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Observe Adds Two AI Agents to Improve Observability

Observe Inc. introduces the AI SRE Agent and o11y.ai Agent to its observability platform—empowering DevOps teams to automate incident triage, generate OpenTelemetry code, and query application performance using natural language for faster, smarter debugging.

Mike Vizard · Nov 4, 2025
AI

How AI Code Assistants Can Save 1,000 Years of Developer Time

AI code assistants like GitHub Copilot and IBM watsonx Code Assistant are transforming software development—automating routine tasks, improving code quality, and saving developers up to 200 hours a year. The result: faster delivery, higher innovation, and a real competitive edge.

Dr. Michael Kwok · Nov 4, 2025
AI

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.

Durojaye Olusegun · Oct 10, 2025
AI

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.

Jenn Yarnold · Sep 29, 2025
Blogs

GitHub MCP Registry Launches as Central Hub for AI Development Tools

GitHub launches the MCP Registry, a centralized hub for discovering and deploying Model Context Protocol servers. Backed by partners like Figma, Postman, HashiCorp, and Dynatrace, the registry simplifies integration, boosts security, and accelerates AI-powered development workflows.

Tom Smith · Sep 18, 2025
Blogs

CodeRabbit Adds CLI Support to Code Review Platform Based on AI

CodeRabbit expands its AI-powered code review platform with CLI support, auto unit test generation, custom pre-merge checks, and an MCP client. Backed by $60M in new funding, CodeRabbit helps developers catch routine issues, improve test coverage, and secure AI-generated code at scale.

Mike Vizard · Sep 16, 2025
AI

AI: Do or Don’t Believe the Hype

If you’ve been anywhere near a tech conference, your LinkedIn feed, or a DevOps Slack channel lately, you’ve probably heard someone claim AI is either the greatest productivity weapon since version control… or the world’s most overhyped autocomplete. Depending on who’s talking, AI is either saving the day or slowing workflow to a crawl. As […]

Alan Shimel · Aug 8, 2025
Blogs

Efficient CI at Scale: Lessons From Uber

As commit velocity increases and the number of active contributors grows, monorepos also introduce significant CI challenges — such as an ever-growing queue of pending changes, frequent conflicts, long land times and the critical need to keep the mainline green.

Dhruva Juloori · May 27, 2025
Blogs

Survey: Increased Tool Sprawl Saps Developer Productivity

A survey of 300 IT professionals working in software engineering departments in the U.S. and Western Europe that have more than 150 developers, finds 75% are losing anywhere from six to 15 hours a week because of tool sprawl as respondents on average navigate 7.4 tools to build applications.

Mike Vizard · Feb 5, 2025
Blogs

How CIOs can Implement and Execute an Effective AI Coding Strategy

With software more critical than ever to overall business success, organizations need to implement the right risk management strategy to adopt innovation and positively impact productivity through AI while maintaining safety and security.

Andrea Malagodi · Jan 15, 2025
Application Performance Management/Monitoring

The State of Internal Developer Portals (IDPs)

Have internal developer portals (IDPs) successfully enhanced productivity without sacrificing developer experience or developer satisfaction?

Bill Doerrfeld · Jan 9, 2024
Application Performance Management/Monitoring

5 Reasons DevOps Teams Need Code Mapping

Just like a physical map gives you a bird’s eye view of a geographical area, code mapping gives you a high-level view of your code.

Gilad David Maayan · Oct 24, 2023