Ada Lovelace was the world’s first computer programmer. Too bad nobody has that title anymore. Born in 1815, Lovelace was a 19th-century English mathematician credited with first interpreting how to ...

On a most basic level, a computer programmer writes, well, programs. Programmers will also rewrite, debug, maintain, and test (and retest) software and programs that instruct the computer to ...

As a computer scientist, Beckwith wasn't interested in changing women's confidence levels. She was interested in whether changing the software could help women over this hurdle. So she explored ...

Being a software programmer is one of the best jobs these days for your pocketbook and your job security, but it can be incredibly bad for your mental health. Two things are going on that are ...

Coding is the act of translating a logical solution into a computer-readable form. This involves writing instructions using a ...

An Andrew Sullivan reader writes: It is fashionable in the software industry in particular to take the view that new ideas should not be patentable because the world would be better off if those ideas ...

There are many Internet lists of best programming and software engineering books. Amazon also has their list of best selling computer programming books. I’ve also blogged on the topic in the past: ...

Software is a messy business. Last March the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation publicly abandoned a $170 million software overhaul because of unforeseen technical problems. Even when big projects ...

Wordle puzzle made changes to its daily word on Monday to avoid controversy on the debate over abortion rights. The word for Monday, which had been entered into Wordle's computer programme last year, ...

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