Code Is No Longer the Asset. Workflows Are the New Commodity.The Builder Who Builds Too Fast Imagine you're hiring a contractor to build your house. You get three bids. Two of them say six months. One says three weeks. Your gut reaction to the three-week bid? Something's wrong. They must be cutting corners. Th...May 10, 2026·8 min read
The Agentic Development Maturity Curve: Why Experts Return to SimplicityThe Graph Nobody Draws There's a pattern I keep seeing in agentic development that almost nobody talks about. It looks like an inverted U: Complexity │ │ ╭──────╮ │ ╱ ╲ │ ╱ ╲ │ ╱ ...May 6, 2026·7 min read
GitHub Weekly: Security Gets Real with Code-to-Cloud VisibilityThe Week Security Got Runtime Context This week GitHub shipped something I didn't expect to see this fast: code-to-cloud correlation at GA. Microsoft Defender for Cloud integration is now generally available, connecting your source code to what's act...May 5, 2026·5 min read
I Taught My AI Agent to Restart ItselfThe Moment Your Agent Outgrows Its Own Runtime Here's a scenario that will sound familiar if you're building autonomous agents with GitHub Copilot CLI: your orchestrator agent creates a brand-new custom agent — writes the .github/agents/budget-review...May 5, 2026·6 min read
Visual Studio Weekly: Agents Go Cloud-Native and Cross-ProjectLast week, Visual Studio shipped its April update (18.5), and the theme is clear: the IDE is evolving from a text editor with AI suggestions into an agent orchestrator. Cloud agents now launch directly from the IDE, custom agents travel with you acro...May 4, 2026·6 min read
Copilot CLI Weekly: Headless OAuth, Background Tasks, and /research OverhaulHeadless OAuth for MCP Servers The Copilot CLI v1.0.40 release shipped today with a feature that matters if you're running the CLI on remote servers, in CI, or anywhere you don't have a browser: client_credentials OAuth grant type support for MCP ser...May 1, 2026·7 min read
I Automated Work-Life Calendar Sync With Two AI Agents That Talk to Each OtherThe Two-Calendar Problem Every developer with a day job and a personal life has two calendars. My work Outlook has team syncs, 1:1s, and planning meetings. My personal Google Calendar has doctor appointments, NICU visits for my premature twins, kid p...May 1, 2026·9 min read