HoundDog.ai Code Scanner Shifts Data Privacy Responsibility Left
HoundDog.ai today made generally available a namesake static code scanner that enables security and privacy teams to enforce guardrails on sensitive data embedded in large language model (LLM) prompts or exposed artificial intelligence (AI) data sinks, such as logs and temporary files, before any code is pushed to production. Company CEO Amjad Afanah said the […]
Futurum Signal is Live: Cutting Through the DevOps Noise
Last week, I told you it was coming. Today, I’m thrilled to say it’s here: Futurum Signal is live. And while “live” is one of the most overused words in tech, in this case it’s the real deal. Futurum Signal isn’t just another PDF report dressed up with a quadrant. It’s a continuously updated, AI-powered […]
Debugging in Production: Leveraging Logs, Metrics and Traces
Debugging in production isn’t just about putting out fires; it’s about allowing speedy, precise diagnosis via sensible use of logs, metrics and lines.
Context Engineering is the Key to Unlocking AI Agents in DevOps
AI agents can code, test, and deploy—but only with the right context. Learn how context engineering unlocks DevOps-ready AI for the full SDLC.
FinOps as Code – Unlocking Cloud Cost Optimization
Learn how FinOps and FinOps as Code help businesses optimize cloud spending with automation, accountability & cost-aware culture for digital transformation.
What Really Matters When Picking a Cross-Platform Stack Today
Cross-platform frameworks like Flutter & React Native dominate 2025. Learn how to choose the right stack and architecture for scalable, cost-efficient apps.
Microsoft Morphs Fusion Developers To Full Stack Builders
Microsoft sees a new democratization of all users, now also being able to engage in the creation and modification of application functions.
Keeping Humans in the Loop: Why Human Oversight Still Matters in an AI-Driven DevOps Future
AI agents can now generate, test, deploy, and monitor code — but removing humans from the loop is dangerous. Learn why oversight, guardrails, and collaboration are essential to the future of DevOps.
Five Great DevOps Job Opportunities
Job-hunting this summer? Check out this week’s round-up of DevOps job opportunities including roles at Salesforce, Frontera Health and AMD.
AppSignal Adds OpenTelemetry Support to Monitoring Platform
AppSignal has extended its application performance monitoring platform to provide native support for OpenTelemetry, an open source framework for instrumenting applications that is being advanced under the auspices of the Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF). Wes Oudshoorn, chief product officer for AppSignal, said the implementation of OpenTelemetry is designed to enable DevOps teams with a […]
Copado Extends AI Reach to Surface Relationships Between Salesforce Code
Copado’s module maps Salesforce object relationships, cutting discovery time and boosting reuse, impact analysis, and DevOps best practices.
Sentry Adds Tool for Monitoring MCP Servers to APM Platform
Sentry today added an ability to monitor Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers to its application performance monitoring (APM) platform.
Survey Traces Large Amount of Breaches Back to Vulnerable Code
A survey of 1,519 application security stakeholders finds nearly all (98%) work for organizations that have experienced a security breach attributable to vulnerable code, with 81% acknowledging their organization has shipped code with known vulnerabilities into production environments. Conducted by Censuswide on behalf of Checkmarx, the survey also finds more than a quarter of organizations […]
Eclipse Foundation Publishes Toolkit to Simplify CRA Compliance
The Eclipse Foundation has launched the OCCTET project, offering open-source compliance tools to help smaller organizations meet the EU’s new Cyber Resilience Act requirements.
Shadow: How AI Coding Agents are Transforming DevOps Workflows
Shadow is an open-source AI coding agent that automates code understanding, editing and repository management to streamline DevOps workflows.
Futurum Signal: AI-Powered Market Intelligence for DevOps and Platform Engineering
If you’re building tools and platforms for the DevOps and platform engineering community—or you’re on the buying side, trying to decide which ones to adopt—you’ve probably noticed a frustrating truth: most market analyst reports don’t keep up with the pace of the software delivery world. We’re in an era where a new CI/CD integration, a […]
The Right Kind of AI for Infrastructure as Code
AI is everywhere in cloud security right now. Nearly every product claims to be “AI-powered,” and copilots and chatbots promise to help teams interpret issues faster. But for most platform teams, understanding the problem isn’t the hard part. The real challenge is resolution. Cloud environments change quickly, and the backlog of security findings grows just […]
Sonar Surfaces Multiple Caveats When Relying on LLMs to Write Code
New SonarSource research shows LLMs like GPT-4o, Claude Sonnet 4, and Llama-3.2 produce highly functional yet risky code — with frequent high-severity vulnerabilities, hard-coded credentials, and messy “code smells” that raise long-term tech debt.
From Firefighting to Forward-Thinking: My Real-World Lessons in DevOps and Cloud Engineering
Tools change, but the fundamentals stay — plan for failure, treat infra and pipelines like code and make observability a first-class citizen.
Survey Surfaces Multiple Mobile Application Release Management Headaches
A survey of 300 mobile engineers in the U.S and the United Kingdom (UK) working for organizations with 500 to 10,000 employees finds, on average, respondents are spending five hours per release on low-value tasks involving manual steps, coordination issues and approval bottlenecks, translating into 130 wasted engineering hours annually per developer. Published by Runway, […]
Stack Overflow Survey Shows AI Adoption for Devs
We’re in a transition, not a rush: Developers are open to AI, but they’re also wise—and rightly cautious—about when and how they trust it, notes Alan. Read the full op-ed for more insights and stats.
GitHub CEO To Step Down As Company Is More Tightly Embraced by Microsoft’s CoreAI Team
Thomas Dohmke, CEO of Microsoft Corp.-owned GitHub, said on Monday he’s stepping down and will leave the company at the end of 2025 to become “a founder again,” signaling a major shakeup in how the artificial intelligence (AI) coding unit is run. Since Microsoft acquired GitHub in 2018 for $7.5 billion, it has operated as […]
Minimus Adds VEX Support to Managed Hardened Images Service
Minimus has extended its managed service for providing application developers with hardened images to include support for the Vulnerability Exploittability eXchange (VEX) format used to share data across multiple application security tools and platforms along with hardened Helm charts for securely deploying applications on Kubernetes clusters. Additionally, Minimus has added compliance dashboards and views, and […]