Tag: software development
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 ...
Debian’s AI Vote Bets on Accountability Instead of a Ban
Tom Smith | | AI coding, AI Governance, AI policy, AI-assisted development, AI-generated code, code review, confidential data, Debian, developer productivity, devops, generative AI, Human Oversight, open source, software development, software securityDebian’s new AI contribution policy avoids bans and mandatory disclosure, instead making developers responsible for reviewing AI-generated work and protecting sensitive data ...
Why “Tokenmaxxing” Was Always the Wrong Way for Developers to Measure AI Productivity
Drew Thompson | | ai, AI Development, AI security, application security, developer productivity, software developmentThe term "tokenmaxxing" left the developer lexicon just as quickly as it arrived, and like most viral technology concepts, it means different things depending on who's using it. In practice, the term ...
GitHub Sharpens CodeQL’s Eye on Actions Workflows and Modern JavaScript
GitHub Actions pipelines have become one of the quieter attack surfaces in software development. They pull in third-party actions, cache dependencies, and pass secrets between jobs, often without anyone reviewing the workflow ...
Claude Code’s Temporary Usage Boost Expires Tonight. Here’s What Actually Changes
Tom Smith | | AI agents, AI coding agents, AI coding costs, AI coding tools, AI subscription pricing, Anthropic, CI pipelines, Claude Code, Claude Code usage limits, developer productivity, devops, Fable 5, software development, token limits, weekly usage capsAnthropic’s temporary 50% increase to Claude Code weekly usage limits expires August 19, reducing available capacity for developers and DevOps teams without lowering subscription prices ...
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 ...
Are LLMs Equally Good (or Bad) at Building Secure Software?
Pieter Danhieux | | agentic AI, AI agents, AI code security, AI coding assistants, AI coding costs, AI coding models, AI Development, AI model benchmarking, AI-generated code, application security, Developer Security, framework security, LLM security, OWASP Top 10, SAST, secure code generation, secure coding, software development, software security, token costsAn SCW study finds a large variance in how frontier and budget LLMs perform across different frameworks, and explains the striking cost variance ...
Anthropic Makes Claude Code’s Auto Mode the Default, Betting Automation Beats Manual Review
Tom Smith | | agent permissions, agentic coding, AI code generation, AI coding agents, AI Governance, AI guardrails, AI permissions, AI safety, AI security, Anthropic, autonomous coding agents, Claude Code, Claude Code auto mode, Claude Code security, coding automation, developer productivity, developer tools, human engineering the loop, human-in-the-loop, permission fatigue, prompt injection, Pull Request Automation, secure AI agents, software development, software engineeringAnthropic is making Claude Code’s auto mode the default for Pro, Max and Team users, replacing constant permission prompts with classifier-based guardrails designed to catch risky actions without slowing developers down ...
Common Risks of Outsourcing Software Development, and How to Tackle Them
Roman Davydov | | Cybersecurity, devsecops, project management, software development, software development outsourcing, Third-Party RiskBoth SMBs and large enterprises often choose software development outsourcing over developing software in-house. It is no surprise, as partnering with external developers enables companies to bridge IT talent gaps that cannot ...
