--- title: Best InfoWorld posts — July 2025 | daily.dev description: The most upvoted InfoWorld posts from July 2025, curated by the daily.dev community. canonical: https://daily.dev/sources/infoworld/best-of/2025/07 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:url: https://daily.dev/sources/infoworld/best-of/2025/07 og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Best InfoWorld posts — July 2025 | daily.dev og:description: The most upvoted InfoWorld posts from July 2025, curated by the daily.dev community. og:image: https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--VAY5ToZt--/f_auto/v1724209435/public/daily.dev%20-%20open%20graph --- # Best of InfoWorld — July 2025 1. 1 [](https://daily.dev/posts/database-design-tips-for-developers-pkjqtnrvx "Database design tips for developers") Article InfoWorld·1y Database design tips for developers A comprehensive guide covering essential database design practices to prevent schema degradation over time. Key recommendations include using simple 'ID' primary keys for all tables, avoiding spaces in naming conventions, using plural table names, implementing clear foreign key labeling patterns, indexing all queried fields, enforcing referential integrity, and separating SQL from application code. Additional best practices cover proper data types, timestamp fields, stored procedures, and avoiding common pitfalls like boolean null states and string-based state management. 89 1 2. 2 [](https://daily.dev/posts/jetbrains-working-on-higher-abstraction-programming-language-al1bub1ep "JetBrains working on higher-abstraction programming language") Article InfoWorld·1y JetBrains working on higher-abstraction programming language JetBrains is developing a new higher-abstraction programming language that would allow developers to write code in English-like syntax to describe program architecture and functionality. The language aims to make AI code generation more controllable and transparent, enabling developers to create cross-platform applications by writing specifications that AI agents can then translate into platform-specific code for iOS, Android, web, and other platforms. 44 6 3. 3 [](https://daily.dev/posts/what-you-absolutely-cannot-vibe-code-right-now-nbi0bbayz "What you absolutely cannot vibe code right now") Article InfoWorld·1y What you absolutely cannot vibe code right now Large language models excel at generating repetitive, well-understood code like CRUD applications and web development, but struggle significantly with algorithmic problems and novel implementations. Through practical experience porting a patch system from Python to TypeScript, the author demonstrates that LLMs fail at medium to hard difficulty problems where they cannot rely on well-known templates. While LLMs are valuable tools for routine development tasks, they require human oversight and cannot autonomously handle complex algorithmic design or domains with limited training examples. 38 6 4. 4 [](https://daily.dev/posts/meet-zig-the-modern-alternative-to-c-e43lxdzid "Meet Zig: The modern alternative to C") Article InfoWorld·1y Meet Zig: The modern alternative to C Zig is a modern systems programming language designed as a safer, simpler alternative to C. Created by Andrew Kelley in 2015, it features explicit memory management through allocator objects, compile-time code execution with 'comptime', and strong C/C++ interoperability. Unlike C, Zig eliminates preprocessors and macros in favor of conditional compilation, uses error union types instead of exceptions, and includes a built-in package manager. Currently at version 0.14.0, Zig is already used in production by projects like Bun.js runtime and TigerBeetle database, with the language moving toward self-hosted compilation beyond LLVM dependency. 12 [See all InfoWorld archives](/sources/infoworld/best-of) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"CollectionPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/sources/infoworld/best-of/2025/07#page","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/infoworld/best-of/2025/07","name":"Best InfoWorld Posts — July 2025","description":"The most upvoted InfoWorld posts from July 2025, curated by the daily.dev community.","isPartOf":{"@type":"WebSite","url":"https://daily.dev"}},{"@type":"ItemList","@id":"https://daily.dev/sources/infoworld/best-of/2025/07#items","numberOfItems":4,"itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"url":"https://daily.dev/posts/database-design-tips-for-developers-pkjqtnrvx","name":"Database design tips for developers"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"url":"https://daily.dev/posts/jetbrains-working-on-higher-abstraction-programming-language-al1bub1ep","name":"JetBrains working on higher-abstraction programming language"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"url":"https://daily.dev/posts/what-you-absolutely-cannot-vibe-code-right-now-nbi0bbayz","name":"What you absolutely cannot vibe code right now"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":4,"url":"https://daily.dev/posts/meet-zig-the-modern-alternative-to-c-e43lxdzid","name":"Meet Zig: The modern alternative to C"}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Sources","item":"https://daily.dev/sources"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"InfoWorld","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/infoworld"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":4,"name":"Best of","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/infoworld/best-of"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":5,"name":"July 2025"}]}]} ```