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Microsoft’s TypeScript team has announced an experimental native port of the TypeScript compiler (tsc), dubbed tsc-go, aimed at providing 10x improvement on build time, drastically reducing cold editor startup times, and substantially improving memory usage. This initiative explores running the compiler (written in Go) without the Node.js runtime overhead.
By Bruno CouriolCurrently in alpha, Pyrefly is a new open-source Python type checker developed by Meta in Rust for maximum performance. Inspired by tools like Pyre, Pyright, and MyPy, Pyrefly is intended to replace the OCaml-based Pyre type checker previously used for Instagram's codebase.
By Sergio De SimoneOn May 23rd, 1995, at the Sun World conference in San Francisco, California, Sun Microsystems formally introduced the Java programming language. Oracle marked this milestone with a six-hour 30th birthday event on May 23rd, 2025, featuring many Java luminaries and special guests.
By Michael RedlichGoogle DeepMind published a paper describing their AlphaEvolve coding agent. AlphaEvolve uses LLMs to discover and optimize algorithms across a range of domains, including hardware design, data center operations, and AI training.
By Anthony AlfordApollo GraphQL recently launched its MCP Server, enabling businesses to securely and efficiently integrate AI agents with existing APIs using GraphQL. The platform empowers teams to scale innovation and drive faster time-to-value from AI investments by reducing development overhead, improving governance, and accelerating AI feature delivery.
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