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CPython may go Rusty, but older platforms risk getting iced out

Wed, 2025-11-19 11:00
Preliminary proposal is already provoking debate

The Python community is chewing over a new idea: allowing the C-based reference implementation, CPython, to incorporate Rust. It's only at the "pre-PEP" stage, but it's already sparked lively debate.…

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SAP's migration narrative suddenly looks messy as Kingfisher goes off-script

Wed, 2025-11-19 10:15
B&Q owner resists the S/4HANA push, betting it can innovate around legacy ERP, but questions remain

In 2020, SAP's CFO told investors that its plans for customer upgrades, cloud migration, and a move to SaaS would give the German software vendor a greater "share of wallet."

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Tens of thousands more ASUS routers pwned by suspected, evolving China operation

Wed, 2025-11-19 09:30
Researchers say attacks are laying the groundwork for stealthy espionage activity

Around 50,000 ASUS routers have been compromised in a sophisticated attack that researchers believe may be linked to China, according to findings released today by SecurityScorecard's STRIKE team.…

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Whatever your job, mentoring is your job – and the one that matters most

Wed, 2025-11-19 07:33
Nobody succeeds alone, and no community thrives without generosity

Opinion When I started coding for a living 43 years ago, I didn't know shit from Shinola. I'd written a lot of BASIC, some Z80 assembler, and knew my way around floppy drives and a disk operating system. I knew nothing at all about how to operate as a junior engineer in a professional environment.…

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