Top Tech Jobs, Browser PWA Shifts, and New Open‑Source Tools: What’s Trending?

Java Developer Demand Tops Glassdoor Rankings

Glassdoor’s analysis of job satisfaction, median salary, and vacancy counts shows Java engineers as the most in‑demand role in the United States, followed by data scientists and product managers, with many IT‑related positions occupying the top 25.

Java Engineer – $90,830, satisfaction 4.2/5

Data Scientist – $113,736, satisfaction 4.1/5

Product Manager – $121,107, satisfaction 3.9/5

Enterprise Architect – $131,361, satisfaction 4.0/5

DevOps Engineer – $110,003, satisfaction 4.0/5

Information Security Engineer – $110,000, satisfaction 4.0/5

Mobile Engineer – $94,301, satisfaction 4.1/5

Backend Engineer – $90,757, satisfaction 4.3/5

Firefox Ends Desktop PWA Support

Mozilla announced that future versions of Firefox will no longer support desktop‑level Progressive Web Apps (PWAs) and has removed the site‑specific browser (SSB) feature, a move that sparked debate in the community.

While Chrome, Edge, Opera Mobile, and Samsung Internet continue to support PWAs on desktop and mobile, Firefox’s desktop implementation was never complete and is now being discontinued.

Edge Adds Enterprise PWA Features

Contrasting Firefox’s decision, Microsoft’s Edge browser will continue to enhance desktop PWA capabilities, introducing site‑policy configuration, TLS token binding, and other enterprise‑grade features in the upcoming Edge 90 release.

Google Working on “MicroDroid” Minimal Android

Google is developing a new Android variant called MicroDroid, described as a “minimal Linux image” based on Android that runs in a virtual machine and serves as a stripped‑down version of the Generic System Image (GSI).

Twitter Releases Open‑Source iOS Rich Text Editor API

Twitter announced an open‑source API for iOS developers that provides a full‑featured rich‑text editor, the same component used in the Twitter for iOS app, aiming to simplify text‑editing implementation for third‑party apps.

Apache Superset Becomes Leading Open‑Source Data Visualization Tool

Apache Superset has been promoted to an Apache Software Foundation top‑level project and reached version 1.0, solidifying its position as one of the most popular open‑source data analysis and visualization platforms, with features such as extensive chart libraries, an intuitive UI, dashboard creation, enterprise‑ready authentication, fine‑grained security, a semantic layer, and integrations with SQLAlchemy, Druid, and most relational databases.