Spring News Roundup: Third Milestone Releases of Boot, Security, Integration, AI and AMQP
There was a flurry of activity in the Spring ecosystem during the week of March 16th, 2026, highlighting…
QCon London AI Coding State of the Game: More Capable, More Expensive, More Dangerous Coding Agents
In her QCon London keynote, Birgitta Böckeler, Distinguished Engineer for AI-assisted Software Delivery at Thoughtworks, reflected on the…
Elastic Releases Version 9.3.0 with Enhanced AI Tools and OTel Support
Elastic 9.3.0 is now generally available. This release introduces a suite of features focused on automating workflows, accelerating…
Stripe Engineers Deploy Minions, Autonomous Agents Producing Thousands of Pull Requests Weekly
Engineers at Stripe have developed Minions, autonomous coding agents capable of completing software development tasks end-to-end from a…
Britain steps back from Africa with new aid cuts – POLITICO
“These steep cuts will impact the most marginalized and left behind communities,” said Romilly Greenhill, CEO of Bond,…
Nevada residents fight golf course housing plan
SPARKS, Nevada — Residents of the master-planned residential neighborhood Wingfield showed up in force at a community meeting…
Overseas aid cuts threaten UK aid watchdog – POLITICO
Fleur Anderson, a member of the foreign affairs committee, told POLITICO: “When something works as well as ICAI,…
Advance Your Socio-Technical Architecture Skills with InfoQ’s New Online Cohorts
For senior technical practitioners, scaling impact goes beyond writing better code or designing increasingly complex systems. The bottleneck…
From Cloud to Coast: The Physical Cost of AI in Hong Kong’s Borderlands
San Tin Tidal Ponds, Hong Kong SAR, with Shenzhen in the background. Image © Jonathan Yeung Share Share…
New Research Reassesses the Value of AGENTS.md Files for AI Coding
Despite widespread industry recommendations, a new ETH Zurich paper concludes that AGENTS.md files may often hinder AI coding…
Barbican office block row: plans scaled back after 1,000 object to 20-storey tower – London Evening Standard
Barbican office block row: plans scaled back after 1,000 object to 20-storey tower London Evening StandardHeight trim at London…
OpenAI Introduces Harness Engineering: Codex Agents Power Large‑Scale Software Development
OpenAI has detailed a new internal engineering methodology called Harness engineering that leverages AI agents to drive key…