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.
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.
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.
Report: Full-Stack Observability Cuts Downtime Costs
The numbers are sobering, at best. A new global survey from New Relic pegs the median cost of a high-impact IT outage at $2 million per hour (that’s roughly $33,333 a minute) with a median annual hit of $76 million. That’s not just a bad week; it’s a major operational risk. And it’s landing just […]
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.
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 […]
Worms in the Supply Chain: Shai-Hulud and the Next DevOps Reckoning
DevOps was supposed to make software delivery faster, safer and more reliable. For the most part, it has. But every so often, something nasty crawls out of the shadows and reminds us how fragile the system really is. It wasn’t a zero-day in Kubernetes or a cloud misconfiguration that caught my eye. It was a […]
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 […]
env zero Revamps Infrastructure Automation Platform for AI Era
Env Zero (formerly env0) has revamped its Cloud Governance Platform with AI and MCP support, including a new Static Code Analyzer Agent to streamline IaC governance, compliance, and security across tools like Terraform, Pulumi, and Kubernetes.
Report: Microsoft, AWS and Google Atop Software Development Platform Heap
The Futurum Group’s latest Signal report on Software Development Platforms names Microsoft, AWS, and Google as the top three providers, each achieving Elite status with scores above 90. Microsoft led across all five measured attributes — business value, innovation, vision, execution, and ecosystem — underscoring its longstanding developer focus. AWS and Google continue to close the gap with strong AI integration and ecosystem growth, while challengers like Oracle, IBM, Red Hat, GitHub, Atlassian, and Salesforce also scored competitively.
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.
Harness Acquires Qwiet AI to Gain Code Testing Tool
Harness has acquired Qwiet AI (formerly ShiftLeft) to integrate AI-driven application security directly into its DevOps platform. By combining Qwiet AI’s Code Property Graph technology with Harness’s AI agents and Traceable’s API security, the company aims to make security a first-class citizen in the SDLC, enabling true DevSecOps workflows that use AI to detect, prioritize, and remediate vulnerabilities at scale.
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.
Five Great DevOps Job Opportunities
DevOps.com continues to provide a weekly jobs report to highlight career opportunities for DevOps professionals and opportunities highlighted this week include roles at NMI, HiBob and FloQast.
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 […]
Microsoft’s AI Agents Target Technical Debt Crisis
Microsoft is tackling technical debt with new GitHub Copilot AI agents that modernize legacy Java and .NET apps, plus AI-powered updates to Azure Migrate and Azure Accelerate. These tools promise to cut modernization time by up to 70% and accelerate AI adoption.
How GitHub Plans to Secure npm After Recent Supply Chain Attacks
GitHub strengthens npm security after Shai-Hulud worm attack with mandatory 2FA, granular tokens, and trusted publishing to protect the open source supply chain.
HashiCorp Embraces Agentic AI to Streamline Management of IT
HashiCorp today added a slew of updates to its platform for managing and securing IT infrastructure, including integration with multiple automation frameworks and a preview of an ability to use artificial intelligence (AI) agents to provision infrastructure as code (IaC). Announced at the HashiConf 2025, the unit of IBM will this week showcase Project infragraph, […]
Chainguard Adds Curated Repository to Secure JavaScript Libraries
Chainguard launched curated JavaScript libra ries built on the SLSA framework to secure software supply chains and protect against NPM malware risks.
Open Letter Calls for Fundamental Change to Open Source Economics
Leading stewards of several major open source projects today issued a joint open letter calling for major changes to be made to the way the IT infrastructure used to support these initiatives is funded, operated and maintained. Posted on the Open Source Security Foundation (OpenSSF) website, the open letter signed by representatives from open source […]