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March was a busy month for Kotlin, with a new language release, fresh tooling, ecosystem updates, and plenty of inspiration ahead of KotlinConf’26. From practical improvements to exciting steps in AI and multiplatform, there’s a lot worth exploring. Here are the stories that stood out to me most. Where you can learn …
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Tracking down performance bottlenecks in Visual Studio often means interrupting your workflow, restarting your application in profiling mode, and hoping you can reliably reproduce the exact issue. We think there’s a better way. If you have already used Monitoring in Rider, this experience will feel familiar. Now, the …
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Amper 0.10.0 is out, and it brings a variety of new features, such as JDK provisioning, custom Kotlin compiler plugins, a Maven-to-Amper converter, and numerous IDE improvements! Read on for all of the details, and see the release notes for the full list of changes and bug fixes. To get support for Amper’s latest …
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Welcome to PyCharm 2026.1. This release doesn’t just add features – it rethinks how you build, debug, and scale Python projects. From a brand-new debugging engine powered by debugpy to first-class uv support on remote targets and expanded JavaScript support in the free tier, this version is all about removing friction …
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Welcome to RustRover 2026.1. This version focuses on supporting the way modern Rust teams build, test, and maintain their code. Highlights include: Key updates Code analysis is now more accurate We’ve continued improving RustRover’s code analysis, with a recent focus on reducing false positives that can cause …
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With the 2026.1 release, DataSpell continues to improve the way you explore data, work with notebooks, and integrate AI into your workflows. This update expands the AI ecosystem with new agents support and brings several productivity improvements throughout the IDE. Read on to discover everything that’s new in …
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This post was written together with Thorben Janssen, who has more than 20 years of experience with JPA and Hibernate and is the author of “Hibernate Tips: More than 70 Solutions to Common Hibernate Problems” and the JPA newsletter. Spring Data JPA is based on the Jakarta Persistence specification and was originally …
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ReSharper C++ 2026.1 is here, bringing performance improvements, expanded language support, and better tooling for Unreal Engine development. This release focuses on improved performance in large C++ codebases, enhancements in coding assistance and code analysis, and continuing support for modern C and C++ standards. …
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ReSharper 2026.1 is here, bringing improvements that focus on how you actually work: understanding runtime behavior, writing safer C#, and keeping Visual Studio responsive. This release introduces a new approach to performance monitoring, takes ReSharper beyond Visual Studio, and delivers a range of updates to code …
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Rider 2026.1 is here, bringing improvements across the areas that matter most: .NET development, game development workflows, and the overall IDE experience. Key updates include the ability to run file-based C# programs, inspect .NET disassemblies, and manage NuGet packages more easily. On the game development side, …
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Hey! March is moving fast, but we’ve already packed this digest with opportunities to learn, build, and plan your next step in tech. Inside: free student tools, a summer coding camp, a scholarship-supported bachelor’s program, and inspiring stories from our community. Link to article: …
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DataGrip 2026.1, the first major update of the year, is here! Let’s take a look at what’s inside. Download DataGrip 2026.1 Query files and consoles In this release, we are redesigning the flow for working with query files side by side with query consoles. This way, you can use either or both of them, depending […] Link …
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Introduction Does the choice of programming language affect how fast developers deliver code? This question matters for engineering teams evaluating technology stacks, yet it is notoriously hard to answer. Self-reported surveys suffer from recall bias, lines-of-code comparisons conflate conciseness with productivity, …
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Welcome to PhpStorm 2026.1! This release brings new PhpStorm MCP tools, new third-party agents inside your IDE, support for Git worktrees, and lots of other productivity-enhancing features for PHP and Laravel developers. Download PhpStorm 2026.1 PhpStorm MCP tools In PhpStorm 2025.2, we added an integrated MCP server …
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Agent-assisted development is quickly becoming a common mode of software development. New techniques are emerging to help LLMs generate code that matches your preferences and standards. One common approach is to create an AGENTS.md, CLAUDE.md, or GEMINI.md file with project details, build instructions, and coding …
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RubyMine 2026.1 is here! This release brings a range of improvements aimed at making Ruby and Rails development faster and more enjoyable. You can get the new build from our website or via the free Toolbox App. Let’s take a look at the highlights of this release. AI RubyMine continues to evolve as an open platform that …
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GoLand 2026.1 helps you keep your Go code modern and your workflow efficient. This release introduces guided syntax updates for Go 1.26, making it easier to adopt new language improvements across your entire codebase. It also expands AI capabilities with support for additional agents, and brings several productivity …
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GitHub Copilot, Cursor, and Other Agents in the AI Chat, Support for Custom Project Formats, DAP Debugging via TCP, and More CLion 2026.1 focuses on stability and improving the existing functionality, but that didn’t stop us from shipping some exciting new features. Most notably, you can now use more agents directly in …
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Continuous integration (CI) and continuous delivery or deployment (CD) are core DevOps practices that help teams improve code quality by giving fast, reliable feedback on every code change. With a well-established CI/CD process in place, software development teams can release more frequently, deliver value to users …
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With PyCharm 2026.1, our core IDE experience continues to evolve as we’re bringing a broader set of professional-grade web tools to all users for free. Everyone, from beginners to backend-first developers, is getting access to a substantial set of JavaScript, TypeScript, and CSS features that were previously only …
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