
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 […]

How Gemini CLI GitHub Actions is Changing Developer Workflows
Google’s new Gemini CLI GitHub Actions transforms repository management with AI-powered automation for issue triage, code reviews and collaboration.

Five Great DevOps Job Opportunities
Our DevOps jobs report this week highlights industry roles at Sharetec, CodeRabbit , Block, Inc., Gerber Life Insurance and Optisources.

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 […]

ArmorCode Extends AI Tool to Generate Code Fixes for Specific Runtime Environments
ArmorCode, this week at the Black Hat USA 2025 conference, revealed it has extended its Anya artificial intelligence (AI) tool to generate suggested code fixes that are customized for specific runtime environments.

Black Duck Software Extends AI Reach to IDE to Better Secure Code
Black Duck Software, this week at the Black Hat USA 2025 conference, revealed it has now integrated its artificial intelligence (AI) tool for securing software, dubbed Black Duck Assist, into the company’s plug-in for integrated developer environments (IDEs).

PlayerZero Adds Ability to Simulate Code to AI Platform
PlayerZero has extended its namesake platform that leverages artificial intelligence (AI) to analyze codebases by adding the ability to simulate code created using generative AI coding tools. Fresh off raising an additional $15 million in funding, PlayerZero CEO Animesh Koratana said CodeSim makes it possible to predict how that code will impact a codebase without […]

AI-Driven Observability: Fast, Context-Rich MCP Servers
Christine Yen—developer-turned-CEO—explains why Honeycomb built an MCP server and why every observability vendor may follow. MCP, short for Model Context Protocol, acts like a concierge for AI agents: It makes a product’s API, telemetry schema and helper tools easily discoverable so large-language models can ask precise questions instead of guessing. Yen sees it as table […]

Context on Tap: How MCP Servers Bridge AI Agents and DevOps Pipelines
Large language models can draft code or move artifacts, but without situational awareness they still trip over the basics. Cloudsmith CEO Glenn Weinstein tells Mike Vizard why a new piece of plumbing—the Model Context Protocol (MCP) server—is quickly becoming table stakes. Think of MCP as a receptionist for AI agents: it answers questions like “Which […]

The Evolution of DevOps Continues: How 2,000 Token-Per-Second AI Code Generation Changes Everything
This shift toward instant AI code generation represents a productivity improvement; it’s a change in how we approach software operations.

Five Great DevOps Job Opportunities
The five job postings shared this week include remote DevOps roles at Hims and Hers Health, Credit Acceptance and Atlassian.

BMC Extends Scope and Reach of DevOps Mainframe Workflows
BMC has extended its DevOps analytics tool for mainframe environments, dubbed BMC AMI zAdviser Enterprise, to now be able to collect Git usage data to make it simpler to identify bottlenecks and other workflow issues in addition to making available in beta a BMC AMI Assistant tool that enables IT teams to via a natural language interface chat with a generative artificial intelligence that BMC has trained to help optimize operations.

The Benefits of Using Kotlin for Cross‑Platform Development
Kotlin has graduated from being ‘just an alternative to Java’ into a strategic cornerstone for efficient, scalable software delivery in the multi-device era.

DevOps Meets Blazor in 2025: Streamlining .NET Web App Delivery for the Future
Blazor has become a mature, go-to technology for modern enterprise-grade .NET web apps, especially for teams already invested in Microsoft’s ecosystem.

Beyond the Firewall: Achieving True Observability in the Era of Hybrid Infrastructure
At a time when hybrid infrastructure is the norm and internet dependencies are unavoidable, achieving true observability means embracing a broader view.

“Shove Left” – Dumping Downstream Tasks Onto Developers – A Recipe for Failure
Beware the “Shove Left” anti-pattern. Simply dumping downstream tasks onto developers without changing the system is a recipe for burnout, inefficiency and failure.
Observability in Retail: How to Monitor and Manage Interactive Kiosk Fleets
Managing kiosks at scale creates visibility challenges. Centralized observability and proactive monitoring can help teams stay ahead of outages.

CI/CD Pipelines for Large Teams: How to Keep Velocity Without Breaking the Build
Continuous integration (CI) and continuous delivery (CD) are essential for modern software teams, as there is now a need for fast feature delivery and high-velocity improvements. However, achieving high speed may be difficult without compromising reliability, as the process involves coordinating among development teams working on different features of the same application simultaneously, product complexity […]

Survey Surfaces Multiple Persistent DevSecOps Challenges
A survey of leaders based in North America finds 62% work for organizations that knowingly release insecure code to meet delivery deadlines.

Daddy, Where Do Software Engineers Come From?
There’s one question every parent dreads hearing from their child: “Daddy, where do babies come from?” We’ve all heard the responses over the years—storks, God, mommy’s belly, “ask your mother,” you name it. But beneath the awkwardness lies a fundamental question: how do we make more of us? Oddly enough, the tech world is now […]

Accelerating GenAI Innovation with DevOps Hackathons—Hackathon Insights, Strategic Gaps and Future Directions
Importance of Hackathon Hackathons have become a vital platform for driving innovation, collaboration, and skill development across diverse industries. These intense, time-bound events bring together programmers, designers, and problem solvers to rapidly prototype new ideas and tackle real-world challenges. Beyond fostering creativity, hackathons enable participants to expand their technical skills, network with like-minded professionals, and […]

Turning the Software Factory into an Intelligence Engine
If you’re a technology leader, you need to ask yourself: Are we still building software factories when we should be engineering intelligence?