DevToolsDigest: Issue #323
This week's digest includes news and resources from Vanishing Gradients, Tailscale, Foundersuite, and more.
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The Week in Developer Tools
The Future of DevTools: Open-Source AI Code Assistants and Modular AI Systems
Hugo Bowne-Anderson chats with Ty Dunn, co-founder of Continue, as they explore how open-source code assistants and modular AI systems are transforming developer workflows. In this episode, they dive into the LEGO-style approach to building AI-powered tools, empowering developers to create systems tailored to their specific needs.
Living in the Future, By the Numbers
For almost everyone, our tools are growing much faster than our problems. A lot of the distributed, hyperscale architecture we use today originated at Google in 1998 and the early 2000s, before all of the speedups. Today we use the same designs out of habit, not need. Welcome to the future. Make the most of it. It’s going to be fun.
Compare 7 of the Best AI Coding Tools for 2025
The global market for AI coding tools exceeded $4 billion in 2023 and is expected to triple by 2028. But it's a broad category, encompassing everything from narrowly tailored command-line programs to generalist AI chatbots that also happen to have strong coding abilities. In between those endpoints is a range of purpose-built AI coding assistants designed to be integrated across teams or enterprises.
Industry Research
Wrangling Data is Becoming Critical in an AI-Driven World
Today’s organizations simultaneously have an unprecedented amount of data dispersed. It’s time for IT leaders to completely rethink how they approach data management in the era of AI and if they can adequately answer these questions, they can leverage quality data to support proper AI tooling that will drive business success.
What GTM Leaders are Saying About AI
40 marketing and sales leaders (CMOs, CROs, Heads of Marketing, and Heads of Sales) were surveyed to understand how teams are navigating these new, uncharted waters. 80% said they plan to use AI to help with sales and marketing, and almost 58% said their budgets are increasing.
Developer Venture News
Announcing The Stargate Project
The Stargate Project is a new company which intends to invest $500 billion over the next four years building new AI infrastructure for OpenAI in the United States. As part of Stargate, Oracle, NVIDIA, and OpenAI will closely collaborate to build and operate this computing system.
How GP Joe Ruscio Found His Niche (Hint: Dev-First Startups)
"How I Raised It" goes behind the scenes with startup founders and investors who have raised capital. In this episode with Joe Ruscio of Heavybit, they discuss what’s happening in the software developer tools market, how AI is changing the game, why AI is like having a “weird intern” on your team, how VC is evolving, good and bad reasons to raise capital and more.