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AUTHOR PROFILE
Richard MacManus
Richard MacManus

Richard MacManus is a Senior Editor at The New Stack and writes about web and application development trends. Previously he founded ReadWriteWeb in 2003 and built it into one of the world’s most influential technology news sites. From the early days of disruptive internet tools like blogs, social media and Ajax, into the current era of AI, the metaverse, JavaScript frameworks and more, MacManus has for years been recognized as a leader in articulating what’s coming next in technology and, more importantly, what it means.

STORIES BY Richard MacManus
Writer.com’s Graph-Based RAG Alternative to Vector Retrieval
Gemma: Google Takes on Small Open Models Llama 2 and Mistral
Figma Caters to Developers with Dev Mode and AI Integrations
Pixar CTO on OpenUSD, Vision Pro Future, and USD Web Tools
Remix Takes on Next.js in Battle of the React Frameworks
Drupal Creator: Websites Needed More Than Ever in the AI Era
Keep It Simple, Frameworks: Netlify CEO Praises Astro, Remix
Locofy Launches ‘Large Design Model’ to Turn Designs to Code
How Devs Can Use Postgres Extensions, Including for AI Apps
More than an OpenAI Wrapper: Perplexity Pivots to Open Source
Web Dev 2024: Fediverse Ramps Up, More AI, Less JavaScript
Web Development in 2023: JavaScript Still Rules, AI Emerges
AI Engineering in 2023: The LLM Stack and New AI Dev Tools
The State of the Open Web: 3 Takeaways Heading into 2024
Pivot! AI Devs Move to Switch LLMs, Reduce OpenAI Dependency
Freeplay: New LLM Dev Tool for Java Developers (and Others)
Project IDX: Google’s New Web and Mobile App Development IDE
New AI Dev Platform Allows You to Customize Open Source LLMs
MightyMeld Launches Code Visualizer for React Developers
A Visit to the Physical Internet Archive
How Retool AI Differs from LangChain (Hint: It’s Automation)
Netlify Launches Composable Web Platform for Enterprise Devs
AI for Dev Tools: Create Software Requirements with Userdoc
AI Engineer Summit Wrap-up and Interview with Co-Founder Swyx
LangStream: an Event-Driven Developer Platform for LLM Apps
The Goldilocks CDE: Gitpod Fits Between SaaS and Self-Hosted
Lightning AI Teases App Development Platform — an ‘OS for AI’
OpenAI Chats about Scaling LLMs at Anyscale’s Ray Summit