TIOBE Index for March 2026: SQL and R Swap Spots as Jansen Defends Search-Based Rankings

March 2026 TIOBE Index stays largely steady, with SQL and R swapping spots, as Paul Jansen explains why the index still relies on search engine hits.

The five infrastructure gates behind crawl, render, and index

Where do AI systems lose confidence in your content? Discovery, selection, crawling, rendering, and indexing hold the answer.
InfoQ

Google BigQuery Previews Cross-Region SQL Queries for Distributed Data

Google Cloud has recently announced the preview of a global queries feature for BigQuery. The new option lets developers run ...

Excel Tables: Structured References Work Better by Name

Excel table formulas shift from cell positions to named columns with #All-style tags, keeping calculations readable when layouts change.
GitHub

LangSQL - AI-Powered SQL Assistant

LangSQL is an advanced web application that leverages artificial intelligence to help developers generate, translate, and optimize SQL queries. It features a modern three-tier architecture with a ...
IEEE

BenchING: A Benchmark for Evaluating Large Language Models in Following Structured Output Format Instruction in Text-Based Narrative Game Tasks

Abstract: In this article, we present BenchING, a new benchmark for evaluating large language models (LLMs) on their ability to follow structured output format instructions in text-based procedural ...
GitHub

SQL-R1: Training Natural Language to SQL Reasoning Model By Reinforcement Learning

Natural Language to SQL (NL2SQL) enables intuitive interactions with databases by transforming natural language queries into structured SQL statements. Despite recent advancements in enhancing ...
IEEE

Leveraging Query-Guided Submodular ICL for Intent Translation in Intent-Based Networking with Large Language Models

Abstract: Network automation is critical for Intelligent Internet of Things (IIoT) systems, such as industrial networks and smart cities, where managing heterogeneous devices at scale poses ...