DevToolsDigest: Issue #351
This week's digest includes news and resources from LaunchDarkly, Sourcegraph, and more.
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The Week in DevTools
Flagship: An Engineering Blog
At LaunchDarkly, software engineering is a discipline of structured creativity. Flagship is a space to share how they design, develop, and scale technology to help teams deliver better software, faster. From architectural decisions to cultural practices, these are the stories that shape their platform and craft.
The AI Builder's Toolkit
Ignoring what AI can do for you right now could leave you increasingly outpaced. The future isn't just about using AI, it's about building with it. It's time to go from AI user to AI builder. This explainer is your starting point for making that transition. In this post, Marily Nika, Ph.D walks you through the toolkit you need to get started.
Industry Research
What Actually Matters in Technical Search
Search isn’t what it used to be. For years, winning search meant ranking on the first page of Google (or Bing) with the right keywords, backlinks, and optimized metadata. Today everyone’s sounding the alarm about AI killing SEO. Beyond just devs, the way every human is interacting with search is shifting dramatically.
IT and Engineering: The Ultimate AI Goldmine
There are a lot of headlines about job displacement, but the narrative is far more balanced than most headlines suggest. Layoffs in the tech sector have actually declined since ChatGPT’s launch in 2022. This challenges the narrative that GenAI is causing mass job displacement.
Make Your Product Stand Out & Get Used
What makes a great tech infrastructure startup? In this episode, Yaniv of The Startup Podcast is joined by Joseph Ruscio, General Partner at Heavybit and former CTO of Vibrato, to unpack the dos and don'ts of tech infrastructure startups, how open source fuels growth, and why AI is changing the way software is built.