Welcome to The Long View—where we peruse the news of the week and strip it to the essentials. Let’s work out what really matters. This week: VS Code drops support for Python 3.7, Windows drops VBScript, and Europe plans the fastest ARM supercomputer. 1. Python Extension for Visual Studio Code Kills 3.7 First up this […]
Welcome to The Long View—where we peruse the news of the week and strip it to the essentials. Let’s work out what really matters. In a cheeky extra post this week: Everyone’s favorite single-board ARM computer, the Raspberry Pi, has a new generation coming soon. Compared to the ’4, RPi5 has double the performance, quadruple […]
Welcome to The Long View—where we peruse the news of the week and strip it to the essentials. Let’s work out what really matters. This week: Rethinking return-to-office mandates and a ridiculous, ancient Windows bug. 1. WTH? Managers regret RTO First up this week: How’s it going with forcing people back into the office? Survey […]
Welcome to The Long View—where we peruse the news of the week and strip it to the essentials. Let’s work out what really matters. This week: Google’s full-stack, browser based development environment in the cloud. It’s not just a Copilot clone, but aims to help you “get an app from zero to production.” Analysis: Laudable […]
Welcome to The Long View—where we peruse the news of the week and strip it to the essentials. Let’s work out what really matters. This week: Can the Linux desktop installed base ever break the mythical 10% barrier? Google has been refactoring ChromeOS, and GNOME is working on new window manager ideas. 1. Lacros Gets […]
Welcome to The Long View—where we peruse the news of the week and strip it to the essentials. Let’s work out what really matters. This week: SUSE announces a Red Hat Enterprise Linux fork after Oracle said a similar thing, and Sarah Silverman says OpenAI and Meta have stolen her words. 1. IBM Takes Incoming […]
Welcome to The Long View—where we peruse the news of the week and strip it to the essentials. Let’s work out what really matters. This week: Google complains to the FTC about Microsoft market abuses, and new graduates don’t know how to office. 1. Google Accuses Microsoft of Tie-In Abuse First up this week: Google—fresh […]
Welcome to The Long View—where we peruse the news of the week and strip it to the essentials. Let’s work out what really matters. This week: GitHub touts unbelievable AI stats, and Intel’s beautiful open source typeface. 1. Survey Sounds Sus First up this week: A GitHub survey implies the vast majority of devs use […]
Welcome to The Long View—where we peruse the news of the week and strip it to the essentials. Let’s work out what really matters. This week: Nvidia’s CEO grabs headlines by saying your career is toast, and Intel is still fighting. 1. ‘It’s so easy to use’ First up this week: “Jensen” Huáng Rénxūn’s Computex […]
Welcome to The Long View—where we peruse the news of the week and strip it to the essentials. Let’s work out what really matters. This week: The npm registry suffers spam infestation, and Microsoft makes Google sad. 1. Spam in npm First up this week: Scammers and SEO scrotes are flooding the npm repo with […]