"We may be living in an era when too many people have given up on institutions, but we are also likely entering an era of crisis, and even polycrisis. This makes for uncomfortable math, but also drives home the need for a new generation of crisis engineers." #Radar: bit.ly/4vCu73A

Aishwarya Naresh Reganti joined @gradientflow.com to share her experience as a forward-deployed expert supporting companies that are putting AI into production. Listen in to learn the value all roles bring to the table when launching products: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ajiu...

I'm giving my Excel Skills for Finance course on the #OReilly learning platform on April 22nd. Find out more and register: www.oreilly.com/live-events/... @oreilly.bsky.social

"The project begins with a real goal and, usually, a sensible one. Build the internal tool. Clean up the reporting flow...Then someone discovers that the model can generate a Swift application in minutes to render this on an iPhone, and the mood in the room changes." bit.ly/4cAaSip

On May 5, join @timoreilly.bsky.social and Ryan Carson, founder of Treehouse and the no-employee AI startup Untangle, for a conversation about building a “Code Factory” of AI agents. Plus, what it really means to ship products as a solo technical founder. Save your free spot: https://bit.ly/4chZk4H

"One reason many of us don’t trust AI-generated choice is because there’s a growing gap between how fast AI can generate code and how well we can verify that the code actually does what we intended," said @andrewstellman.bsky.social in his new #Radar article. Check it out: bit.ly/4ctCG8f

🚀 𝗔𝗜 𝗶𝘀 𝘄𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗰𝗼𝗱𝗲 𝗳𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝗻 𝘄𝗲 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗳𝘆 𝗶𝘁 🚀 𝘔𝘺 𝘯𝘦𝘸 @oreilly.bsky.social 𝘙𝘢𝘥𝘢𝘳 𝘱𝘪𝘦𝘤𝘦 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘥𝘳𝘰𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘥 — 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘰 𝘥𝘪𝘥 𝘮𝘺 𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘈𝘐 𝘴𝘬𝘪𝘭𝘭 I'm really excited about this new O'Reilly Radar piece. It's the first in a few pieces I'm writing about how AI is causing serious problems with code quality…

"The real problem wasn’t messy code. It was that no one on the team could explain why design decisions had been made or how different parts of the system were supposed to work together. The theory of the system had evaporated." New #Radar article by @addyosmani.bsky.social: bit.ly/41tTNSh

"It’s common to place the transition to AI-assisted coding in the context of the transition from assembly language to higher-level languages, a process that started in the late 1950s. That’s valid, but there’s an important difference." Learn more in #Radar piece by our Mike Loukides: bit.ly/42byLI8

Cloud good/Cloud bad? It's not as easy as that as my @oreilly.bsky.social co-author Sara Bergman and I discuss on new tech podcast, Asynchronous and Unreliable. (links in the comment)

All ready and set for my #MicrosoftFabric Data Engineer Bootcamp (DP-700) live training at @oreilly.bsky.social! Skills measured for the exam will be updated next Monday, but you are already covered, as the Bootcamp includes the fresh curriculum and all the topics. See you soon!

"AI is not just a tool. It is a substrate that we shape...Creating a software product is increasingly like creating a document or an image or a piece of music. And that means that it can range from something throwaway to an enduring work of art." #Radar @timoreilly.bsky.social bit.ly/4dte0yS

On April 16, join Sam Newman and leading software engineers to explore how organizations can align AI integration with pragmatic business outcomes, optimize workflows, and make informed decisions. Save your spot: bit.ly/3NZdMVP

Luca Mezzalira, author of Building Micro-Frontends, put together his reaction to the Neal Ford and Sam Newman fireside chat on agentic AI and software architecture during our Software Architecture Superstream. Check it out on our #Radar: bit.ly/47RnbW5

"Suddenly, developers and architects are trying to build ways for agents to determine success, which requires a deterministic method of defining these important constraints: Architecture as Code." New #Radar piece by Neal Ford and Mark Richards: bit.ly/4coNCnE

"AI is here. It’s won. Yes, it’s in that awkward teenage phase where it still says inappropriate things, dresses funny, and sometimes makes shit up when it shouldn’t. But zomg the things it can do. This kid is going places, that much is abundantly clear." #Radar https://bit.ly/47T09y6

I got copies of my new #cpp book from @oreilly.bsky.social "Introducing C++"

"In real organizations, teams rarely fail because nobody could produce code quickly enough. They fail because intent is unclear, architectural boundaries are weak, local decisions drift away from platform standards, and verification happens too late." #Radar article by Markus Eisele: bit.ly/4vyg7Ie

AI has moved from a capability added to existing tools to an infrastructure layer present at every level of the computing stack. Models are now embedded in IDEs and tools for code review; tools that don’t embed AI directly are being reshaped to accommodate it. #RadarTrendsToWatch: bit.ly/4cmeGnw

Do you want to learn more about Excel's core features? If so, I'm running my Foundations of Excel course for #OReilly on April 15th. Find out more and register: www.oreilly.com/live-events/.... @oreilly.bsky.social

"The total addressable role of the engineer expands from the technology department to every function in the enterprise. They’ll be wiring up automation for marketing, legal, accounting, and every other corporate function." @timoreilly.bsky.social #Radar: bit.ly/4vgsDf3

"Brands spend millions on ad copy, testing button colors, and designing landing pages to encourage people to click “Buy Now.” All of this assumes the buyer is a person who can see. But an autonomous AI shopping agent does not have eyes." New #Radar piece by Heiko Hotz : bit.ly/4mgc9PW

In a three-model audit on the code, three quarters of the defects were caught by only one model. That number kind of blew my mind. It means if you're only using one AI, you're potentially missing a lot. Live on the new @oreilly.bsky.social Substack: oreillyradar.substack.com/p/the-toolki...

Want to code smarter, not harder? Dive into our new AI Coding Bundle this April. Gain key insights from experts into how AI can expedite your coding processes in three live courses On April 8, 14, and 21. Best of all, there’s no subscription required. Enroll now: https://bit.ly/41hf15G

"Coding agents have dropped the cost of code so dramatically we’re entering a new era of software development, the first change of this magnitude since the internet kicked off open source software. Change arrived quickly, and it’s not slowing down." #Radar article by Drew Breunig: bit.ly/4c5niOX

Are you preparing to take the DP-700 (Fabric Data Engineer) exam soon? Next Monday and Tuesday, I'll be running the popular Fabric Data Engineer (DP-700) Bootcamp at @oreilly.bsky.social, where we cover each and every topic tested in the exam. Book your spot: learning.oreilly.com/live-events/...

"AI is not just a tool. It is a substrate that we shape...Creating a software product is increasingly like creating a document or an image or a piece of music. And that means that it can range from something throwaway to an enduring work of art." #Radar @timoreilly.bsky.social bit.ly/4dte0yS

Fast-track your professional trajectory in April with our new Career Accelerator Bundle. In three expert-led courses, you’ll learn to leverage AI in your job search, play a key role in an AI-enabled workplace, and strategically build a personal brand. No subscription required: bit.ly/3PXoE71

"Ask 10 developers which LLM they’d recommend and you’ll get 10 different answers—and almost none of them are based on objective comparison." New #Radar article by Tim O'Brien: bit.ly/4tpnuQ6

Here's the @oreilly.bsky.social Radar article: www.oreilly.com/radar/the-to... I'd love to know what you think, especially if you've been building something similar for your own projects.

"Every public system that accepts input from citizens—every comment period, every zoning review, every school board meeting, every insurance appeal—was built on a load-bearing assumption: that one submission represented one person’s genuine effort. AI has removed that assumption." bit.ly/4bZqL1I

Accelerate your leadership growth with our new Leadership Bundle. ✅ 4/2: Build a leadership vision statement with Curtis Newbold ✅ 4/6: Set and achieve SMART goals with Sujatha Das ✅ 4/29: Learn to use AI for effective leadership with Dave McKeown No subscription required: bit.ly/3NH3Tfj

"This 2,800-word essay is about how to survive inside the AI revolution in software development, without succumbing to the fear that swirls around all of us. It explains some lessons I learned hiking up difficult mountain trails that are useful for wrestling with the coding agents." bit.ly/3PGIzah

My @oreilly.bsky.social book Introducing C++ is now released www.oreilly.com/library/view... #Cpp #Book

"Imagine you deploy an autonomous AI agent to production. Day one is a success: The demos are fantastic; the reasoning is sharp. But before handing over real authority, uncomfortable questions emerge." Check out #Radar article by Artur Huk to learn more: www.oreilly.com/radar/the-mi...

…everything will look plausible and the system will happily report success. You have no way to know something's wrong until you go looking for it. 𝘊𝘩𝘦𝘤𝘬 𝘪𝘵 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘸 @oreilly.bsky.social 𝘴𝘶𝘣𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘤𝘬: oreillyradar.substack.com/p/keep-deter...

"I’m naming this risk exposure ROT—Rogue Operator Threat—and this document is a brief explainer on what it is and how to address it." Check out new #Radar article by Q McCallum: www.oreilly.com/radar/spotti...

In this post, Hugo Bowne-Anderson builds two AI agents from scratch in Python. One will be a coding agent, the other a search agent. Check it out on our #Radar: https://bit.ly/4dcDTTs

"The human-expert-in-the-loop feels essential now to get good results from the agents, but how long will that last until our wildest ideas can be turned into working, tasteful software while we sleep?" Find answers to these questions in #Radar article by Wes McKinney: bit.ly/4uSuF4X

We are pleased to announce the appointment of Julie Baron as the company’s next president. Julie succeeds our dearest Laura Baldwin, who will retire after leading O’Reilly for the past 15 years as president and guiding the company as an executive since 2001. More in today's PR: bit.ly/3Pol9qb

If you want to learn how to build a unified, automated and conversationally driven data platform, join me this Friday at @oreilly.bsky.social for the live course on Architecting intelligence with #MicrosoftFabric Copilot, data agents, Fabric IQ and MCP servers. learning.oreilly.com/live-events/...

𝘊𝘩𝘦𝘤𝘬 𝘪𝘵 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘸 @oreilly.bsky.social 𝘴𝘶𝘣𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘤𝘬: oreillyradar.substack.com/p/keep-deter...

This hands-on course teaches marketing leaders, founders, and executives how to leverage AI tools like Claude to develop data-driven marketing strategies that align with their product vision and business goals. Check it out: bit.ly/4rXQIVl

The third virtual conference in the AI Codecon series, Software Craftsmanship in the Age of AI, will take place this Thursday, March 26, 2026, from 11:00am to 3:00pm ET, and is free for all attendees. Save your spot: bit.ly/4bDKyEH

Coming up on 3/25 (noon-5) from @techupskills.bsky.social & @oreilly.bsky.social, our popular #GenAI course - #AI #Agents in #Python! Learn what agents are, how they work, & bld w #LangChain #crewai, #smolagents, #Autogen, w/ #RAG, #MCP, #test & #security! See: learning.oreilly.com/live-events/...

"Teams dump everything into the AI’s context because the AI can handle it—until it can’t. The same thing happens with computation: Teams let the AI do arithmetic, string matching, or rule evaluation because it mostly works." Learn more in #Radar post by @andrewstellman.bsky.social bit.ly/4lKCEgm

"The key to making specifications relevant again is realizing that they’re the start of a circular process that continues through verification." Check out new #Radar article by our Mike Loukides to learn more: bit.ly/4bnnt9k

Join us on March 26 at AI Codecon to explore what it takes to build excellent software in the age of AI that creates value for all participants. Register for free today: bit.ly/4bDKyEH

"Closing the door on contributors isn’t the answer. Open source maintainers don’t want to hear this, but this is the way people code now, and you need to do your part to prepare your repo for AI coding assistants." Check out new #Radar article by Angie Jones to learn more: bit.ly/4bUrRg8

"The sudden explosion of interest in gen AI with LLMs, VMs, and others has driven interest in identifying the best core OSS components for a software stack tailored to the requirements for gen AI." This #Radar article provides a brief description of each and the requirements it meets: bit.ly/4sO92RA