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How software gets built: developer tools, engineering practice, platforms and the open-source economy, from The Silicon Ledger.
As AI agents begin handling security alert investigations, technology leaders face a critical question: how much decision-making authority should machines have in security operations centers?
The Institute of Foundation Models released six open-source AI models with training code and data, claiming unprecedented openness—yet some components remain incomplete, and critics question whether the transparency goes far enough.
Martin Reynolds, field CTO at Harness, discusses how AI coding agents are overwhelming engineering teams with pull requests and why the company rebuilt its repository infrastructure to manage the deluge.
An anonymous security researcher has made available a complete source code reconstruction of Stuxnet, the notorious malware that targeted Iranian nuclear facilities and became the first software worm known to inflict direct physical damage.
As developers embrace AI coding tools at unprecedented rates, the traditional code review process has become overwhelmed. Two industry experts will debate whether automated policy enforcement can restore quality without relying on more artificial intelligence.
The Windows-on-Linux compatibility layer Bottles has released an experimental ARM64 build, bringing support for running Windows software on ARM-based devices through a new cpak package format.
David McJannet, who led HashiCorp through its cloud infrastructure boom, is now founding Dome Systems to solve what he sees as the central challenge of the AI agent era: giving enterprises the controls they need to safely deploy autonomous applications.
A dedicated team has completed the full decompilation of Nintendo's 2001 GameCube fighting game into C code, marking a major milestone for game preservation and opening doors to future modding efforts.
