The top software development news of the year

This article contains 10 of what we believe to be the biggest stories we covered throughout the year on SD Times.

MiniMax Unveils M2.1 to Bring Multilingual Programming Gains to Open AI Models

Chinese AI startup’s release is a major update to its open-source model series, aimed at multi-language programming and ...
InfoQ

Nuxt Introduces Native Request Cancellation and Async Handler Extraction for Performance Gains

Nuxt 4.2 elevates the developer experience with native abort control for data fetching, improved error handling, and ...

This neat Windows registry trick boosts NVMe SSD performance up to 80% but it's only officially available for enterprise users

Native NVMe support is an opt-in model, so enterprise users need to enable it via the registry. What some users have found ...

This Windows registry hack can boost NVMe SSD performance by up to 80%, but there's a catch

One developer who successfully activated the feature in Windows 11 (version 25H2) is X user PurePlayerPC, who claims it works "pretty good" on his computer. He ...
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This neat Windows 11 registry trick offers higher NVMe SSD performance—but it's not for everyone

Native NVMe support is an opt-in model, so enterprise users need to enable it via the registry. What some users have found ...

Your Windows SSD could be faster, Microsoft’s new update reveals why

Windows 11 users can unlock higher NVMe SSD performance using a hidden Microsoft driver, if they’re willing to tweak. The ...