Ever since Generative AI captured public attention, there’s been no shortage of speculation about the future of tech jobs. Might these models displace entire roles, rendering some job categories obsolete? The thought of being replaced by AI can be unsettling. Yet, when it comes to software development and testing, generative AI is better suited to … continue reading
CData has announced a new solution designed to help small- to medium-sized businesses build data connectivity into their applications without adding maintenance and complexity. CData Embedded Cloud enables customers to provide their users with self-service access to third-party data sources through over 160 pre-built connectors from CData. These connectors span SaaS, databases, and cloud data … continue reading
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. Google announces … continue reading
AI is no longer just about single-use automation. The real power lies in multi-agent systems, networks of AI agents that work together, each specializing in a task but coordinating as part of a larger, intelligent system. A real-world example is AI-driven revenue operations, where a lead-scoring agent predicts conversion rates while a pricing agent dynamically … continue reading
AI agents are not just making developers more productive, they’re transforming the way developers are using AI to build software. According to Emilio Salvador, vice president of strategy and developer relations at GitLab, the first wave of AI capabilities for developers, like GitHub Copilot or GitLab Duo, were reactive tools for helping developers do tasks … continue reading
Orca Security has announced a new integration that will enable it to scan Bitbucket repositories for misconfigurations, exposed secrets, and vulnerabilities. According to Orca Security, code scanning is an important element of any security program, and when developers utilize public code repositories, they typically have to manually embed CLI security tools into each repository and … continue reading
Google Cloud Next 25 is taking place today, and Google has announced a number of new announcements, mainly related to enhancing Gemini offerings and making it easier to build and adopt agents. Here are a couple of highlights from the event: New tools for building AI agents The company announced the Agent Development Kit (ADK), … continue reading
GitHub is announcing updates to its security offerings to help development teams tackle their security risk. Now generally available, security campaigns are a new way to bring security teams and development teams together. Security teams can prioritize the risks that need to be addressed across repositories and add them to a security campaign, which is … continue reading
A new report is revealing that the most challenging aspect of utilizing open source projects is keeping up with updates and patches. According to the 2025 State of Open Source report from Perforce Software, the Eclipse Foundation, and the Open Source Initiative, when asked to rank challenges on a scale of one to five, over … continue reading
Traditional methods of managing IT systems simply aren’t enough to tackle the scale and unpredictability of today’s digital environments. In fact, the costs associated with downtime are staggering—according to a report by Gartner, IT downtime can cost enterprises approximately $5,600 per minute. As companies scale and integrate, more advanced tools and platforms, their systems grow … continue reading
Cloudflare is making it easier for developers to create AI agents with several new updates that were announced today. First, the company announced a remote Model Context Protocol (MCP) server. MCP is an open standard that allows AI agents to interact with external services, which is important in enabling them to complete tasks on a … continue reading
A new version of GitHub Copilot has just begun rolling out to users, adding a number of new capabilities, such as the addition of agent mode to VS Code. With agent mode, Copilot can iterate across an entire project, suggesting terminal commands, analyzing run-time errors, and more. “With simple prompts, agent mode takes Copilot beyond … continue reading
Software companies are constantly trying to add more and more AI features to their platforms, and AI companies are also always 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. Anthropic … continue reading
Over the years, I’ve had countless conversations with performance engineers, DevOps teams, and CTOs, and I keep hearing the same assumptions about load testing. Some of them sound logical on the surface, but in reality, they often lead teams down the wrong path. Here are five of the biggest misconceptions I’ve come across—and what you … continue reading
