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Issue 301: The agents are here.

If you're keeping your ear to the beat of AI's robotic heart like we are, you're probably noticing that agents are everywhere now. This week's newsletter is not different—we've got plenty of stories for you on the newest AI hype. John Dickerson, CEO of Mozilla.ai, joins us on the pod to talk about the role of open source in the future of AI agents, including the challenges OS communities are facing in the age of AI. If you're looking to throw away your runbook, we've got another conversation with Spiros Xanthos, CEO and founder of Resolve AI, all about how AI agents are reducing the work of incident management and troubleshooting for developers. Plus, on the blog, find out what it takes to build out agentic virtual assistants on top of decades of ebike manuals." If you're saying, "Enough about agents, what else is going on?", don't worry, we have plenty of other stories for you. On Leaders of Code, our very own Natalie Rotnov dives into the 2025 Developer Survey and what the results mean for tech leaders. From the web, we've just learned that LLMs—much like your teenager—can get brain rot. But don't worry, if your AI starts spamming memes you don't understand, you can just go back to working on a 1980s ZX Spectrum. We have that story from the internet, plus a story about building software for a different kind of rot, ready for you in this issue. And just to prove that agents aren't the only things that people are talking about, we have plenty of questions and answers for you. Wondering what is and isn't an indie game? Mostly, it's the vibes. How do you extend your WiFi through an old house? We hate to tell you this, but you probably need to use an Ethernet cable. How do you keep your kids from biking straight into oncoming traffic? Like any parent, you just have to try your best. We have those answers and more in the links below.

Issue 300: This...is... STACK OVERFLOW!

It's Issue #300 and we're keeping it Stack-Overflow-classic by answering all your questions. How can AI agents make everyday life easier? We got that answer for you on the pod when we chatted with Yutori's Dhruv Batra about building proactive AI agents. How do you achieve digital sovereignty? The answer: start by building your own cloud. Check out our conversation with Andrei Kvapil from Cozystack to hear how open-source has made that possible. Is someone going to attack my JS code? Probably, but we have a blog on ten ways you can keep your precious frontend secure. But that's not all. We've got the story on how a pesky dot in Turkish broke Kotlin, and the tale of a dev who's creating one million nodes in a single Kubernetes cluster. Elsewhere on the web, you won't believe this one weird trick for creating a beautiful UI (spoiler: it's a spreadsheet). Plus, if you've ever said, "You just don't get it," when arguing with someone about AI, we have a piece for you. But would we be Stack Overflow if we didn't bring you the answers to questions you never thought to ask? Should you feel bad every time you misspell "accomodate" or is it actually the dictionary's problem? Is the shady letter from your bank legit and should you send them Bitcoin to make it right? Is it a threat when your mom says she "loves you to bits"? Just like #1 through #299, Issue #300 is overflowing (get it?) with answers for you down in the links below.

Issue 299: The LLMs have eyes everywhere

Would you let the fox guard the henhouse if it meant getting that promised 10x productivity? If so, this week's newsletter is for you. On the blog, we're thinking about how we can give LLMs a jury of their peers by making other LLMs moderate for them. If the ideas of watchers watching watchers doesn't sit quite right for your AppSec sensibilities, be sure to check out our pod with Endor Labs CTO Dimitri Stiliadis on how cybersecurity is keeping up with AI use cases. Then you can give the history of LLMs a read in our links section below. XX Once you're done letting your machines run wild by checking and balancing themselves, we have an episode with Evan You, the creator of Vue.js and Vite, all about build tools in web development and the future of Vite. On our own frontend, we're giving comments a brand new look across Stack Overflow, so let your voice be heard and check out our updates on the blog. XX And as always, we have questions for you, with all the answers. How bad is it to lie and not show up at your job? How much of a benevolent dictator do open-source founders need to be? Crazy weather lately, right? Plus, we're bringing your stories on self-hosting, the second circle of vibe coding hell, and the parallel coding lifestyle. All those and more are down below, ready for your eyes.

Issue 298: One call, and your API is there

Why work harder when you could work smarter? That's probably what your API is thinking right now. And if you're of one mind with your API, you're probably thinking about the MCP protocol too. On the pod, we've got two guests who know all about APIs in the AI world. Marco Palladino, CTO of Kong, joins us to talk AI agents and API consumption, and how the agentic space is ripe for the picking for businesses. Plus, we have Merge's co-founder and CTO, Gil Feig, on the pod to explore how they're turning third-party APIs into a single call. XX So your API has reached singularity. Now what? Well you better make sure your AI agents are in order. Ryan J. Salva, Senior Director of Product at Google Developer Experiences, shared the answers for getting documentation and AI workflows right when he joined us for Leaders of Code. And you know how they say your AI is only as good as your data? The newest release for Stack Overflow for Teams is making sure your knowledge is as tidy as it needs to be. XX With all this talk of all-powerful APIs and autonomous AIs, let's not forget they're only as good as the human creativity that builds them. We've got some really creative humans from across the web for you, like one Minecraft player who built ChatGPT out of blocks, and the story of how the oh-so creative phishing scammers are using routers to annoy you with spam texts. Plus we have some unproven physics theories, rocket science, and the not so unique but deeply human experience of wanting to get a PhD. All those stories and more in the links below.

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