Agents of Dev - AI, Agent & Agentic Development

Unvetted AI code generation in your software pipeline is like handing a construction apprentice the keys to a wrecking crane—it might get the job done, but it could just as easily knock down the entire building.
In this episode of Agents of Dev, Mitch Ashley and Brad Shimmin sit down with open source pioneer Tracy Ragan (CEO of DeployHub and Ortilius community leader) to dissect the state of the modern software supply chain.
Tracy breaks down why hardcoded scripts continue to paralyze DevOps evolution, how global vulnerability collection laws are reshaping cybersecurity risk, and why "reachability" matters more than static SBOM scans.
Together, the team explores the inevitable shift from bloated frontier models to lean, domain-specific small language models, proving why human collaboration still forms the ultimate zero-trust defense.
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Are constantly shifting AI models and phantom fixes driving you to throw away hours of work?
In this episode of Agents of Dev, Mitch Ashley and Brad Shimmin dive into the real-world frustrations of developer toolchain chaos, model instability, and aggressive pricing shifts in the race for AI dominance. Brad highlights Oracle’s new APEX AI Application Generator and APEX Lang framework, while Mitch breaks down Dynatrace’s acquisition of Arise and why observability must anchor itself at the intent stage.
Together, they demystify what actually defines a developer sandbox, test-drive Unsloth’s new agentic desktop harness, and examine Atlassian’s Code Context updates—offering a much-needed dose of tech therapy for software builders navigating today's rapid model churn.
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As AI moves deeper into software development, keeping up with rapid updates can feel like chasing a moving target.
In this episode of Agents of Dev, hosts Mitch Ashley and Brad Shimmin break down the biggest shifts transforming the developer ecosystem. Brad explores AWS's new native vector support for DynamoDB and explains why placing vectors inside operational databases slashes latency and infrastructure costs.
Mitch shares top takeaways from Black Hat, focusing on "Shift Zero"—the practice of governing developer intent at the point of origin rather than catching errors downstream. Finally, the duo discusses prompt fatigue, non-deterministic pipelines, and how tools like Tencent's DB Agent Memory might help systems clean up their own technical debt.
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Are your AI agents creating more technical debt than they actually solve?
In this episode of Agents of Dev, hosts Mitch Ashley and Brad Shimmin break down the fast-moving world of modern AI development, starting with AWS DynamoDB adding native vector support to optimize query latency.
They dig into Black Hat insights like "Shift Zero" intent governance, why Anthropic is telling developers to strip down their prompt instructions, and how human alarm fatigue makes reviewing agent tool calls almost pointless.
Finally, they wrap up with "The Drop," highlighting Tencent's graph-based agent memory hub and exploring how sci-fi clones from Dune mirror the current state of AI memory.
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As enterprise AI stacks grow increasingly complex, the race is on to simplify data pipelines, unify developer work surfaces, and tame ballooning token costs.
In this episode of Agents of Dev, hosts Mitch Ashley and Brad Shimmin break down the biggest shifts across database architecture, agentic tools, and AI infrastructure.
They explore RegattaDB's unified engine for OLTP, analytical, and vector workloads, Atlassian's expanding AI lifecycle strategy, and Mitch's eight-layer AI Stack framework highlighting why "presence is not completeness." They also discuss the industry drama surrounding Moonshot AI's 2.8-trillion parameter Kimi K3 open-weight model, Anthropic’s distillation accusations, and the economic shift toward local models.
To close out, Brad shares key takeaways from migrating to Google's Anti-Gravity CLI and what new agent workspace protocols mean for future developer workflows.
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As enterprise AI evolves from simple chatbots into autonomous agents, traditional security methods are no longer enough to protect your company's crown jewels.
In this episode of Agents of Dev presented by Snowflake, hosts Mitch Ashley and Brad Shimmin sit down with Mayank Upadhyay, Chief Security and Trust Officer at Snowflake, to dive into the security and governance shift required for agentic workflows.
Mayank explains why static API keys fail in non-deterministic environments, how workload identity gives autonomous agents true accountability, and how Snowflake’s Cortex AI Gateway centralizes model routing, cost management, and Model Context Protocol (MCP) tool governance.
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What happens when you pit Google Gemini against Anthropic Claude in a "red team/blue team" duel to fact-check AI research, or peek inside an LLM’s subconscious "Jacobian Space"?
In this episode of Agents of Dev, analysts Mitch Ashley and Brad Shimmin explore the rapidly evolving landscape of AI engineering and how modern tools are turning everyone into a builder. They cover IBM’s multi-agent IDE update ("Bob"), AWS OpenSearch’s jump into real-time observability, and Anthropic’s groundbreaking research into model introspection.
Plus, they dive into the "Drop" segment to discuss practical developer breakthroughs like Accordion for smart agent memory compaction, Cactus for ultra-fast micro-model function calling, Herder for terminal-based agent management, and Prefect's acquisition of Dagster Labs.
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Can autonomous AI agents finally be trusted to modify your enterprise code bases and databases without a human handholding them?
In this episode of Agents of Dev, analysts Mitch Ashley and Brad Shimmin break down the explosive evolution of the agentic control plane.
From the newly launched Linux Appia Foundation mapping out AI conformity to Google's Open Knowledge Format (OKF) operationalizing self-organizing LLM wikis, the core infrastructure for developer workflows is shifting fast.
The duo also dives deep into the general availability of AWS's DevOps agent, Oracle's structural thesis on database-level security, and hands-on impressions of Ornith 1.0—the open-source, self-scaffolding model shaking up agentic coding.
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AI agents are completely transforming how enterprise data moves, but running them shouldn't break your token budget.
In this episode of Agents of Dev, practice leads Mitch Ashley and Brad Shimmin break down the massive infrastructure shifts coming out of Microsoft Build and Snowflake Summit. Discover how tools like Microsoft Fabric IQ, Project Rayfin, and Snowflake's "Coco" (Cortex Code) ecosystem are elevating metadata into actionable ontologies, shrinking token counts, and cutting operational costs.
They also discuss Anthropic’s unsettling Claude 4.8 self-awareness disclosures, evaluates Google’s incredibly fast, encoder-free Gemma 4 12B local model, and extracts a crucial software design lesson from Blue Origin’s recent launchpad failure.
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AI is moving faster than ever, but enterprise leaders are discovering a tough reality: deploying autonomous agents is not just about choosing the right model.
It is about building the right control systems. In this episode of Agents of Dev, practice leads Mitch Ashley and Brad Shimmin reflect on a busy conference season covering Snowflake, Databricks, and AWS.
They look beyond the keynote announcements to explore why companies are moving away from complex ETL pipelines and letting data stay where it already lives. They also discuss the rapid rise of the Model Context Protocol (MCP), how open source AI frameworks are becoming commercial products, and why Zero Trust security must evolve for AI agents that make unpredictable decisions.
From managing AI costs with FinOps to deciding where enterprise data belongs, this episode offers practical insights for building secure, reliable, and people-focused AI environments.
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