This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Lena Hall, a senior director of developer and AI strategy at Akamai Technologies and cofounder of an AI startup. It's been edited for length and ...

Recent years have seen a huge shift to online services. By necessity, remote jobs have skyrocketed, and the tech industry has ballooned. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, software developer ...

Blake has over a decade of experience writing for the web, with a focus on mobile phones, where he covered the smartphone boom of the 2010s and the broader tech scene. When he's not in front of a ...

What if coding could feel less like a chore and more like a creative jam session? With the rise of AI-driven tools like GPT-5, that vision is closer than ever. Imagine building a fully functional web ...

Finishing AP Computer Science Principles is a major milestone, but the leap from block-based coding to real-world JavaScript can feel daunting. Fortunately, the landscape has evolved: Code.org has ...

I built a coding tutor that won't let me cheat my way through it. Here's the prompt.

Vibe coding turns software development into a conversation. You focus on the idea, and the AI model handles most of the implementation. Barbara is a tech writer specializing in AI and emerging ...

She let her 5-year-old vibe code a game. Her son had no technical vocabulary, but he managed to prompt the AI and pick up key ...