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The Coding Personalities of Leading LLMs
Make smarter AI adoption decisions with Sonar's latest report in The State of Code series. Explore the habits, blind spots, and archetypes of the top five LLMs to uncover the critical risks each brings to your codebase.
Java24: Go deeper on parsing Java class files and broader with Stream gatherers
Version 24 version introduces several new language features which collectively simplify code, and provide powerful tools for bytecode manipulation and advanced stream processing.
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Sonar's Take: Software Development Under America's AI Action Plan
The White House's "America's AI Action Plan" aims to accelerate innovation, but for software development, speed must not compromise security. Nathan Jones, VP of Public Sector at Sonar, explores the recently published plan, risks of AI-generated code, and explains how static analysis tools help ensure AI adoption is both fast and secure.
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AI CodeFix is now generally available
AI CodeFix seamlessly integrates AI-driven code fix suggestions into your development workflow with no additional cost for eligible SonarQube subscriptions.
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SonarQube Server 2025 Release 4.1: Faster analysis, stronger security, better coverage
Our new 2025.4.1 release empowers developers with significant advancements to enhance code quality, security, and efficiency across multiple languages for your projects and while using open-source code.
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Cyber Resilience Act: Navigating speed and security with AI-coding
Modern software development is caught between two powerful forces. On one hand, generative artificial intelligence (AI) coding tools are supercharging development velocity at the expense of rigorous security review.
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Java 23: Embrace the new era of code comments
We’ve covered Java 22, and are now getting into Java 23, which introduces several new language features. We’ll focus on enhancing documentation, and how to leverage the new features with simple examples.
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What's the top bug in your language? Find out in The State of Code: Languages report
The State of Code report analyzes 7.9B lines of code, revealing top security risks like log injection and XSS and how to fix them.
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How Sonar Helps Achieve a Strong SOC 2 Type II Report
An SOC 2 Type II report is a critical attestation for service organizations, demonstrating their commitment to securely managing customer data over time. Learn how SonarQube can streamline your SOC 2 compliance journey!
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Protecting your AI code: How SonarQube defends against the "Rules File Backdoor"
This case highlights an issue where configuration files were manipulated through hidden Unicode characters, which is a vector now commonly referred to as the "Rules File Backdoor".
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Java 22: Leverage unnamed variables and patterns
Java 22 introduces several new language features but there’s one particularly important. This article shows you how to leverage the Unnamed variables and patterns with simple examples.
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How SonarQube enables DORA compliance for financial institutions
The financial services industry stands at a critical juncture. With the Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA) now fully in effect across the European Union, financial institutions must demonstrate robust cybersecurity and operational resilience capabilities.
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