DevToolsDigest: Issue #334
This week's digest includes news and resources from Shopify, Tailscale, and more.
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The Week in Developer Tools
Agent File (.af): An Open File Format for Stateful Agents
Agent Files package all components of a stateful agent: system prompts, editable memory, tool configurations, and LLM settings. By standardizing these elements in a single format, Agent File enables seamless transfer between compatible frameworks, while allowing for easy checkpointing and version control of agent state.
12 Factor Agents: Principles for Building Great LLM Apps
Agents, at least the good ones, don't follow the "here's your prompt, here's a bag of tools, loop until you hit the goal" pattern. Rather, they are comprised of mostly just software. What are the principles we can use to build LLM-powered software that is actually good enough to put in the hands of production customers?
Industry Research
The Open Source Pledge
Welcome to the first edition of the Open Source Ready newsletter. Open Source Ready is exploring the evolution of open source software and its impact on the Tech landscape: they talk to industry insiders, venture capitalists, Silicon Valley technologists, and anyone who has a pulse on the open source ecosystem.
Shopify CEO Says AI Now Mandatory for All Employees
This is not some passing trend or another bullet point on an IT roadmap. It is a cultural shift. It’s a new way of working and thinking — one that Shopify is now weaving into its performance reviews, product development cycles and company-wide expectations.
Developer Venture News
Tailscale Raises $160M Series C to Build the New Internet
The Internet wasn’t built with identity in mind. When you connect to something with Tailscale, you’re not just an IP connecting to a server at some IP. You’re connecting to your app, your teammate, your service — wherever it happens to be running right now. That’s how it should work.
Groundcover Bags $35M to Take On Datadog
Groundcover has developed the first “Bring Your Own Cloud” observability platform, which lets customers host their data wherever they want, either on-premises or in the secure cloud environment of their choice. The company fully manages both the platform and the data within it, regardless of where it’s hosted.