DevToolsDigest: Issue #332
This week's digest includes news and resources from Pieces, Grafana, and more.
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The Week in Developer Tools
Enterprise Tech 30 2025
From cutting-edge AI models to industry-specific SaaS platforms, the 2025 ET30 companies span the full enterprise technology stack. Honorees fall into seven core categories, offering a window into where innovation is happening and where enterprise tech is headed next.
What is MCP and Why's Everybody Talking About It?
If you haven't been living under a rock the last few weeks, you've probably seen people talk about MCP (aka Model Context Protocol). It's popping up everywhere: on X, LinkedIn, Bluesky, in dev forums on Reddit, and even in random coffee chats. But what is it, exactly? And why is it suddenly the thing that everyone's talking about?
Industry Research
The Future of Observability
With advancements in Kubernetes and OpenTelemetry reshaping operational strategies, organizations are turning to open-source solutions to tackle the challenges of complex and distributed systems. Open-source solutions have emerged as the backbone of this shift, and this is evident in the numbers.
The Role of Developer Skills in Agentic Coding
As agentic coding assistants become more capable, reactions vary widely. Some extrapolate from recent advancements and claim, “In a year, we won’t need developers anymore.” Others raise concerns about the quality of AI-generated code and the challenges of preparing junior developers for this changing landscape.
Sunil Mallya on Small Language Models
LLMs excel in generating complex outputs across various natural language processing tasks, leveraging extensive training datasets on with massive GPU clusters. However, this capability comes with high computational costs and concerns about efficiency, particularly in applications that are specific to a given enterprise.