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| Hey Insiders, Thanks for reading the Inside Dev newsletter! Today, we cover: - Microsoft's C# closing in on Java on Tiobe Index;
- Researchers discovering malicious packages in the PyPi repository;
- JetBrains announcing the public preview of Writerside, and more!
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| 1 | | Microsoft's C# language closed in on Java in the Tiobe index of programming language popularity. The difference between the two programming languages is just 1.2%, and if the trend continues, C# is expected to surpass Java in two months. More: - Java experienced the largest YoY decline of 3.92%, while C# recorded the largest YoY gain of 3.29%.
- Tiobe attributed the decline in Java's popularity to Oracle's decision to introduce a paid license model after Java 8.
- According to Paul Jansen, CEO of Tiobe Software, other reasons for Java's decline include very few changes to the language's definition and the rise of Kotlin, which is easier to use and free of charge.
- The Tiobe Index calculates a language's popularity using a formula to tally the number of skilled engineers, courses, and third-party vendors pertinent to each language.
Q: How has Oracle's decision to introduce a paid license model for Java affected your programming language preferences? Join the conversation here. 
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| 2 | | Researchers and Checkmarx and Phylum discovered suspicious packages in the PyPi repository for Python. These specific packages were first uploaded last month, targeting Alibaba Cloud, Tencent Cloud, Telegram, and AWS users. More: - Researchers noted that the packages were disguised as cloud provider SDKs, which offered genuine functionality but sent credentials to a concealed remote URL.
- The primary focus of the malicious packages was to steal credentials and secret keys, with the intent to facilitate further attacks on the targeted companies or to steal their resources.
- The packages employed techniques such as typesquatting, starjacking, hidden functions, and copying GitHub packages.
- Checkmarx researchers recommended that maintainers of popular projects on GitHub have a placeholder package on platforms like PyPi to stop opportunistic attackers.
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| 3 | | JetBrains announced the public preview of Writerside, a documentation editor based on its internal tooling. The new authoring and publishing tool is expected to let developers and writers to collaborate on product documentation, API references, developer guides, tutorials, and how-tos. More: - Writeside's features include a built-in Git UI, live preview of documents, support for Markdown, XML, or the combination of both, ready-to-use designs, and automated testing for broken links.
- Its AI-based spellchecker and grammar correction tools support over 25 languages, including English, German, Spanish, and Chinese.
- It functions as a standalone IDE or as a plugin for various JetBrains IDEs for converting projects into documentation websites.
- JetBrains is using Writerside internally to write documentation for its own products: IntelliJ Platform SDK and the Kotlin programming language.
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| 4 | | Stack Overflow CEO Prasanth Chandrasekar announced the company is laying off 28% of its employees. Through the layoffs, the company is reducing the sizes of its go-to-market organization, support teams, and other teams. More: - The company is also restructuring the remaining workforce to focus on its Overflow AI offering, which launched in July.
- Chandrashekar cited macroeconomic conditions for the layoffs expected to affect around 100 employees.
- In the past year, Stack Overflow doubled its workforce to more than 500 people, nearly doubling its staff count.
- Recently, Stack Overflow refuted claims that its website traffic has dropped 35% to 50% due to changes to its Google Analytics configuration.
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 | Analyst | | Sudarshan lives in Toronto, Canada, and is an engineering graduate. He is passionate about business, tech, entrepreneurship, and politics. FUN FACT: Sudarshan worked for the election campaign teams of two heads of state in India. When he is not busy with work, he enjoys hiking, playing cricket, and cooking. | | This newsletter was edited by Aaron Crutchfield | |
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