DevToolsDigest: Issue #380
This week's digest includes news and resources from Google Cloud AI, and more.
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The Week in DevTools
The Log Is the Agent
Most people think an agent is the model, the runtime, or the loop currently executing the task. Those things matter. But they aren't the agent. An agent is its data: specifically its history of events, which we'll call the log.
The US Government Banned Anthropic's Fable 5
Anthropic’s Mythos model isn’t publicly available because it’s apparently too powerful. So, Anthropic took the core of Mythos, made it “safe for general use,” and released it widely as Fable 5. However, the US government quickly took it down.
Industry Research
How Long Before We Stop Reading the Code?
Don’t kill the code reviews; just move the human checkpoint upstream to reviewing intent, specs, plans, constraints, and acceptance criteria. Code is actually the least important part of the reviews.
The New SDLC With Vibe Coding
A new paradigm has arrived in which developers express what they want to build rather than how to build it. The machine handles implementation. The human provides intent, architecture, and judgment. This isn't a distant future.
Developer Venture News
Is AI Profitable Yet?
This site tracks cumulative spend versus revenue across most major AI companies in one place, allowing you to see approximately how much money is flowing into the industry and how far it is from breaking even.