DevToolsDigest: Issue #386
This week's digest includes news & resources from Postman, and more.
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The Week in DevTools
AI Builder Essentials: Skills vs MCP
MCP standardizes how LLMs connect to programmatic APIs and file systems, and Skills use progressive disclosure to load instructions only when needed. Learn more about the differences between MCP and Skills.
First Principles of Building Agents that Get Things Done
There's a meaningful gap between agents that demo well and agents that actually move the needle. This is Postman's journey towards becoming an AI-native company and the lessons they learned along the way.
Industry Research
The Shape of Things to Come
"Today we're going to explain the "loops and graphs" thing, and I'll show you how to get your coding agent to work all night on massive problems while you snore peacefully."
When Your Own Model Won’t Defend You
Most sovereignty arguments are about the day the model gets switched off. On July 16, Hugging Face disclosed an intrusion into part of its production infrastructure, driven end-to-end by an autonomous AI agent.
Developer Venture News
Bending Spoons to Buy Airtable for $1.28B
In its first acquisition since going public last month, Bending Spoons on Tuesday said that it has agreed to buy spreadsheet and database startup Airtable for $1.28 billion in cash.