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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