DevToolsDigest: Issue #363
This week's digest includes news and resources from goose, Lovable, and more.
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The Week in DevTools
'Source Available' is Not Open Source (and That's Okay)
Ruby on Rails creator David Heinemeier Hansson and WordPress founding developer Matt Mullenweg have been arguing about what "open source" means. The definition debate matters, but the bigger issue here is sustainability.
How to Give Your AI Agent Long-Term Memory
Beads is a lightweight memory system for coding agents, using a graph-based issue tracker. Four kinds of dependencies work to chain your issues together like beads, making them easy for agents to follow for long distances.
Industry Research
Betting On Open Source: Inside Agentic AI Foundation
Why are Block, Anthropic & OpenAI uniting on open source agentic AI? This fireside chat covers the strategic shift, founding projects, and how the Agent AI Foundation (AAIF) governs the next decade of AI agents.
Petabyte-scale Tracing with 4x Greater Throughput
Operating an observability platform at petabyte scale demands constant, deliberate attention to resource efficiency. Even small improvements in per-core performance or memory consumption can translate into significant reductions of costs.
Developer Venture News
Lovable Raises $330M Series B
Vibe coding continues to be a hot area of investing for VCs. One of the quickest to capitalize on the AI boom, Lovable has built a “vibe-coding” tool that lets people use text prompts to write code and build complete apps.
Databricks Raising Funds at $134B Valuation
Companies are waiting longer and longer before they list their stocks publicly. Still, Databricks may be somewhat of an anomaly. Series L funding rounds aren’t common, and they’re not expected to become more widespread.