The Github Copilot AI service is a great tool for developers that can assist with code generation, code completion, refactoring, debugging, generating test cases, and much more. However, as a public cloud AI service, many developers cannot access Copilot due to their company policies or budget constraints. Thanks to modern hardware, it is now possible to run AI models locally on your machine using...

Whether you write code professionally or just as a hobby, static code analysis is an important tool for any developer to find bugs, security vulnerabilities, and opportunities to improve the quality of your code. The most popular tool is called Sonarqube which offers a free open-source community edition that can be installed locally and supports most of the popular languages. While it does not have...

Software packages on Linux or Unix are typically distributed and installed from repositories using a special utility called a package manager. This utility simplifies the installation of a package and makes sure all the dependencies of the software are also met and installed. In addition, the package manager makes it easy to install updates or remove the software package. While macOS is a descendant...