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ExternalSoftware Architecture
Martin Fowler

I don't like LLMs

I have a lot of mixed feelings about AI and LLM technology. I’m fascinated by its effect on our profession, excited by the potential gains in productivity - and thus the products we could rapidly build. On the other hand, I’m fearful of the damage AI might cause: agent swarms taking over our virtual and physical infrastructure, designing bio weapons. But, back on my first hand, LLMs might also design miracle cures, and come up with clever ways to raise our prosperity. Fundamentally I don’t think

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ExternalSoftware Engineering
DZone

Context Engineering: The Missing Piece in Agentic Systems

Context engineering is becoming essential as AI agents take on more software development work. An agent can plan, code, test, investigate incidents, trigger CI, and help deploy software. But none of that matters if it is operating without the right information. This is the main problem I keep seeing. We connect an LLM to a few tools, give it a good prompt, and expect magic. Then the agent has to figure out which service we mean, who owns it, what repository it belongs to, whether it is healthy,

ExternalCybersecurity
SecurityWeek

Comp AI Raises $34 Million for AI-Native Compliance and Security

The company plans to expand into continuous cybersecurity, offering security testing across applications and infrastructure. The post Comp AI Raises $34 Million for AI-Native Compliance and Security appeared first on SecurityWeek.

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