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Developer spills candy on the floor, invents a programming language

MNM Lang compiles source code into a PNG image made of candy sprites. Each program is a grid of M&M-style tokens - six colors, each mapped to a family of instructions - and you can round-trip the ...

TIOBE Index for March 2026: SQL and R Swap Spots as Jansen Defends Search-Based Rankings

March 2026 TIOBE Index stays largely steady, with SQL and R swapping spots, as Paul Jansen explains why the index still ...
IEEE

Power Grid Model Generation Based on the Tool-Augmented Large Language Model

Abstract: Power grid models are essential for power system research and AI-based applications. However, due to security reasons, publicly available power grid models are very limited, making the ...
InfoWorld

The revenge of SQL: How a 50-year-old language reinvents itself

From the browser to the back end, the ‘boring’ choice is exciting again. We look at three trends converging to bring SQL back ...
IEEE

Toward General-Purpose Video Reconstruction Through Synergy of Grid-Splicing Diffusion and Large Language Models

Abstract: Various forms of degradation, including noise, blur, and adverse weather conditions (e.g., rain, snow, and fog), significantly compromise video quality and system reliability across critical ...
InfoWorld

Reactive state management with JavaScript Signals

The Signals pattern was first introduced in JavaScript’s Knockout framework. The basic idea is that a value alerts the rest of the application when it changes. Instead of a component checking its data ...