Yet, instead of celebration, much of the conversation we hear about computing education in the era of AI-programming agents ...
Nature

Margaret Hamilton obituary: computer scientist who pioneered software engineering and helped us get to the Moon

Margaret Hamilton — a titan of computer science — has died aged 90. She is best known for her work in developing the software ...
How-To Geek

4 joke programming languages that actually work

Programming languages like BASIC, C, Java, Pascal, and so many more exist because it's hard for humans to code in assembly ...

Self-Introduction | How a Liberal Arts Student Who Failed at Programming Learned to Delegate Chores to AI

IntroductionNice to meet you, I'm Aoi. In this note, I will write about my experiences delegating the "troublesome things" in ...
Ars Technica

AI coding agents generate more code, but not more software

Anyone who has even tangentially associated with computer programming knows that modern AI coding assistants and agents can ...

Before Computer Science Became a Boys’ Club, Margaret Hamilton Wrote the Code

The woman who helped put astronauts on the moon was a software engineer when the field was not prestigious or lucrative.
Guinness World Records

Longest computer programming lesson

Age Restriction: Applications for this record title will only be accepted if the applicant is 16 years of age or over. The longest computer programming lesson is 60 hours, and was achieved by Abel ...
HUB

Researchers watched students' brains as they learned to program

Computer programming powers modern society and enabled the artificial intelligence revolution, but little is known about how our brains learn this essential skill. To help answer that question, Johns ...