Software Development

AI made software easy to build. Running it is the hard part

Building the app is the easy part. Keeping it secure, supported and running long after the demo is where the real work begins.

By Sumantra Naik

30 Jul 20268 mins

DevopsIT ManagementTech Support

Forward-deployed engineering in the age of agentic AI: From vibe coding to governed autonomy

By Magesh Kasthuri

29 Jul 202615 mins

Artificial IntelligenceEnterprise ArchitectureLibraries and Frameworks

You're calling the same AI API thousands of times: Why redundant requests are driving hidden AI costs

By Richard Ewing

28 Jul 202610 mins

APIsArtificial IntelligenceEnterprise Architecture

Articles

AI coding token costs are on track to rival human payroll

Growing use of coding agents and consumption-based pricing models could push per-developer AI spending to unprecedented levels over the next two years, says Gartner.

By Taryn Plumb

25 Jun 2026 6 mins

Artificial IntelligenceBudgetingIT Management

Agentic AI: 11 promising use cases for business

Organizations are deploying the ever-advancing technology to assist with software programming, create advanced business intelligence, and automate customer support and HR functions.

By Grant Gross and Maria Korolov

23 Jun 2026 15 mins

Business IntelligenceIT StrategyThreat and Vulnerability Management

What 20 years of AWS taught me about agentic AI

AI agents are great at coding, but they tend to wander off-track unless you use explicit specs, solid design documents and strict testing to guide them.

By David Yanacek

23 Jun 2026 6 mins

Artificial IntelligenceDevelopment ApproachesSoftware Development

AI coding agents may be getting bad instructions from ‘smelly’ config files

The first proposed catalog of 'configuration smells' reveals widespread issues like context bloat, skill leakage, and conflicting instructions that can make coding agents less reliable and more expensive.

By Taryn Plumb

19 Jun 2026 6 mins

Artificial IntelligenceSoftware Development

AI isn’t broken, it’s just missing real-time context

Why AI agents struggle without real-time enterprise context and how MCP servers are becoming the foundation for trusted, action-oriented AI systems.

23 Dec 2025 4 mins

Artificial IntelligenceDevelopment Tools

SpaceX’s planned $60 billion deal for Cursor raises questions for CIOs

Analysts differ on the likely impact, some arguing that the deal gives Cursor the compute expansion it needs, while others worry that Cursor’s trustworthiness could be threatened.

By Evan Schuman

17 Jun 2026 7 mins

Artificial IntelligenceDevelopment ToolsMergers and Acquisitions

Tokenomics in enterprise AI

Think of tokenomics as a cloud budget for AI; it stops your team from accidentally racking up massive bills on giant prompts and oversized model responses.

By Magesh Kasthuri

15 Jun 2026 16 mins

Artificial IntelligenceBudgetingIT Management

Architecture-as-code is the next frontier for enterprise governance

Say goodbye to boring architecture review meetings; architecture-as-code turns tedious compliance checks into automated tests that keep up with fast dev teams.

By Nitesh Varma

15 Jun 2026 11 mins

Artificial IntelligenceEnterprise ArchitectureIT Governance