DORA Report 2025: State of AI-Assisted Software Development

DORA metrics are considered the standard for measuring developers efficiency, every year Google does a report based on qualitative surveys. Their findings reveal AI doesn't fix teams, it amplifies what's already there. Strong teams become more efficient with AI, while struggling teams see their problems intensified. The greatest returns come from focusing on platform quality, workflow clarity, and team alignment rather than AI tools alone. 

By Nathen Harvey & Derek DeBellis →

A Complete Guide to HTTP Caching

Caching is the invisible backbone that makes websites fast, reliable, and affordable to run. This guide breaks down Cache-Control directives, freshness calculations, and common misconceptions that trip up developers. Learn practical recipes for static assets, HTML documents, and APIs that can slash latency and reduce server load dramatically.

By Jono Alderson →

Aftermath of NPM Supply Chain Attack

Deno, Github and npm have updated or posted new ways of mitigating further attacks like this:

• Our plan for a more secure npm supply chain - GitHub

• How Deno protects against npm exploits
• npm's section on securing your code

Project from 90% AI Code

Armin shared his experience building a 40,000-line Go service where AI generated over 90% of the code. He maintained strict quality standards by reviewing every line and controlling architecture decisions.

By Armin Ronacher →

React 19.2

React 19.2 adds for controlling app priorities, useEffectEvent for extracting event logic from effects without re-triggering them, cacheSignal for server components, Performance Tracks in Chrome DevTools, and Partial Pre-rendering for serving static content from CDNs with dynamic resumption.

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Litestream 

Litestream is a disaster recovery tool that runs as a background process, continuously replicating SQLite database changes incrementally to another file or S3 storage to enable safe backup and restoration without corrupting your database.

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niri

Niri is a scrollable-tiling Wayland compositor that arranges windows in horizontally scrollable columns on an infinite strip, with dynamic vertical workspaces per monitor, touchpad gestures, animations, and built-in screenshot and screencasting capabilities.

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