Why Automation Fails Without the Right QA Mindset
In the DevOps world, with its faster release cycles and continuous delivery, quality assurance (QA) cannot be sidelined until the end of the process. Companies that actively use automation achieve up to 60% faster release cycles compared to those relying solely on manual testing. However, automation alone is insufficient. Without the right QA mindset, moving faster can […]
ControlMonkey Adds AI Agents to Infrastructure Automation Platform
ControlMonkey today added artificial intelligence (AI) agents to its infrastructure automation platform that promise to make it simpler for almost any developer to securely provision infrastructure as code (IaC). Company CEO Aharon Twizer said this KoMo AI extension to the ControlMonkey platform will eliminate a skills gap that often conspires to slow the pace at […]
Survey Surfaces Downstream DevOps Challenges Created by AI Code
A survey of 900 engineers, platform leaders and technical managers published today finds nearly two thirds (63%) report their organization is shipping code faster since adopting artificial intelligence (AI). Conducted by Coleman Parkes on behalf of Harness, a provider of a DevOps platform, the survey also suggests, however, that same code is creating more downstream […]
Anthropic Launches Claude Sonnet 4.5: Built for Production Coding and Extended Autonomous Work
Anthropic’s Claude Sonnet 4.5 sets a new bar for coding, agentic tasks, and computer use, with 30+ hours of autonomous operation. Early adopters report major gains in accuracy, security, and long-horizon development. With new tools and SDKs, Sonnet 4.5 marks the shift from AI as assistant to AI as a true engineering teammate.
DORA 2025: Faster, But Are We Any Better?
The 2025 DORA Report — The State of AI-assisted Software Development by DORA / Google Cloud — introduces the DORA AI Capabilities Model, arguing that AI functions best as an amplifier of existing organizational strengths and weaknesses rather than as a silver-bullet tool.
Latest DORA Report from Google Surfaces Significant AI Adoption
Google this week published the results of its annual DevOps Research and Assessment (DORA) survey that finds 90% of the IT professionals surveyed are now using artificial intelligence (AI) tools, with 80% reporting they are more productive as a result. The survey of nearly 5,000 IT professionals also finds that respondents now have a median […]
Harness Extends Scope and Reach of AI Platform for Automating DevOps Workflows
Harness today previewed two additional modules for its artificial intelligence (AI) platform for DevOps that automate code maintenance and automatically rollback a deployment whenever an issue is detected. Additionally, Harness is adding an Architect Mode to the Harness AI platform that interactively engages DevOps engineers to design pipelines based on best practices for security, quality […]
Hugging Face Opens GitHub Copilot Chat to Open-Source Models
Hugging Face’s new VS Code extension makes GitHub Copilot Chat more flexible, enabling developers to test open-source LLMs like DeepSeek and GLM 4.5.
Zencoder Adds CLI Edition of AI Agent That Generates Code
Zencoder this week added a command line interface (CLI) option to its artificial intelligence (AI) agent for creating code. Company CEO Andrew Filev said application development teams can use Zen CLI as an alternative to previous support for integrated development environments. The overall goal is to provide developers with a range of options to take […]
Honeycomb Adds Ability to Orchestrate Multiple AI Agents to Observability Platform
Honeycomb has added a Canvas framework for managing and orchestrating multiple artificial intelligence (AI) agents as they observe and query massive amounts of telemetry data. Morgante Pell, technical lead manager for engineering at Honeycomb, said Canvas is the latest extension to a series of Honeycomb Intelligence initiatives that, for example, provide access to an AI […]
OpenAI’s GPT-5-Codex: A Smarter Approach to Enterprise Development
OpenAI’s GPT-5-Codex is built for real-world enterprise software engineering, handling long-running tasks, complex refactoring, and intelligent code reviews with strong security and IDE integration.
Oracle Delivers Java 25 Edition of Venerable Programming Language for the AI Era
Oracle today announced the availability of Java 25, which provides capabilities that make it simpler to build both artificial intelligence (AI) applications. At the same time, Oracle also pledged to provide long-term support (LTS) for Java 25 for the next eight years. Chad Arimura, vice president of developer relations for Oracle, said this edition of […]
Pulumi Previews AI Agents Trained to Automate Infrastructure Management
Pulumi today revealed it is now making available in preview a set of artificial intelligence (AI) agents to its namesake infrastructure-as-code (IaC) platform that are capable of diagnosing issues and autonomously completing tasks when permitted. Company CEO Joe Duffy said Pulumi Neo adds a set of AI agents specifically trained to automate the management of […]
MongoDB Taps AI Agent to Launch Application Modernization Platform
MongoDB today unveiled an application modernization platform that makes use of artificial intelligence (AI) agents to analyze and convert legacy applications into code that can be used to deploy a modern application on its document database. Shilpa Kolhar, senior vice president of product and engineering for MongoDB, said the MongoDB Application Modernization Platform (AMP) will […]
Survey Surfaces Software Engineering Challenges Following Adoption of AI
A survey of 101 senior engineering leaders published this week finds while 87% believe their organization is “prepared” or “very prepared” to adopt artificial intelligence (AI). It’s also clear that several hurdles remain, most notably making sure application development teams have the quality assurance skill and expertise needed to validate AI outputs (66%). Conducted by […]
Warp Embeds AI Agents into a CLI to Provide Better Feedback Loop
Warp has added a version of its artificial intelligence (AI) agent for writing code that integrates directly within a command line interface (CLI). Company CEO Zach Lloyd said rather than working with AI agents within the context of an integrated development environment, Warp Code embeds AI agents with a CLI that is likely to prove […]
Cisco to Add AI Agents to Splunk Observability Platforms
Cisco today at its Splunk .Conf25 conference previewed a series of artificial intelligence (AI) agents for the Splunk Observability platform that are capable of automating the collection of telemetry data using open source OpenTelemetry software, detecting issues, identifying root causes, and applying fixes. At the same time, Cisco also launched Cisco Data Fabric, a platform […]
JFrog Unveils DevOps Platform for the Agentic AI Era
JFrog at its annual swampUP conference unfurled a DevOps platform, dubbed JFrog Fly, designed to enable application developers to more easily integrate artificial intelligence (AI) agents within workflows at scale. Via the Model Context Protocol (MCP) developed by Anthropic, JFrog Fly is designed to integrate with multiple AI repos and platforms such as Cursor, GitHub […]
What is the Secret Sauce Behind Atlassian’s $610M Buy of The Browser Company
Atlassian’s $610M acquisition of The Browser Company signals the rise of AI-first browsers and a new battleground for DevOps and enterprise workflows.
Report: ChatGPT-5 Coding Gains Come at a Higher Cost
A report published this week by Sonar finds the GPT-5 platform released by OpenAI has the potential to generate better code but at significantly higher costs. Based on over 4,400 Java tasks, the report finds that depending on which of the four levels of reasoning capabilities that OpenAI now makes available, the overall quality of […]
Can Vibe Coding Work on an Enterprise Level?
Vibe coding promises AI-generated apps in seconds, but is it enterprise-ready? Explore risks, governance needs, and productivity potential.
Vibing with the Future: Why “Vibe Coding” Is the Next Big Wave for DevOps and CI/CD Teams
Vibe coding blends AI with team culture, style, and workflows — reshaping DevOps, CI/CD, and enterprise development for speed, alignment, and resilience.
Malicious Nx Packages Used in Two Waves of Supply Chain Attack
The Nx build system was hit by a supply chain attack dubbed “s1ngularity,” leaking thousands of secrets and exploiting AI tools for data theft.