AI promised to simplify project management. In practice, it often did the opposite. Instead of fewer tools and clearer execution, teams now juggle “AI add-ons” layered onto fragmented chat platforms, task trackers, and reporting systems that were never designed to work together. The result is familiar: constant context switching, duplicated effort, and project managers spending … continue reading
Google has announced the release of Gemini 3 Flash, its latest frontier model designed for speed at a lower token cost. According to Google, this model is ideal for iterative development, as it is able to quickly reason and solve tasks in high-frequency workflows. It also outperforms all Gemini 2.5 models as well as Gemini … continue reading
The dominant story of 2025 – one that infused new challenges and opportunities for software development, delivery, security, testing, observability and more – was the rapid, widespread adoption of artificial intelligence. Organizations have been kicking the tire on AI for the past several years, but 2025 saw an explosion of AI-powered offerings all along the … continue reading
Enterprises are waking up to a hard truth. AI won’t transform their business with a flashy demo. It takes infrastructure, governance — and engineering. For the past two years, AI has headlined every keynote and dominated boardroom conversations. But the tone is shifting. Tech stocks are cooling, AI teams are restructuring, and studies from MIT … continue reading
Docker has announced that it is open sourcing its catalog of over 1,000 Docker Hardened Images (DHI), which are production-ready images maintained by Docker to reduce vulnerabilities in container images. Each image includes a complete software bill of materials (SBOM), transparent public CVE data, SLSA Build Level 3 provenance, and cryptographic proof of authenticity. Available … continue reading
Zencoder is introducing its Zenflow desktop app in an attempt to help development teams transition from vibe coding to AI-First Engineering. According to the company, AI coding has hit a ceiling due to LLMs producing code that looks correct but fails in production or gets worse as it is iterated on. Zenflow introduces an AI … continue reading
Runtime testing platform provider StackHawk today announced it is adding BLT (Business Logic Testing) to its AppSec menu. This new testing capability addresses business logic flaws such as broken object level authorization (BOLA) that an OWASP report said account for 34% of security breaches, the company said in its announcement. The new functionality was built … continue reading
Google has announced a new project that aims to leverage generative AI to build contextually relevant UIs. A2UI is an open source tool that generates UIs based on the current conversation’s needs. For example, an agent designed to help users book restaurant reservations would be more useful if it featured an interface to input the … continue reading
As this year comes to a close, many experts have begun to look ahead to next year. Here are several predictions for trends in software development in 2026. Bennie Grant, COO of Percona The open source community continues the fight against restrictive relicensing It’s unclear if or when another open source company will change its … continue reading
OpenAI announces GPT-5.2 GPT-5.2 is optimized for professional knowledge work, scoring a 70.9% (using GPT-5.2 Thinking) on knowledge work tasks on the GDPval benchmark, compared to just 38.8% for GPT-5.1 Thinking. The company has started rolling out GPT-5.2 in ChatGPT today, with Instant, Thinking, and Pro modes, starting with paid plans. It is also available … continue reading
As AI coding assistants churn out ever greater amounts of code, the first – and arguably most painful – bottleneck that software teams face is code review. A company called Augment Code, which has developed an AI code assistant, yesterday announced a Code Review Agent to relieve that pressure and improve flow in the development … continue reading
Stack Overflow is following up its recent Developer Survey with a follow-up survey of 800+ developers to find out which development tasks are causing them the most frustration. The original survey found that 84% of developers use or planned to use AI in their development workflows, but that they often were frustrated when AI gives … continue reading
