AWS launches agentic AI Kiro bots

Amazon Web Services introduced Kiro bots on Thursday, adding persistent agents to its Kiro Crew development workspace that can oversee recurring responsibilities, coordinate other agents and remember the decisions developers make along the way.

The feature, now generally available, targets a problem that emerges when developers delegate several jobs to AI at once: Someone still has to check which agents have stalled, reconcile their results and explain the same requirements again when work resumes.

What is the Future of IDEs

Recently JetBrains reached out to me to get my take on where I thought IDEs were going and what their role was in software development and agentic coding. They themselves have released an interesting blog post (which I refer to in the video) and are engaging with developers to get your take as well.

NEW DeepSeek Harness -  Super Agent!

In this video, Sam Witteveen takes a look at the new announcement about the DeepSeek harness and the introduction of their super agent add-on for their harness. 

Strata 0.2.8 Released, Bigger Local AI Performance

Strata 0.2.8 shipped on October 29, 2026, adding faster paired Intel Arc B65 cards, a four-card Radeon setup that triples throughput, and a fixed memory leak that was crippling DeepSeek on Macs. The open-source engine runs Alibaba's 125-billion-parameter Qwen3.8-Flash-Next on a PC with as little as 12 GB of VRAM, using clever GPU-RAM-SSD splitting and speculative decoding.

Anthropic's New System For Using Claude Code

Claude Code says the task is done, but is it? Here's how to use Claude Code the way Anthropic's Claude Code team checks its work: a Claude Code setup with Claude Code skills, hooks and a review loop that make Claude AI prove each feature works, plus Claude Code tips for what still slips through.

Anthropic Just Shipped Claude 2.0

Jay E explores the revamped Claude desktop interface, highlighting essential new tools like the session rail, nested sessions, and project management capabilities. Discover how to optimize workflows using custom mods, advanced slash commands, and keyboard shortcuts designed to maximize productivity and streamline interactions within the Claude ecosystem.

Google unveils Gemini 4 Carbon

Google announced its latest and most intelligent frontier AI model today: Gemini 4 Carbon promises improvements in cybersecurity and complex software engineering at the same introductory token prices as its previous flagship, Argon. It also claims the top spot in the world on most common enterprise benchmarks according to both Google's and outsiders' tests. 

However, Google is initially granting access only to selected cybersecurity defenders in its curated "Fairwind Program," leaving most developers and businesses waiting for a broader release. Google says that broad release will come "as soon as possible" after "gathering feedback and iterating on guardrails."