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QCon AI New York 2025 Schedule Published, Highlights Practical Enterprise AI
The QCon AI New York 2025 schedule is now live for its Dec 16-17 event. Focused on moving AI from PoC to production, the program offers a practical roadmap for senior engineers & tech leaders. It addresses the real-world challenges of building, scaling, and deploying reliable, enterprise-grade AI systems, helping organizations overcome the hurdles of productionizing their AI initiatives.
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11 Sessions Not to Miss at QCon San Francisco 2025
As QCon San Francisco (Nov 17-21, 2025) approaches, the conference's program committee and track hosts are sharing their top picks from this year's lineup. Their selections span a wide range of topics, from AI-accelerated development and platform engineering to resilience patterns and career growth, all with QCon's signature focus on real-world case studies and lessons learned.
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Vercel Introduces Drains for Unified Data Export
Vercel has released Vercel Drains, a system for exporting observability data from its platform into external services. The feature unifies logs, distributed traces, web analytics events, and performance metrics into a single streaming mechanism.
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Replit Introduces Agent 3 for Extended Autonomous Coding and Automation
Replit has introduced Agent 3, its latest autonomous software agent built to extend the use of AI in programming and workflow automation. Unlike earlier coding assistants that provide small pieces of help through autocomplete or single-step code generation, Agent 3 is designed to carry out tasks over an extended period of time.
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Vercel Introduces AI Gateway for Multi-Model Integration
Vercel has rolled out the AI Gateway for production workloads. The service provides a single API endpoint for accessing a wide range of large language and generative models, aiming to simplify integration and management for developers.
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xAI Releases Grok Code Fast 1, a New Model for Agentic Coding
xAI introduced grok-code-fast-1, a model developed specifically for agentic coding workflows.
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InfoQ Dev Summit Munich 2025: Master the 'How' with Deep-Dive, Practitioner-Led Guidance
At InfoQ Dev Summit Munich (Oct 15-16), learn directly from the senior engineers building complex systems. This practitioner-led conference offers deep dives on real-world implementation patterns from software leaders at Allianz, Skyscanner, Zalando, and Delivery Hero.
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Beyond Vibe Coding: Amazon Introduces Kiro, the Spec-Driven Agentic AI IDE
Amazon recently released Kiro, a new VS Code fork aimed at taking developers beyond vibe coding and remedying some of its downsides. Kiro directly supports spec-driven development. Developers describe their requirements in natural language. Kiro outputs user stories with their acceptance criteria, a technical design document, and a list of coding tasks implementing the requirements.
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Vercel Releases AI Elements Library for React UI Integration
Vercel has released AI Elements, an open-source library of React UI primitives built atop shadcn/ui and designed to integrate with the Vercel AI SDK.
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Google Labs Introduces Opal, a Visual Platform for Creating AI Mini-Apps
Google Labs has introduced Opal, an experimental no-code tool that enables users to create AI-powered mini-applications through natural language descriptions and a visual workflow editor.
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OpenAI Announces Generalist ChatGPT Agent to Take on Excel, PowerPoint, and Chrome
OpenAI's ChatGPT Agent merges advanced browsing and summarization for seamless data handling. Developers can now generate editable spreadsheets and presentations with simple prompts, integrating outputs directly into productivity tools. With impressive accuracy and connectivity, it enhances workflow efficiency while automating complex tasks, heralding a new era in AI-driven productivity.
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AI Coding Tools Underperform in Field Study with Experienced Developers
Recent research reveals a surprising 19% increase in task completion time among developers using AI tools like Claude 3.5. Conducted by METR, this study highlights a "perception gap"—while developers felt faster, real-world performance lagged due to frictions with AI integration. These findings stress the need for rigorous evaluation of AI's impact in software development.
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Anthropic Upgrades App-Building Capabilities to Claude Artifacts
Anthropic has upgraded Claude with new app-building capabilities, allowing users to create, host, and share AI applications directly from text prompts. This functionality, known as Artifacts, enables users to build functional tools like data analyzers, flashcard generators, or study aids by simply describing their ideas.
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Anthropic Releases Claude Code SDK to Power AI-Paired Programming
Anthropic has launched Claude Code SDK, a new toolkit that extends the reach of its code assistant, Claude, far beyond the chat interface. Designed for integration into modern developer workflows, the SDK offers a suite of tools for TypeScript, Python, and the command line, enabling advanced automation of code review, refactoring, and transformation tasks.
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GitHub Unveils Prototype AI Agent for Autonomous Bug Fixing
GitHub unveils a groundbreaking AI coding agent that autonomously identifies bugs and proposes fixes via pull requests, marking a shift towards independent code maintenance. Leveraging advanced semantic analysis and vulnerability libraries, this tool aims to alleviate developers' workload, allowing them to prioritize complex problem-solving.