Best of InfoWorld — February 2026

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   AI is not coming for your developer job

   Agentic AI excels at deterministic coding tasks like writing, refactoring, and validating code, but lacks the strategic context and human interpretation needed for real engineering work. AI operates within fixed parameters and cannot adapt to shifting business priorities, customer needs, or strategic realignments that arrive through fragmented human communication. The future lies not in replacing developers but in AI handling mechanical tasks while humans focus on interpretation, strategy, and building with intent. For AI to become a true collaborator, it must understand evolving context—not just what code does, but whether it still matters given current priorities.

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   The best new features of C# 14

   C# 14, shipping with .NET 10, introduces several notable features. File-based apps let you run a single .cs file directly from the command line without a project or solution file. Extension members add a new block syntax for declaring both extension methods and extension properties, allowing cleaner grouping by receiver. The nameof operator now supports unbound generic types like List<> and Dictionary<,>, eliminating the need for dummy type arguments. User-defined compound assignment operators (+=, -=, *=, etc.) can now be overloaded directly on custom types, enabling cleaner, more readable code.

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   Is AI killing open source?

   AI-generated pull requests are overwhelming open source maintainers with low-quality contributions that take seconds to create but hours to review. Tools like Claude Code can autonomously submit patches, creating an unsustainable asymmetry where maintainers drown in "slop PRs" lacking context and understanding. Small utility libraries are becoming obsolete as developers generate code on-demand instead of using dependencies. This shift is forcing projects toward stricter contribution barriers and smaller, more exclusive communities where human judgment and relationships matter more than volume. The future of open source may belong to projects that are hardest to contribute to, prioritizing care and curation over accessibility.

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   Microsoft unveils first preview of .NET 11

   .NET 11 Preview 1 introduces JIT compiler improvements for better startup performance and optimization, CoreCLR support for WebAssembly (migrating from Mono runtime), and Zstandard compression for faster data handling. C# 15 adds collection expression arguments and extended layout support, while F# 11 enables parallel compilation by default and removes legacy ML compatibility features. Additional updates include runtime async infrastructure, CoreCLR as default for Android Release builds, enhanced CLI commands, Blazor's EnvironmentBoundary component, and XAML source generation as default for .NET MAUI applications.

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   JetBrains introduces Java to Kotlin converter for Visual Studio Code

   JetBrains has released a Java to Kotlin converter extension for Visual Studio Code, available on the VS Code Marketplace. The extension lets developers convert individual Java files to Kotlin via a context menu action, using the same conversion engine found in JetBrains IDEs combined with LLMs to produce idiomatic Kotlin output. It supports multiple LLM backends including GitHub Copilot, Ollama, and OpenRouter, and is designed to reduce manual effort when migrating legacy Java codebases or transitioning projects to Kotlin.

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