Abstract: The quality of modern software relies heavily on the effective use of static code analysis tools. To improve their usefulness, these tools should be evaluated using a framework that ...

Popular vibe coding platforms consistently generate insecure code in response to common programming prompts, including creating vulnerabilities rated as ‘critical,’ new testing has found. Security ...

PythoC lets you use Python as a C code generator, but with more features and flexibility than Cython provides. Here’s a first look at the new C code generator for Python. Python and C share more than ...

According to Andrej Karpathy on Twitter, the Python random.seed() function produces identical random number generator (RNG) streams when seeded with positive and negative integers of the same ...

If you use Excel 40 hours a week (and those are the weeks you are on vacation), welcome to the MrExcel channel. Home to 2,400 free Excel tutorials. Bill "MrExcel" Jelen is the author of 67 books about ...

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Create unique usernames in seconds for all your online accounts. We always emphasize the importance of strong passwords, but that’s only part of the equation. Your usernames also play a role in ...

Sometimes, reading Python code just isn’t enough to see what’s really going on. You can stare at lines for hours and still miss how variables change, or why a bug keeps popping up. That’s where a ...

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The Python team at Microsoft is continuing its overhaul of environment management in Visual Studio Code, with the August 2025 release advancing the controlled rollout of the new Python Environments ...

Microsoft’s Copilot generative AI is popping up on the web, in mobile apps, in the Edge browser, and especially in Windows. But just what exactly is it? Here’s everything you need to know. I've been ...