Coding stories

The 2025 Work Experience Connection Programme offers 43 ACT and NSW girls and gender diverse students placements in ICT roles to boost diversity and skills.

Red Hat launches Developer Lightspeed, an AI-driven toolset boosting app modernisation and coding efficiency within integrated developer workflows.

AI adoption in New Zealand’s IT sector is high, reshaping jobs by boosting demand for engineers while reducing roles in support and project management.

Ledger warned of a major NPM supply chain attack targeting cryptocurrency wallets, thwarted due to malware coding errors preventing widespread fund theft.

Developers save 7.3 hours weekly using AI tools, but company investment in upskilling and formal AI training significantly lags behind, survey reveals.

The JAZRO Cup 2025 united 1,200 students from 143 Malaysian schools, with over 60% rural, in a national robotics and coding competition promoting STEM equality.

ShadowTech25 inspired 24 Year 11 girls in Manawatū to explore diverse ICT careers through panels, activities, and industry insights, addressing NZ's skills shortage.

R Systems partners with Cursor to embed AI in software development, aiming to boost delivery speed by 30% and cut defect density by 25%.

Coralogix donates over 19,000 lines of code to OpenTelemetry, enabling automatic distributed tracing without manual instrumentation for software systems.

Developers must now master architectural design, AI communication, and security to effectively collaborate with AI in software development workflows.

In cybersecurity and coding, slowing down to write ideas by hand fosters deeper thinking and clarity, countering today’s rush for AI-driven automation.

Cloudinary launches MCP Server, enabling users to manage images and videos via natural language without coding, available to all including free plan users.

Digital.ai unveils Quick Protect Agent, enabling organisations to secure mobile apps swiftly with minimal technical skills, tackling rising AI-driven cyber threats.

Immersive has launched AppSec Range Exercises, a live training tool to boost secure coding and improve application security in development teams.

Relevance AI has raised $24 million to expand its AI agent platform, enabling no-code creation of specialised AI workforces for enterprises worldwide.

The dataglobal Group has launched windream BPM v9, a low-code solution to digitalise and automate business processes, enhancing productivity and reducing costs.

Google has launched the Gemini 2.5 series of AI models, boosting enterprise applications with advanced reasoning capabilities and tailored solutions for businesses.

Salesforce's latest report reveals over 80% of APAC software leaders see AI agents as vital for app development, highlighting a shift towards low-code tools.

AI is transforming software development rapidly, changing the roles of developers and creating new challenges and opportunities in coding practices.

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