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Spotlight report: IT careers in the AI era

AI is not only changing the world at large, it’s radically changing the professional worlds of all IT workers—from developers and SOC analysts, to helpdesk staff, I&O teams, enterprise architects, and CIOs. What new skills and knowledge will you need to thrive in the age of AI? What new roles are emerging to support your organization’s AI efforts and IT strategy? In this special report, you’ll learn how to capture the opportunities for growth and innovation that AI affords and find success as you take your own career in a new direction.

By InfoWorld Staff

Sep 1, 20251 min

Artificial IntelligenceCareersIT Leadership

AI use among software developers grows but trust remains an issue – Stack Overflow survey

By Paul Krill

Jul 30, 20253 mins

Artificial IntelligenceDevelopment ToolsGenerative AI

9 habits of the highly ineffective vibe coder

By Peter Wayner

Aug 4, 20259 mins

Artificial IntelligenceCareersGenerative AI

Are cloud ops teams too reliant on AI?

By David Linthicum

Jul 29, 20257 mins

Artificial IntelligenceCloud ComputingIT Skills

Why front-end development will persist

By Matt Asay

Jul 21, 20257 mins

Artificial IntelligenceDeveloperSoftware Development

How to succeed (or fail) with AI-driven development

By Bob Violino

Jun 23, 202511 mins

Artificial IntelligenceCareersGenerative AI

What makes JavaScript great

JavaScript’s low bar to entry has resulted in one of the richest programming language ecosystems in the world. This month’s report celebrates the bounty, while also highlighting a recent example of the perils.

By Matthew Tyson

Sep 5, 20254 mins

JavaScriptNode.jsTypescript

Vibe coding with GitHub Spark

By Simon Bisson

Sep 4, 20258 mins

Artificial IntelligenceDeveloperGitHub

Seven little habits for writing better code

By Nick Hodges

Sep 3, 20257 mins

CareersDeveloperSoftware Development

Senior developers let AI do more of the coding — survey

By Paul Krill

Sep 2, 20253 mins

Artificial IntelligenceGenerative AITechnology Industry

New tools make Python app distribution easier than ever

By Serdar Yegulalp

Aug 29, 20253 mins

Development Libraries and FrameworksIntegrated Development EnvironmentsPython

The era of cheap AI coding assistants may be over

By Anirban Ghoshal

Aug 29, 20255 mins

DeveloperGenerative AI

The discipline of great code

By Nick Hodges

Aug 27, 20254 mins

CareersDeveloperSoftware Development

Generative AI dos, don’ts, and ‘undos’

By Josh Fruhlinger

Aug 22, 20253 mins

Artificial IntelligenceCareersGenerative AI

AWS blames bug for Kiro pricing glitch that drained developer limits

By Anirban Ghoshal

Aug 20, 20255 mins

Amazon Web ServicesDeveloperGenerative AI

Articles

Your code is more strongly coupled than you think

Understanding the four kinds of dynamic connascence can help you see more deeply into the most subtle, obstinate, and misery-making code dependencies.

By Nick Hodges

Aug 20, 2025 7 mins

CareersDeveloperSoftware Development

Is the generative AI bubble about to burst?

Developers have a front-row seat on the rollercoaster ride of generative AI. How we use it in our daily work tells us a lot about where the AI boom is headed.

By Matthew Tyson

Aug 20, 2025 8 mins

Artificial IntelligenceGenerative AITechnology Industry

Why software developers burn out, and how to fix it

Developer burnout is a real and widespread problem, and AI technologies seem to be making it worse. Here’s what you need to know about developer burnout and how to fix it.

By Bob Violino

Aug 18, 2025 9 mins

Artificial IntelligenceDeveloperTechnology Industry

The truth about Python’s AI-powered popularity surge

Python is a top choice for developing AI tools and applications, but its real superpower is ease of use. This week’s report highlights the ways Python just keeps getting better, with or without AI.

By Serdar Yegulalp

Aug 15, 2025 2 mins

Artificial IntelligenceProgramming LanguagesPython

Speeding Up Geographic Commands in Redis 7

Intel and Redis have made significant performance enhancements. Here we share the optimization techniques we used to evaluate and maximize Redis GEO command performance, such as reducing wasteful computation and simplifying algorithms.

By Filipe Oliveira and Martin Dimitrov

Apr 24, 2023 10 mins

Careers

Claude Sonnet 4 upgrade enables full codebase processing in a single request

The upgrade could reshape developer workflows while raising new risks around security, compliance, and IP.

By Prasanth Aby Thomas

Aug 13, 2025 3 mins

DeveloperGenerative AI

Five ways your code is coupled, for better or worse

Understanding the five kinds of static connascence will help you see more deeply into your code and how it works – and how you could make it better.

By Nick Hodges

Aug 13, 2025 8 mins

CareersDeveloperSoftware Development

Anthropic targets DevSecOps with Claude Code update as AI rivals gear up

With GPT-5 on the horizon and Meta ramping up AI hiring, Anthropic’s new security-focused features aim to differentiate Claude in the increasingly crowded GenAI coding space.

By Prasanth Aby Thomas

Aug 7, 2025 5 mins

DeveloperGenerative AISecurity

How to measure coupled code

There is in fact a way to describe the type and severity of coupling that can occur in your code. It’s called connascence.

By Nick Hodges

Aug 6, 2025 4 mins

CareersDeveloperSoftware Development

Bridging the trust gap in AI-driven development

If you want trustworthy AI results, you need trustworthy people shaping the prompts, verifying the data, and overseeing the whole AI process.

By Matt Asay

Aug 4, 2025 7 mins

DeveloperGenerative AITechnology Industry

Google upgrades Agent2Agent protocol with gRPC and enterprise-grade security

Version 0.3 of the open-source A2A protocol introduces gRPC support, signed security cards, and enhanced integration with Google’s Agent Development Kit to simplify agent orchestration for enterprises.

By Anirban Ghoshal

Aug 1, 2025 5 mins

Artificial IntelligenceDeveloper

Fun and profit with ECMAScript 2025: What’s new in JavaScript

The latest JavaScript update dropped recently, with three big new features that are worth your time. Also this month: A fresh look at Lit, embracing the human side of AI-driven development, and more.

By Matthew Tyson

Aug 1, 2025 3 mins

Generative AIJavaScriptProgramming Languages

How to write a good bug report

Bugs are inevitable, but confusion about what they do or don’t do and how to reproduce them is not. Make sure your bug reports have these five ingredients.

By Nick Hodges

Jul 30, 2025 6 mins

BugsDeveloperDevops