Coding stories

Australia's largest student hackathon, Unihack, returns from 14-16 March 2025, backed by major sponsor Logitech, with an expected 600 participants.

As AI transforms industries, educators urge for enhanced STEM learning to bridge the skills gap and empower the AI-ready generation for future careers.

As Australia sees a slow rise in women within the tech workforce, leaders urge those without a tech background to embrace unconventional paths in the industry.

After a decade as a Biomedical Scientist, Valerie pivoted to fintech at 40, pursuing an apprenticeship to embrace new challenges and opportunities.

Digma has introduced its Preemptive Observability platform, an innovative analysis tool aimed at identifying coding issues before production deployment.

OutSystems has launched Mentor, an AI-powered tool on its Developer Cloud, streamlining app development and reducing SDLC time for businesses.

Sensay, an AI start-up, is pushing to redefine workplace roles by labelling AI as employees, launching a job ad for an AI Full Stack Developer.

Qt Group has launched the Qt AI Assistant to enhance UI development, aiming to reduce tedious tasks while supporting integration with multiple programming languages.

Cloudera has unveiled a preview of its Retrieval-Augmented Generation Studio, enabling enterprises to deploy AI chatbots using real-time data without coding.

Veracode has unveiled enhancements to its AI-powered coding solution, Veracode Fix, aiming to cut vulnerability remediation time drastically.

As ChatGPT celebrates its second anniversary, CTOs share insights on its transformative potential, future challenges, and the evolution of AI in their sectors.

AI is reshaping automation, with tools like GPT-4 enhancing productivity, but experts argue that human insight is vital to navigate complexities.

A new initiative by The King's Trust, the Open University in Wales, and the Institute of Coding aims to bridge the digital skills gap with free courses for 16 to 30-year-olds.

GitHub has unveiled multi-model support for Copilot, enabling developers to choose from models by Anthropic, Google, and OpenAI.

GitHub's latest Octoverse report reveals AI's transformative impact, with Python becoming the leading programming language and a 98% rise in generative AI projects.

Australia is emerging as a software development powerhouse, harnessing AI and automation to streamline processes and address the talent shortage.

The Institute of Coding, BCS, and TheTalentPeople have launched GetMyFirstDigitalJob, a platform to bridge the digital skills gap, backed by fresh research revealing a GBP £63 billion annual cost.

Jitterbit launches AI-powered App Builder 4.0 during National Coding Week, promising faster, more intuitive low-code app development for all skill levels.

Alibaba Cloud's Apsara Conference 2024 in Hangzhou spotlights substantial AI and cloud advancements, including Qwen 2.5 models and partnerships with NVIDIA and UNESCO.

NVIDIA launches the compact Mistral-NeMo-Minitron-8B-Base, combining pruning and distillation for high accuracy AI on RTX-powered workstations and edge devices.