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Issue 282: No worries about compute

Before we get into the goodies, please take a look at our Developer Survey for this year (link in the footer). It's an annual tradition that builds on the results of previous years to track the tech, habits, and opinions of software technologists. There's more in there about AI this year, but frankly, there's been more AI this year too, and we want to know if it's becoming a part of your workflow or if it's just another hype cycle. XX Speaking of AI, we've got two conversations about AI and an article about the data behind it. First, we chatted with the DeepMind team about Gemini 2.5, that plucky little GenAI tool that's barnstorming all the leaderboards. On the other hand, we've got a chat with mad scientists chaining together open-source models, compute be damned. If you're in the model training biz, we'd like to talk to you about diversifying your datasets. XX Now for the newsletter equivalent of speed dating. Could Leia have saved all those Bothans from doom? Is your List of Despair really about the list? Could you maybe go a little easier on the reauth? And rewiring your brain with jams, bops, and power ballads.

Issue 281: Deterministic simulations

This week, we're thinking safety first. Hear about how to defend your mobile app when the attacker controls your compiled code and the device it runs on. Find out how time travel debugging works in a deterministic simulation. Check out the banking engineering org that went all in on serverless. And a safe bet: the Developers Survey is open for your input. XX You'll still find a little bit about AI here too (certainly more in the links). Read about how real businesses are integrating AI agents into their workflow and getting those sweet sweet productivity gains. If you're out there building AI on Snowflake, we've partnered with them to make our public site data easier to integrate for everyone. XX As promised, there are a couple of dueling AI takes in the roundup. "AI skeptics are crazy" vs. "no measurable productivity gains from AI". Two takes enter, a million takes leave! Other ponderables include the perils of a Magic: The Gathering monoculture and a how one human learned the frustrations of machine learning.

Issue 280: We wanna know what dev is

And we want you to show us! The 2025 Develop Survey is now open, and we couldn't be more excited (for health reasons)! What are you and your fellow software engineers talking about? Are you talking about how the future of RAG systems is agents? Or how your favorite CRM system is building agents? We sure are! XX Okay, maybe you're not talking about agents. We've got other conversations and articles for you. Want to find out why understanding AI limitations will help you succeed? Or maybe you've got an e-commerce front end and you want the dish on the latest improvements. Perhaps you're one of those door-number-three types and would like some TypeScript-powered software to explain your gut biome. XX Maybe, just maybe, you're here to scroll through the questions and links that make you thinks. Check out how folks are handling AI-based cheating in workplaces and schools. Get boggled by the maximum number of cube faces you could see at any one time. Marvel at the ways that hawks are using human tech to hunt.

Issue 279: Experiments in community

We're rocking the mad scientist vibe this week, experimenting in our labs (which sadly do not have enough flasks and beakers). This quarter's CEO update lays out how we're tinkering and toiling to evolve into every developer's third screen. From our researchers, we've got a roadmap update, which dives into the specific experiments that we're running and what we're trying to learn. You can even check out one of those experiments now: Coding challenges are live! XX Turns out that we aren't the only ones trying new ways of doing things. On the podcast, Ben and Eira talk to Christophe Coenraets, SVP of Developer Relations at Salesforce, about how AI agents are changing the CRM game. When you're talking about experiments, you need to talk about safety, too. Our second podcast this week features a conversation about durable execution and making sure your microservices aren't playing in hardcore mode. XX Enough about us—what's everybody else talking about? Well, some folks are looking at the ways that AI is changing how software is being built, while others are saying that real productivity gains come from boring old processes and tech. Yet other people don't want to leave their oven on for the 15 minutes it takes them to prep the recipe. Productivity comes in all sorts of flavors.