AI Won’t Replace Developers—But it is Changing How They Work
AI is reshaping software development by accelerating coding, testing and reviews while reinforcing the need for human judgment and oversight.
Microsoft Azure Skills Plugin Gives AI Coding Agents a Playbook for Cloud Deployment
Microsoft’s new Azure Skills Plugin closes the gap between AI-written code and production deployments by packaging expert Azure knowledge as executable skills, backed by MCP servers for real infrastructure actions and AI workflows—bringing guardrails, consistency, and speed to DevOps and platform teams.
GitHub Copilot Coding Agent for Jira Connects Planning to Pull Requests Without Leaving Your Workflow
GitHub Copilot, the coding agent, now integrates with Jira. Assign issues to Copilot and get draft PRs — no context switching between planning and code.
Bot-Driven Development: Redefining DevOps Workflow
Explore the future of DevOps with bot-driven development (BotDD) that integrates AI-powered tools. Learn how intelligent agents enhance automation, testing, and project management, transforming the software lifecycle.
Survey Sees Wider Adoption of AI Coding Tools Creating More DevOps Challenges
Survey reveals 72% of developers use AI coding tools daily, generating 42% of code with AI. Trust issues persist, with 96% doubting AI code correctness.
Cursor Acquires Graphite to Streamline AI-Powered Development
Cursor, the artificial intelligence (AI) coding assistant valued at $29 billion, has acquired code review startup Graphite to address what Cursor CEO Michael Truell describes as a growing bottleneck in software development. The companies declined to disclose financial terms but confirmed the transaction involves a mix of cash and equity. While AI has dramatically accelerated […]
VS Code Pushes Hard on AI Agents While Quietly Killing Free Code Completion
Microsoft’s VS Code update brings Agent HQ, TypeScript 7 preview, and kills free IntelliCode. What developers need to know about the latest changes.
The AI-Powered Evolution of Software Development
Artificial intelligence is revolutionizing software development—accelerating coding, improving quality, and enabling autonomous operations. From GitHub Copilot to AI-driven DevOps, businesses leveraging AI tools are building smarter, faster, and more adaptive applications.
The Breakneck Future of Codegen: Why AI SWE Must Be Matched with AI SRE
AI codegen is transforming software development — but as speed and complexity increase, so does fragility. AI for site reliability will need to keep pace to avoid system breakdown and engineer burnout.
Coding at the Speed of AI: Innovation, Vulnerability, and the GenAI Paradox
Generative AI accelerates software delivery but also reintroduces vulnerabilities, making secure coding practices, oversight, and developer training essential for safe adoption.
GitHub Brings Together Security, Developers to Fix Code Flaws
GitHub is linking developers with security pros to reduce the number of vulnerabilities that may be hiding in code that already is in workflows. The highly popular Microsoft-owned code repository this week said its security campaigns, which were released in public preview in October 2024, are now generally available to GitHub Advanced Security and GitHub […]
Arm Extension for GitHub Copilot: Accelerating Migration to Arm Architecture
The new Arm extension for GitHub Copilot streamlines migration to Arm architecture, reducing development time while offering architecture-specific guidance and optimization.
Getting More Out of GitHub With Advanced Product Requirements
There are plenty of challenges throughout the software development lifecycle, but one that has proven to be a make-it-or-break-it for projects is requirements management. Requirements engineering is more than simply listing desired features. It is a comprehensive approach to capturing, organizing and evolving project specifications throughout development. Yet this segment of the development process is […]
DataStax Aims to Reduce Friction by Extending Support for GitHub Copilot
DataStax this week at the GitHub Universe 2024 conference revealed it has extended its support for the GitHub Copilot generative artificial intelligence (AI) tool to now include the ability to write data to its Astra databases-as-service (DBaaS) platform based on the open-source Cassandra database.
Crowdbotics Integrates AI Platform for Requirements Docs with GitHub Copilot
Crowdbotics today made available an extension for GitHub Copilot that makes it simpler to generate code using higher-quality requirements documents. Unveiled at the GitHub Universe 2024 conference, this extension provides a simpler method to invoke an AI platform that Crowdbotics created to convert plain language descriptions of applications into a requirements document. Application developers can […]
Microsoft Infuses AI into DevOps Workflows
Microsoft this week added a bevy of tools to its portfolio that infuses generative artificial intelligence (AI) into DevOps workflows.
Survey Surfaces Widespread Reliance on Generative AI Among Developers
Two thirds of developers are using AI in product development, primarily for coding, documentation, and conducting research.
Best of 2023: Measuring GitHub Copilot’s Impact on Engineering Productivity
What methodology (and metrics) should you use to accurately assess the impact on productivity and value delivery of a tool like GitHub Copilot?
Google’s Shiny New AI Dev Environment — the ‘Experimental’ Project IDX
In this week’s #TheLongView: Google’s full-stack, browser based development environment in the cloud. Project IDX is not just a Copilot clone, but aims to help you “get an app from zero to production.”
92% of Devs Use AI, Survey Says ¦ Intel One Mono Font
In this week’s #TheLongView: GitHub touts unbelievable AI stats, and Intel’s beautiful open source typeface.
OpenAI Hires 1,000 Low Wage Coders to Retrain Copilot ¦ Netflix Blocks Password Sharing
In this week’s #TheLongView: ChatGPT darling OpenAI wants people to write code in English, and the unintended consequences of blocking shared accounts.