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In this podcast, Michael Stiefel spoke with Nimisha Asthagiri about the importance of system thinking, multi-agent systems, the consequences of society applying a technology into an area for which it was not designed, and whether we can ever have a healthy relationship with artificial intelligence. (Podcast)
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In this podcast Shane Hastie, Lead Editor for Culture & Methods spoke to Luv Kapur about building composable team structures, creating trust through transparency and clarity, and enabling fluid organizational design through API-first team principles. (Podcast)
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TOP AI, ML & Data Engineering NEWS HEADLINES
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OpenAI has rolled out full Model Context Protocol (MCP) support in ChatGPT, bringing developers a long-requested feature: the ability to use custom connectors for both read and write actions directly inside chats. The feature, now in beta under Developer Mode, effectively turns ChatGPT into a programmable automation hub capable of interacting with external systems or internal APIs. (News)
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Sidero Labs has been developing Talos Linux, an immutable operating system purpose-built exclusively for running Kubernetes, alongside Omni, a cluster lifecycle management platform. InfoQ met the Sidero team in Amsterdam during the TalosCon 2025 and had conversations about their approach to simplifying Kubernetes operations through minimalism and security-first design. (News)
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AWS has introduced EC2 instance attestation, a new security feature that enables customers to verify that their virtual machines are running approved software configurations in a cryptographically secure manner. The capability is powered by the Nitro Trusted Platform Module (NitroTPM) and Attestable AMIs. (News)
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This article dives into the happens-before semantics of Go channels, explaining how they relate to memory visibility, synchronization, and concurrency correctness. We'll examine subtle pitfalls, illustrate them with examples, and explore the architectural implications for system designers. (Article)
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This week's Java roundup for October 6th, 2025, features news highlighting: milestone releases of Jakarta Query 1.0, Spring AI 1.1 and Spring Batch 6.0; the October 2025 edition of Open Liberty; point releases of Quarkus, Apache Camel and JetBrains Ktor. (News)
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Microsoft has released .NET 10 Release Candidate 2, the final pre-release build before general availability. As reported by the .NET team, RC 2 ships with a go-live support license, enabling production deployment while allowing developers to validate the platform ahead of its official release. The build is supported in Visual Studio 2026 Insiders and Visual Studio Code with the C# Dev Kit. (News)
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A newly discovered class of attacks targets Android devices, allowing malicious apps to steal on-screen information from other apps using a technique known as pixel stealing. Dubbed Pixnapping, the attack leverages previously known side-channel vulnerabilities and affects virtually all apps, including Signal, Google Authenticator, Venmo, and many others. (News)
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Software architecture reflects how organizations communicate and make decisions. Failures stem from misaligned incentives, unclear ownership, and structural gaps—not technical flaws. Architects must design not just systems, but the conditions for systems to thrive, using platform thinking to reduce friction and foster autonomy. (Article)
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Nimisha Asthagiri explains the critical need for responsible AI in complex multi-agent systems. She shares practical techniques for engineering leaders and architects, applying systems thinking and Causal Flow Diagrams. She shows how these methods help predict and mitigate the unintended consequences and structural risks inherent in autonomous, learning agents, using a scheduler agent example. (Presentation with transcript included)
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Mark Allen discusses five key strategies for engineering leaders and architects to drive strategic impact and accelerate their careers. He explains how to identify what matters, build key cross-functional relationships, and craft an internal brand that attracts high-stakes, "green button" opportunities, culminating in a story of leading a project that saved his company €1 billion. (Presentation with transcript included)
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Natan Žabkar Nordberg shares actionable strategies for creating impactful teams across diverse work environments, focusing on the link between culture, diversity, and ROI. He discusses how to build trust through early delegation, empower teams with guided autonomy (using improv examples), and improve communication via a "session 0" framework, offering key takeaways for all engineering leaders. (Presentation with transcript included)
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