Why software developers burn out, and how to fix it
Software development is a demanding field where changes happen rapidly. Developers are pushed to constantly learn and innovate while simultaneously producing a high volume of code. It’s no surprise that software engineers and other development profe...
Why AI fails at business context, and what to do about it
Here’s the awkward truth about today’s “smart” AI: It’s great at syntax, mediocre at semantics, and really bad at business context. That last bit matters because most enterprise value hides in the seams—how your organization defines active...
The truth about Python’s AI-powered popularity surge
Python’s popularity is surging thanks to AI, but also its power and ease of use. Editable installs for Python packages and the newly refined type hinting in Python 3.14 are just two examples, and the brand new, in-beta installation manager also help...
Can your cloud provider really scale?
On July 29, 2025, enterprises relying on Microsoft Azure’s East US region experienced an unexpected disruption that reverberated across numerous organizations. Attempted allocations for virtual machines failed. The root cause wasn’t a network brea...
Monitoring microservices: Best practices for robust systems
Microservices architecture, while offering exceptional agility and scalability, introduces a new layer of complexity in terms of tracking. Gone are the times of monolithic applications where a single set of logs ought to tell you the whole tale. In...
Wassette: A bridge between Wasm and MCP
Microsoft’s fascination with AI agents as a tool for developers continues with Wassette, a new open source release from its Azure Core Uptime team. Built in Rust and designed to host pieces of functionality written as WebAssembly Components, it’s ...
Gemini CLI + VS Code: Native diffing and context-aware workflows
The latest Gemini CLI update provides a deep IDE integration within VS Code for intelligent, context-aware suggestions, and native in-editor diffing, allowing developers to review and modify proposed changes directly within the diff view for a more eff...
Five kinds of static code coupling
Last week I talked about connascence, a measure of the coupling of code. We all agree that loosely coupled code is good, but what that means isn’t always clear. Connascence helps us reason about how code is coupled. You can’t decouple your code i...
Five ways your code is coupled, for better or worse
Last week I talked about connascence, a measure of the coupling of code. We all agree that loosely coupled code is good, but what that means isn’t always clear. Connascence helps us reason about how code is coupled. You can’t decouple your code i...
Rubrik unveils ‘undo button’ for AI agent mistakes
Rubrik has announced Agent Rewind, software that provides visibility into agent actions and enables enterprises to undo agent mistakes by rewinding changes to applications and data. Announced August 12, Agent Rewind combines Predibase AI infrastructur...
Meet Jules’ sharpest critic and most valuable ally
Jules' critic functionality addresses potential issues like subtle bugs and missed edge cases in AI-generated code by acting as a peer reviewer within the generation process. This "critic-augmented generation" means proposed code changes undergo advers...
Devops, SRE and platform engineering: What’s the difference?
Many modern development teams incorporate devops, site reliability engineering (SRE), and platform engineering — or at least they claim to. But figuring out what each of these buzzwords actually means can be a slippery proposition, and at first glan...
Devops, SRE, and platform engineering: What’s the difference?
Many modern development teams incorporate devops, site reliability engineering (SRE), and platform engineering—or at least they claim to. But figuring out what each of these buzzwords actually means can be a slippery proposition, and at first glance...
A developer’s guide to code generation
I started my career as an architect and coder working on AI algorithms for image processing, natural language processing, and search. Flash-forward to today, my coding is limited to low-code platforms to perform basic automation, data collection, and ...
