Tag: developer tools
Git 2.56 Takes Aim at Messy Merges, Slow Diffs and Branch Sprawl
Tom Smith | | AI coding agents, CI/CD, coding agents, developer tools, devops, GIT, Git 2.56, Git performance, Git repositories, merge conflicts, monorepos, platform engineering, software development, source control, version controlGit 2.56 improves merge safety, speeds up large-repository operations and adds cleanup tools that could prove especially useful for AI coding agents and busy DevOps teams ...
Your AI Coding Assistant Has the Keys to the Repo. Z.ai Just Showed Why That Matters
Tom Smith | | AI coding assistants, AI Governance, AI security, Cloud Security, code security, Data Exfiltration, data privacy, Developer Security, developer tools, devsecops, egress monitoring, secrets management, shadow ai, Software Supply Chain, source code security, Z.ai, ZCode, Zhipu AIZCode’s default-on indexing feature reportedly uploaded entire developer workspaces to cloud storage, highlighting why AI coding assistants should be treated as privileged software and closely monitored ...
GitLab Tightens Rate Limits as Coding Agents Drive Demand
GitLab is introducing new rate limits for its cloud-based DevOps platform as growing demand from AI agents and automated development tools increases pressure on its infrastructure. The changes, which begin October 19, ...
Claude Code Adds AGENTS.md Fallback, Cutting Instruction File Sprawl
Tom Smith | | agentic AI, Agentic AI Foundation, AGENTS.md, AI coding agents, AI Development, AI Governance, Anthropic, Claude, Claude Code, coding agents, Cursor, developer tools, devops, Linux Foundation, OpenAI Codex, platform engineeringClaude Code now supports AGENTS.md, giving development teams a shared instruction format across multiple AI coding agents and reducing configuration drift ...
Splunk Open Sources Token Meter Tool for Application Developers
Mike Vizard | | agent monitoring, agentic AI, AI budgets, AI coding agents, AI cost management, AI costs, AI Development, AI FinOps, AI observability, Claude Code, Codex, coding assistants, Cursor, developer productivity, developer tools, devops, Kiro, MCP, Model Context Protocol, model costs, OpenCode, Pi, Splunk, token consumption, Token Meter, token usageSplunk’s open-source Token Meter gives developers real-time visibility into AI coding agent activity, token consumption and estimated costs across tools including Claude Code, Codex and Cursor ...
Anthropic Adds a Coordinator to Claude Projects for Running AI Work in Parallel
Tom Smith | | agentic AI, AI agents, AI coding agents, AI Development, AI project management, AI workflows, Anthropic, autonomous coding, Claude Code, Claude Projects, cloud development, code review, coding automation, developer productivity, developer tools, devops, Git branches, human-in-the-loop, multi-agent orchestration, parallel development, platform engineering, pull requests, software development, software engineeringAnthropic’s redesigned Claude Projects coordinates parallel Claude Code sessions, delegates work across branches and brings the results back through familiar pull-request review workflows ...
GitHub Puts Guardrails on Copilot’s Sandbox Inside JetBrains IDEs
Tom Smith | | AI agents, AI coding agents, AI Governance, Copilot sandbox, Developer Security, developer tools, Enterprise AI, filesystem controls, GitHub Copilot, GitHub Copilot JetBrains, IDE security, JetBrains, managed policies, MCP governance, network controls, OpenTelemetry, platform engineering, sandbox security, software developmentJetBrains IDEs are where a lot of enterprise backend work happens — Java, Kotlin, Spring, big monorepos with a lot to break. So when an AI coding agent starts running shell commands ...
Rust’s First Debugging Survey Shows Most Developers Skip the Debugger Entirely
Tom Smith | | async Rust, dbg macro, developer experience, developer tools, GDB, LLDB, platform engineering, print debugging, runtime debugging, Rust compiler, Rust debugger, Rust debugging, Rust developers, Rust tooling, software debugging, software development, systems programming, ustMost Rust developers don't use a debugger. That's the headline finding from the Rust compiler team's first dedicated debugging survey, and it's worth sitting with for a second. Rust has spent years ...
GitHub’s New Copilot Feature Takes the Guesswork Out of Picking AI Models
Tom Smith | | agentic AI, AI agents, AI coding assistants, AI cost optimization, AI Governance, AI model routing, Code Generation, developer tools, devops, github, GitHub Copilot, model selection, multi-model orchestration, platform engineering, Project HydraFusion, software developmentGitHub’s Project HydraFusion brings multi-model orchestration to Copilot, automatically routing coding tasks across AI models to balance quality, cost and complexity ...
GitHub Puts Copilot in the Approval Seat for Pull Requests
Tom Smith | | AI code review, AI coding, AI Governance, automated code review, branch protection, code review, Copilot code review, developer productivity, developer tools, devops, Engineering Governance, github, GitHub approvals, GitHub Copilot, PR approvals, pull requests, software development, software lifecycleGitHub Copilot can now submit binding pull request approvals, moving AI code review from advisory feedback into the merge decision itself ...
GitHub Tightens Copilot’s Billing and Governance Rules Ahead of a Busy Fall
Tom Smith | | AI cost management, AI Governance, Balanced review, chat data retention, Copilot billing, Copilot Business, Copilot Chat, Copilot cloud agent, Copilot code review, Copilot Enterprise, developer tools, GitHub AI Credits, GitHub Copilot, GitHub Mobile, Lite review, platform engineering, token-based billing, usage based billingGitHub Copilot is tightening enterprise controls with upfront seat billing, longer chat retention and a Balanced code review default ...
Adronite Unveils AI Coding Tool Based on Embedded Context Engine
Mike Vizard | | ACE, Adronite, Adronite Context Engine, AI code generation, AI coding assistants, AI coding tool, AI-generated code, code review, codebase context, Codistry, developer tools, devops, open-weight AI models, software development, token efficiencyAdronite launches Codistry, an AI coding tool that uses a context engine to map codebases, reduce token usage and generate more production-ready code ...
