Tag: software development

  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: Building software on top of Large Language Models

    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/May/15/building-on-llms/#atom-everything Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: Building software on top of Large Language Models Feedly Summary: I presented a three hour workshop at PyCon US yesterday titled Building software on top of Large Language Models. The goal of the workshop was to give participants everything they needed to get started writing code that…

  • The Register: Google DeepMind promises to help you evolve your algos

    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/05/15/google_deepmind_debuts_algorithm_evolving/ Source: The Register Title: Google DeepMind promises to help you evolve your algos Feedly Summary: AlphaEvolve may optimize your code in ways you hadn’t thought possible. Or not. Not is possible, too Google’s AI shop DeepMind has unveiled AlphaEvolve, its “evolutionary coding agent" powered by large language models to discover and optimize…

  • Cloud Blog: Unlock software delivery excellence and quality with Gemini Code Assist agents

    Source URL: https://cloud.google.com/blog/topics/developers-practitioners/read-doras-latest-research-on-software-excellence/ Source: Cloud Blog Title: Unlock software delivery excellence and quality with Gemini Code Assist agents Feedly Summary: According to DORA’s latest research – the Impact of Generative AI in Software Development report – AI tools are making software developers feel more productive, focused, and satisfied. They’re even writing better code and documentation…

  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: LLM 0.26a0 adds support for tools!

    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/May/14/llm-adds-support-for-tools/#atom-everything Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: LLM 0.26a0 adds support for tools! Feedly Summary: LLM 0.26a0 adds support for tools! It’s only an alpha so I’m not going to promote this extensively yet, but my LLM project just grew a feature I’ve been working towards for nearly two years now: tool support! I’m…

  • Cloud Blog: Democratizing database observability with AI-assisted troubleshooting

    Source URL: https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/databases/inside-ai-assisted-troubleshooting-for-databases/ Source: Cloud Blog Title: Democratizing database observability with AI-assisted troubleshooting Feedly Summary: As organizations adopt DevOps practices, application developers are increasingly expected to not only build applications but also manage and operate the databases they use. This added responsibility can prolong the application development process and time to market, primarily because developers…

  • Rekt: MobiusDAO – Rekt

    Source URL: https://www.rekt.news/mobiusdao-rekt Source: Rekt Title: MobiusDAO – Rekt Feedly Summary: 67 cents minted 9.73 quadrillion MBU via a double-decimal bug, letting an attacker siphon $2.15 million, dump tokens, and vanish through Tornado Cash. MobiusDAO went from launch to zero in three days – undone by math nobody may have bothered to test. AI Summary…

  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: Quoting Luke Kanies

    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/May/13/luke-kanies/#atom-everything Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: Quoting Luke Kanies Feedly Summary: I did find one area where LLMs absolutely excel, and I’d never want to be without them: AIs can find your syntax error 100x faster than you can. They’ve been a useful tool in multiple areas, to my surprise. But this is…

  • Slashdot: Google Developing Software AI Agent

    Source URL: https://developers.slashdot.org/story/25/05/12/225206/google-developing-software-ai-agent?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Google Developing Software AI Agent Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses Google’s efforts to shift focus from recent antitrust challenges to its advancements in artificial intelligence and cloud technology during its annual I/O developer conference. A notable highlight is an AI agent designed for…

  • Slashdot: What Happens If AI Coding Keeps Improving?

    Source URL: https://developers.slashdot.org/story/25/05/11/0623242/what-happens-if-ai-coding-keeps-improving?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: What Happens If AI Coding Keeps Improving? Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses the rising significance of generative AI tools in coding, highlighting that tools like Cursor and Windsurf significantly reduce human oversight in software development. It notes the increasing integration of AI in…