DevToolsDigest: Issue #350
This week's digest includes news and resources from Anchor, Databricks, and more.
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The Week in Developer Tools
Genie, Take the Wheel
The breadth of tools that you can now use on a whim is spectacular. At the same time, you’re under no illusion of actually having become an expert in any of them. You’re a nomad doing short stays, not a real local with any depth of understanding. For many use-cases, that’s fine.
Anchor Relay
HTTPS certificates are hard in homelabs. Enter Relay by Anchor, a free browser-based tool that streamlines the ACME workflow. Relay acts as a secure intermediary between your ACME client and public certificate authorities like Let's Encrypt. Anchor Relay is now in open beta and you can check it out for free.
Blogwald: AI-native Content Creation
Blogwald helps you craft content that show up when AI answers, not just when people search. It creates content specifically designed to be discovered, trusted, and recommended by AI systems and search engines. Create a beautiful, fast blog that grows with your audience.
Industry Research
95% of GenAI Pilots at Companies are Failing
Despite the rush to integrate powerful new models, about 5% of AI pilot programs achieve rapid revenue acceleration. The research, based on 150 interviews with leaders, a survey of 350 employees, and an analysis of 300 public AI deployments, paints a clear divide between success stories and stalled projects.
Forget DevEx. The Future is AgEx.
A decade ago, Developer Experience separated winners from losers. Stripe and Twilio soared because developers loved their APIs. But today the game has changed. Systems are no longer just built and run by developers. Increasingly, they will be built and run by agents. And agents have different needs.
Developer Venture News
Databricks Eyes Over $100B Valuation
Databricks plans to invest the funding in its new data warehouse product, Lakehouse, following its acquisition of startup Neon. It's also building out so called AI agents, software systems that use artificial intelligence to autonomously perform tasks and achieve goals.