JetBrains open sources its code completion LLM, Mellum

JetBrains has announced that its code completion LLM, Mellum, is now available on Hugging Face as an open source model. According to the company, Mellum is a “focal model,” meaning that it was built purposely for a specific task, rather than trying to be good at everything. “It’s designed to do one thing really well: …

The new frontier of API governance: Ensuring alignment, security, and efficiency through decentralization

The shift towards decentralized architectural landscapes, driven by the popularity of microservices, cloud-native technologies, and agile development, presents significant challenges for traditional, centralized API governance models. In modern enterprises, applications are powered by APIs that are developed by distributed and independent teams. This necessitates a paradigm shift in how API governance is approached in such …

Preparing for TLS certificate lifetimes dropping from 398 days to 47 days by 2029

Earlier this month, the Certification Authority(CA)/Browser Forum voted to significantly shorten the lifetime of TLS certificates: from 398 days currently to 47 days by March 15, 2029. The CA/Browser Forum is a collective of certificate issuers, browsers, and other applications that use certificates, and they’ve long been discussing the potential for shorter certificate lifetimes.  As …

Beyond cross-functional teams: AI’s radical transformation of agile development

When the Agile Manifesto was signed in 2001, its authors couldn’t have imagined how artificial intelligence would eventually reinforce and radically extend their principles. Two decades later, AI isn’t just changing how we write code—it’s transforming the fundamental nature of software development itself. Agile methodologies emerged as a response to the rigid, documentation-heavy “waterfall” approach …

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Closing the loop on agents with test-driven development

Traditionally, developers have used test-driven development (TDD) to validate applications before implementing the actual functionality. In this approach, developers follow a cycle where they write a test designed to fail, then execute the minimum code necessary to make the test pass, refactor the code to improve quality, and repeat the process by adding more tests …

Quality begins with planning: Building software with the right mindset

When most developers think about testing, they imagine writing unit tests, running test suites, or triaging bugs. But effective testing is far more than that. It’s a cornerstone of reliable software delivery. It ensures business continuity, keeps users happy, and helps avoid costly surprises in production. For modern development teams in fast-moving agile or DevOps …

AI updates from the past week: Docker MCP Catalog, Solo.io’s Agent Gateway, and AWS SWE-PolyBench — April 25, 2025

Software companies are constantly trying to add more and more AI features to their platforms, and AI companies are constantly releasing new models and features. It can be hard to keep up with it all, so we’ve written this roundup to share several notable updates around AI that software developers should know about.  Docker MCP …

Harness launches Traceable Cloud WAAP to unify security and observability for cloud-native applications, APIs

Harness has announced a new offering to help developers secure their cloud-native applications and APIs, the first major update to feature Traceable’s technology since the companies merged earlier this year.  Traceable Cloud Web Application and API Protection (WAAP) provides web application protection, API security, bot mitigation, and DDoS defense. According to Sudhir Patamsetti, senior. director …

Zencoder acquires Machinet to further improve its AI coding agents

Zencoder, a company that provides an AI coding agent, has announced that it acquired another company in the AI coding agent business: Machinet.  According to Zencoder, this acquisition will solidify the company’s position in the AI coding assistant market and enable it to expand its multi-integration ecosystem into more development environments.  Machinet is a plugin …

Microsoft reveals upcoming changes to Microsoft 365 Developer Program

Microsoft has announced that over the next several months it will be making a few changes to its Microsoft 365 Developer Program. The program provides tools, documentation, training, access to experts, and community events for developers building apps for Microsoft 365 products. “The Microsoft 365 Developer Program has long been a great resource for developers …

Snyk announces new DAST solution for securing APIs and web apps

Snyk has announced a new dynamic application security testing (DAST) solution designed specifically for AI-powered software development.  Snyk API & Web allows developers to test the security of all of their APIs and web apps, regardless of if the code was written by a developer or AI. It also provides detailed recommendations on how to …

Docker MCP Catalog to launch next month with 100+ verified MCP tools

Docker is introducing new MCP-related offerings to provide developers with tools for working with the Model Context Protocol (MCP). Coming in May, Docker MCP Catalog will be a marketplace where developers can discover verified and curated MCP tools. The company partnered with several companies to build the catalog, including Stripe, Elastic, Heroku, Pulumi, Grafana Labs, …

A greener path forward: Overcoming the hidden energy cost of multi-system software architectures

Technology plays a unique and prominent role in an enterprise’s sustainability or green IT efforts. It can be a key part of the solution and a contributor to the problem. As Earth Day approaches, we’re reminded to examine how our choices impact the planet. Modern applications have brought remarkable convenience and scalability, but beneath these …

Microsoft launches usage reporting for Microsoft Graph API

Microsoft is introducing a new way for developers to get insight into how applications are accessing data through Microsoft Graph, an API that feeds data into Microsoft 365 applications and other Microsoft cloud services.  This new usage reporting API will provide insights into how Microsoft Graph is using resources and how applications are using the …

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    Struggling to get full value from your ITSM? You’re not alone. Many enterprises face the same uphill service management climb: too many tickets, unnecessary escalations, and manual incident workflows that impede rapid resolution. L1s are overwhelmed, L2 escalation teams are bogged down in root cause investigations, and scaling with business with incident response automation feels …

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    As AI-powered coding assistants become more prevalent, developers are increasingly incorporating AI-generated code snippets into their projects… But how reliable and secure is it? The last Dora report made it clear: there is a 7.2% drop in delivery stability for every 25% increase in AI use! In this webinar, we’ll explore the risks AI-generated code …

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