ChatGPT Developer Mode: Full MCP Access with Serious Responsibilities
OpenAI recently released Developer Mode for ChatGPT, and it’s not for everyone. This beta feature provides full Model Context Protocol (MCP) client support, granting complete access to both read and write operations across your connected tools. But here’s what you need to understand up front: this is powerful, and it’s dangerous. What Developer Mode Actually […]
Massive VS Code Secrets Leak Puts Focus on Extensions, AI: Wiz
Researchers with cybersecurity firm Wiz earlier this year discovered, almost by chance, a significant supply chain risk and massive secrets leak in the Visual Studio Code and OpenVSX marketplaces that they said put a focus on the ongoing security issues presented by extensions and plugins. In their months-long investigation with Microsoft, the researchers found that […]
Survey Surfaces Widespread Adoption of AI to Improve DevSecOps
A global survey of 1,015 IT professionals with responsibility for application security finds more than three quarters (77%) are using artificial intelligence (AI), with another 13% considering adoption. Conducted by Fastly, a provider of a content delivery network (CDN) service, the survey also finds 25% of survey respondents using AI have fully integrated into their […]
Establishing Visibility and Governance for Your Software Supply Chain
Asset visibility and cloud governance start with SBOMs, VEX, and provenance tracking. Learn how to secure your software supply chain.
Secure By Design, Secure by Default
“Shift left” alone won’t secure software. Real security must be embedded continuously across design, development, and production—not just moved earlier.
When Metrics Overwhelm: How SREs Help Engineers Reclaim Focus
Observability promised insight but delivered alert fatigue. Learn how SREs are redefining observability to empower developers and restore real engineering value.
Git Services Need Better Security. Here’s How End-to-End Encryption Could Help
A new study from the University of Sydney, UESTC, and Google introduces efficient end-to-end encryption for Git services like GitHub and GitLab. Learn how this breakthrough could secure your code repositories without slowing development.
Five Great DevOps Job Opportunities
Explore the latest DevOps job openings from leading companies including VSCO, John Deere, Red Hat, BCC Software, and NetApp. DevOps.com’s weekly jobs report highlights high-paying roles and insights into the current DevOps job market.
How to Eliminate DevOps Toil Using Automation Scripts
Engineering teams spend nearly 15 hours a week on repetitive DevOps toils that drain productivity. This guide explains how to identify high-impact automation opportunities, apply the 15-minute rule, and build sustainable script-based solutions that eliminate toil and free teams for innovation.
Grafana Labs Extends AI Capabilities of Observability Platform
Grafana Labs this week made generally available an artificial intelligence (AI) agent, dubbed Grafana Assistant, for its namesake dashboard in addition to previewing Grafana Assistant Investigations, an AI incident management tool that analyzes the observability stack, generates findings and hypotheses, and surfaces actionable recommendations for mitigation and remediation. Announced at its ObservabilityCON 2025 conference, Grafana […]
Atlassian Makes AI Coding Agent Generally Available
Atlassian launches Rovo Dev, an AI coding agent for writing, reviewing, and planning code, bundled with Bitbucket, Compass, and DX in the new Software Collection.
Coding Agent Teams: The Next Frontier in AI-Assisted Software Development
Developers are moving beyond single AI coding assistants to teams of specialized agents, boosting speed, scalability, and collaboration in software development.
Whose Ops is it Anyway? How IDPs, AI and Security are Evolving Developer Culture
It was only a few years ago that perhaps the biggest hurdle for DevOps advocates was convincing leadership that it was worth the investment. That conversation has since shifted. In most organisations today, the value of faster releases, tighter feedback loops, and closer collaboration between development and operations is obvious. The challenge is no longer […]
Gemini CLI Extensions Bring Customization to the Command Line
Google’s Gemini CLI extensions framework enables developers to integrate external tools like Figma, Stripe, Postman, and Dynatrace directly within the terminal. Built on the Model Context Protocol (MCP), the system reduces context switching and boosts DevOps productivity through AI automation.
Developer Experience: Overcoming 6 AI-Induced Challenges
The use of artificial intelligence brings high hopes and expectations in the technological world, promising changes to the way businesses operate. A staggering 79% of companies are now or will be using AI within the next year, according to an August 2025 survey from OpenText and the Ponemon Institute. AI’s rise is especially prevalent in the software development sector, and in particular in the area of developer […]
Survey Surfaces Lots of Room for Software Engineering Improvement
A survey of 600 software engineers and 600 senior technology leaders across the United States, United Kingdom, Germany, and France finds that nearly three quarters of software engineers say demands on their time make it difficult for them to build new features. Conducted by Chainguard, a provider of repositories for accessing secure container images, the […]
Spacelift Adds Open Source AI Vibecoding Tool to Provision Infrastructure
Spacelift today unfurled an open source agentic artificial intelligence (AI) framework for managing infrastructure that eliminates the need for a developer to write any Terraform or OpenTofu code. Marcin Wyszynski, chief research and development officer for Spacelift, said instead of generating code Spacelift Intent translates requests directly into an application programming interface (API) that interacts […]
PagerDuty Adds Suite of AI Agents to IT Management Platform
PagerDuty’s new AI agents — Insights, SRE, Scribe and Shift — aim to automate IT operations, reduce burnout, and transform DevOps workflows at scale.
Common IaC Security Issues and How to Fix Them
Learn the top five Infrastructure as Code (IaC) security vulnerabilities, their fixes, and best practices to prevent misconfigurations, drifts, and breaches.
How Can the Usage of AI Help Boost DevOps Pipelines
AI is revolutionizing DevOps by making CI/CD pipelines smarter, self-learning, and more efficient — enabling faster, secure, and automated software delivery.
Five Great DevOps Job Opportunities
A weekly DevOps Jobs Report featuring opportunities, salaries and insights into the DevOps job market from companies like NVIDIA and GEICO.
Build vs. Buy: What it Really Takes to Harden Your Software Supply Chain
When it comes to securing the software supply chain, engineering teams often assume that the choice between building their own hardened images or buying a solution is straightforward…until they try to build the images themselves. As the programmer’s credo goes: “We do these things not because they are easy, but because we thought they’d be easy.” The decision […]
Shortcut Adds AI Agent to Orchestrate Management of Software Development Projects
Shortcut this week added an artificial intelligence (AI) agent that is capable of orchestrating the planning, tracking and coordination of software projects. Company CEO Kurt Schrader said the Korey agent takes ideas described in natural language and converts them into structured, build-ready plans in seconds, including generating detailed specifications with clear acceptance criteria. It then […]