Advances in Computing

Redefining the Software Engineering Profession for AI

"How do you train someone to verify work in fields they haven’t mastered, when the AI itself prevents them from developing mastery?"

Apr 8 • The Official ACM

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Data Analysis: Why Is It So Complicated?

Why your models are incomplete and rife with inaccuracies, assumptions, caveats, and limitations

Apr 1 • The Official ACM

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March 2026

A Decade of Docker Containers

Behind its simple "build and run" workflow lie many years of complex technical challenges.

Mar 25 • The Official ACM

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Smart-and-fast thinkers are good, but slow-and-steady thinkers are great

The shiniest tool might cut the deepest.

Mar 18 • The Official ACM

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Will robots in the future inevitably become humanoid?

The future shape of embodied intelligence will not be decided by whoever draws the most inspiring humanoid sketch.

Mar 11 • The Official ACM

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Can Modern C++ Save Us?

Hardening the C++ Standard Library at massive scale

Mar 4 • The Official ACM

February 2026

Understanding the Agentic Economy

A key question is whether inter-agent communication will occur within closed “agentic walled gardens” or a more open “web of agents.”

Feb 25 • The Official ACM

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Is SRE Anti-Transactional?

An API for interfacing with automaters

Feb 18 • The Official ACM

Why Digital Companions Are No Solution to Social Isolation

Relationships with "digital humans" might help people feel less lonely. But will this technology increase social isolation?

Feb 11 • The Official ACM

From floats to characters and back again

"Is this common? Or am I missing some type of driver that would do this better?"

Feb 4 • The Official ACM

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January 2026

How to shape AI for the common good?

four guidelines, a new nonprofit, and the latest updates

Jan 28 • The Official ACM

If you're tired of hearing about memory safety, this article is for you

Memory Safety for Skeptics

Jan 21 • The Official ACM

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