Hacktoberfest is shifting its focus from open-source contributions to community-building and education around open artificial intelligence, with a new 'Preptember' month dedicated to planning local Fe…
DEV is introducing AI Disclosure, a feature that lets authors explicitly label AI-assisted or autonomous content, alongside new feed preferences that let readers filter such posts. The platform is als…
Major League Hacking (MLH) and DEV are partnering with DigitalOcean to run Hacktoberfest 2026, which will focus on open-source and open-weight AI. The event will include over 300 in-person Fests and a…
DigitalOcean's Hacktoberfest 2026 shifts from counting pull requests to focusing on building with open artificial intelligence, aiming to reduce low-effort PRs and promote meaningful learning. The eve…
Code review remains the hardest part of software development even as LLMs make code creation cheaper, according to a developer reflecting on open-source maintenance. The author notes that while LLMs c…