DevToolsDigest: Issue #376
This week's digest includes news and resources from Augment Code, and more.
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The Week in DevTools
The Agent Principal-Agent Problem
Code review is broken. The industry-established code review process, review-then-commit, was a straightforward mechanism that allowed a relatively low-trust group of engineers to collaborate.
Open Source Resistance
The Open Source software your work relies on is maintained by others who also work. Evenings and weekends alone cannot maintain it. Stop begging massively profitable companies for time to fix things. Join the Open Source Resistance.
The Invisible Engineering Behind Lambda’s Network
Most infrastructure improvements at AWS happen invisibly. Engineering teams spend years incrementally rebuilding systems that millions of customers depend on, while those systems continue running at full scale without disruption.
Industry Research
The State of AI-Native Engineering in 2026
Nearly half of all code inorganizations is now AI-generated. Leaders say they're hiring for judgment and systems thinking over coding ability. And they rate their teams as more competitive than a year ago.
Native from Web — When the Spec Is Already Running
Using a working web app as the behavioral spec for an Expo React Native app: hooks vs components, when cheaper models break down, and why parity needs a written trail for the next agent.
CPO/CTO Split Is Wrong. Builder/Platform Split Is Right.
The problem isn't cultural. It's structural. And the structure we've inherited was built for a world that's already gone. We've spent a decade trying to fix this with rituals but none or some of it has worked.