Learning even basic VBA scripting can completely change how you use Excel, turning it from a static tool into a personal automation powerhouse. By recording macros, tweaking simple code, and gradually ...

Doug Meil is a software architect in healthcare data management and analytics, and an ACM Senior Member. He also founded the Cleveland Big Data Meetup in 2010. More of his BLOG@CACM posts can be found ...

A feel-good family post quickly spiraled after Jenna Bush Hager spotlighted her father, George W. Bush, in a way that left ...

Abstract: Endowing robots with the ability to understand natural language and execute grasping is a challenging task in a human-centric environment. Existing works on language-conditioned grasping ...

Linguists can mix, match or even break the rules of real-world languages to create interesting imaginary ones.

April 2026 TIOBE Index shows Python still leading, C strengthening in second, and Rust sliding to #16, suggesting its climb may be leveling off.

Scratch 3.0 is the next-generation visual programming language designed to make coding accessible, creative, and collaborative. Developed by the Lifelong Kindergarten Group at the MIT Media Lab, ...

Critics call Garry Tan’s gstack just a bunch of text files. They’re right — and that’s exactly why the future of agentic development looks like Markdown. Folks are all in a tizzy because a guy posted ...

Early in the Covid-19 pandemic, the governor of New Jersey made an unusual admission: He’d run out of COBOL developers. The state’s unemployment insurance systems were written in the 60-year-old ...

So, you’re wondering which programming language is the absolute hardest to learn in 2026? It’s a question that pops up a lot, especially when you see all the new languages coming out. People often ...

In the era of A.I. agents, many Silicon Valley programmers are now barely programming. Instead, what they’re doing is deeply, deeply weird. Credit...Illustration by Pablo Delcan and Danielle Del Plato ...

How a discontinued legacy sparked a modern language built to last for decades — Ring emerged after Microsoft canceled Visual FoxPro. I’m glad I had the opportunity to contribute to improving the Ring ...