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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Since 2010, I've operated at the intersection of healthcare technology, building NLP platforms, collaborating with coders, and diving deep into the mechanics of risk adjustment. The ground beneath the ...

Democratic events protesting President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address prompted sharp pushback from conservatives on social media and from Arkansas' Republican Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders, ...

Keeping up with the world of Java programming can feel like a full-time job itself. New versions drop regularly, tools change, and what was best practice last year might be a bit… dated now. This ...

Work is full of time-sucking, tedious or annoying tasks, particularly when you’re on a computer. I used to spend hours on stupid chores like reorganizing someone else’s messy spreadsheet. Now, I use ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — For 13 years, Code:You, under the umbrella name Code:Louisville, has opened its doors for aspiring tech workers across Kentucky. Earlier this month, however, leaders with the program ...

If you spend any time doomscrolling on social media, you might be excused for thinking we no longer have common commitments. After all, if we can no longer make a difference in a shared civic project, ...

Tufts is piloting a new initiative this spring break designed to bridge the gap between undergraduate education and professional careers. The Jumbo Undergraduate Mission for Personal Insight and ...

Georgia Bulldogs running back Nate Frazier recently revealed that he received offers with "crazy numbers" to entice him into the transfer portal. The college football transfer portal has become one of ...