Lawrence Hecht
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Companies want to repatriate SOME workloads to private clouds but are lack in-house skills to manage these cloud environments. NOTE, they are focused apps that have 1) security/compliance needs; 2) are data intensive; and 3) are integrated with other systems.DevOps.com buff.ly/ARKHKMb
October 30, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Companies want to repatriate SOME workloads to private clouds but are lack in-house skills to manage these cloud environments. NOTE, they are focused apps that have 1) security/compliance needs; 2) are data intensive; and 3) are integrated with other systems.DevOps.com buff.ly/ARKHKMb
Since 2023, software engineers (developers) have been less keen to leave their Big Tech jobs. Note that of these companies, only Microsoft has seen a slight decline in total dev headcount. buff.ly/QC8zuUS
September 2, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Since 2023, software engineers (developers) have been less keen to leave their Big Tech jobs. Note that of these companies, only Microsoft has seen a slight decline in total dev headcount. buff.ly/QC8zuUS
The larger the company, the more likely a developer is to be using GitHub Copilot. This is does not hold true for other AI-coding tools that do not have a sales force to target enterprise-size customers. buff.ly/4AnaO1F cc @gergely.pragmaticengineer.com
July 15, 2025 at 5:19 PM
The larger the company, the more likely a developer is to be using GitHub Copilot. This is does not hold true for other AI-coding tools that do not have a sales force to target enterprise-size customers. buff.ly/4AnaO1F cc @gergely.pragmaticengineer.com
75% of the survey said they have AI policies about what is allowed. Beyond that, monitoring AI for misuse/accuracy/drift and project risk evaluation are the most common AI governance efforts.
July 9, 2025 at 4:08 PM
75% of the survey said they have AI policies about what is allowed. Beyond that, monitoring AI for misuse/accuracy/drift and project risk evaluation are the most common AI governance efforts.
this chart shows how technologists think different job roles are being impacted by AI.
June 23, 2025 at 5:29 PM
this chart shows how technologists think different job roles are being impacted by AI.
Claude, Supermaven and Cursor users are much more likely to say they had a positive experience than users of other AI-based developer tools.
These are just some of the many findings we uncovered in “The 2025 State of Web Dev AI” report.
buff.ly/8YvrUrY
These are just some of the many findings we uncovered in “The 2025 State of Web Dev AI” report.
buff.ly/8YvrUrY
May 9, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Claude, Supermaven and Cursor users are much more likely to say they had a positive experience than users of other AI-based developer tools.
These are just some of the many findings we uncovered in “The 2025 State of Web Dev AI” report.
buff.ly/8YvrUrY
These are just some of the many findings we uncovered in “The 2025 State of Web Dev AI” report.
buff.ly/8YvrUrY
Almost half (48%) of all robot.txt tokens on websites totally restrict what content can be accessed in '24, that's up 23% just from just 23% in '23
This means that the open web is being destroyed by website owners that are blocking content from scrapers feeding LLM & other AI models buff.ly/uhK3hpx
This means that the open web is being destroyed by website owners that are blocking content from scrapers feeding LLM & other AI models buff.ly/uhK3hpx
April 30, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Almost half (48%) of all robot.txt tokens on websites totally restrict what content can be accessed in '24, that's up 23% just from just 23% in '23
This means that the open web is being destroyed by website owners that are blocking content from scrapers feeding LLM & other AI models buff.ly/uhK3hpx
This means that the open web is being destroyed by website owners that are blocking content from scrapers feeding LLM & other AI models buff.ly/uhK3hpx
Big drop in fear about TikTok's impact on US national security. This is putting pressure on hardliners to make a deal with China or risk backlash -- and that's not even considering the trade war issue.
April 9, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Big drop in fear about TikTok's impact on US national security. This is putting pressure on hardliners to make a deal with China or risk backlash -- and that's not even considering the trade war issue.
Observability and monitoring — not security — is the most cited challenge when moving ML models into production, according to a new survey. buff.ly/RG36xnQ
March 31, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Observability and monitoring — not security — is the most cited challenge when moving ML models into production, according to a new survey. buff.ly/RG36xnQ
— Assessing public cloud costs is less challenging for enterprises migrating workloads vs 2024
— 21% of workloads in public cloud have been repatriated, per those at 1,000+ employee companies. For every 5 workloads that have migrated to the public cloud, 1 has been repatriated
buff.ly/vUIlTFb
— 21% of workloads in public cloud have been repatriated, per those at 1,000+ employee companies. For every 5 workloads that have migrated to the public cloud, 1 has been repatriated
buff.ly/vUIlTFb
March 20, 2025 at 2:44 PM
— Assessing public cloud costs is less challenging for enterprises migrating workloads vs 2024
— 21% of workloads in public cloud have been repatriated, per those at 1,000+ employee companies. For every 5 workloads that have migrated to the public cloud, 1 has been repatriated
buff.ly/vUIlTFb
— 21% of workloads in public cloud have been repatriated, per those at 1,000+ employee companies. For every 5 workloads that have migrated to the public cloud, 1 has been repatriated
buff.ly/vUIlTFb
Cloud sustainability stats:
— 36% of survey already have a defined sustainability initiative that includes carbon footprint tracking of cloud use. Another 21% plan to launch one within the next year.
— 57% prioritize cloud costs vs sustainability
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— 36% of survey already have a defined sustainability initiative that includes carbon footprint tracking of cloud use. Another 21% plan to launch one within the next year.
— 57% prioritize cloud costs vs sustainability
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March 19, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Cloud sustainability stats:
— 36% of survey already have a defined sustainability initiative that includes carbon footprint tracking of cloud use. Another 21% plan to launch one within the next year.
— 57% prioritize cloud costs vs sustainability
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— 36% of survey already have a defined sustainability initiative that includes carbon footprint tracking of cloud use. Another 21% plan to launch one within the next year.
— 57% prioritize cloud costs vs sustainability
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Of the six obstacles asked about, “insufficient developer tools” got the fewest votes (24%). No wonder fewer companies are adding budget for this. See the chart below, that shows only 34% say their company is increasing their budget for Java dev tools.
March 12, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Of the six obstacles asked about, “insufficient developer tools” got the fewest votes (24%). No wonder fewer companies are adding budget for this. See the chart below, that shows only 34% say their company is increasing their budget for Java dev tools.
Documentation and Communication Challenges Are Leading Obstacles to Developer Productivity
thenewstack.io/ai-tools-now...
thenewstack.io/ai-tools-now...
March 12, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Documentation and Communication Challenges Are Leading Obstacles to Developer Productivity
thenewstack.io/ai-tools-now...
thenewstack.io/ai-tools-now...
61% of consulting company clients believe they know more about their industry than consultants do. That's a sharp contrast from only 31% that felt that way when Source did the same survey 10 years.
www.sourceglobalresearch.com/blog-post/cl...
www.sourceglobalresearch.com/blog-post/cl...
February 20, 2025 at 4:28 PM
61% of consulting company clients believe they know more about their industry than consultants do. That's a sharp contrast from only 31% that felt that way when Source did the same survey 10 years.
www.sourceglobalresearch.com/blog-post/cl...
www.sourceglobalresearch.com/blog-post/cl...
Dev productivity or experience is regularly assessed at least quarterly at 53% of companies that track these metrics.
More charts at https://buff.ly/4h12vgE
More charts at https://buff.ly/4h12vgE
January 29, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Dev productivity or experience is regularly assessed at least quarterly at 53% of companies that track these metrics.
More charts at https://buff.ly/4h12vgE
More charts at https://buff.ly/4h12vgE
"Trusted Data" as a prerequisite for AI growth seems to be a theme. 62% of data & analytics professionals surveyed by Precisely in '24 said "Governance of Data Used for AI" is inhibiting the progress of their organization's AI initiatives.
www.precisely.com/resource-cen...
www.precisely.com/resource-cen...
January 28, 2025 at 8:16 PM
"Trusted Data" as a prerequisite for AI growth seems to be a theme. 62% of data & analytics professionals surveyed by Precisely in '24 said "Governance of Data Used for AI" is inhibiting the progress of their organization's AI initiatives.
www.precisely.com/resource-cen...
www.precisely.com/resource-cen...
Platform Engineering and Developer Platform Components: from a post by @torstenvolk.bsky.social
January 26, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Platform Engineering and Developer Platform Components: from a post by @torstenvolk.bsky.social
~40% of companies track dev experience/productivity. At 67% of those companies, team leaders are responsible for this, which can cause coordination problems.
January 10, 2025 at 7:52 PM
~40% of companies track dev experience/productivity. At 67% of those companies, team leaders are responsible for this, which can cause coordination problems.
ICYMI: For those at #KubeCon, note that picking stack components became the top Kubernetes pain point for 48% surveyed in 2024, up from 29% when the survey was conducted in 2023. thenewstack.io/kubernetes-4...
November 12, 2024 at 2:18 PM
ICYMI: For those at #KubeCon, note that picking stack components became the top Kubernetes pain point for 48% surveyed in 2024, up from 29% when the survey was conducted in 2023. thenewstack.io/kubernetes-4...
ICYMI: Codium & Perplexity are the only 2 AI tools asked about in last year’ #StackOverflow survey that actually saw increased use in 2024. GitHub Copilot, WolframAlpha and Tabine declined significantly. thenewstack.io/salary-press...
November 12, 2024 at 2:14 PM
ICYMI: Codium & Perplexity are the only 2 AI tools asked about in last year’ #StackOverflow survey that actually saw increased use in 2024. GitHub Copilot, WolframAlpha and Tabine declined significantly. thenewstack.io/salary-press...
ICYMI: Awareness of OpenSSF scorecards rose dramatically in the last year (from 28% to 40% of surveyed maintainers). Among this group, 30% have already started aligning to its standards. Is the glass half full or half empty? t.co/CR4H4VTeEO
November 10, 2024 at 7:01 PM
ICYMI: Awareness of OpenSSF scorecards rose dramatically in the last year (from 28% to 40% of surveyed maintainers). Among this group, 30% have already started aligning to its standards. Is the glass half full or half empty? t.co/CR4H4VTeEO
Update on Web Framework Adoption: Next.js and FastAPI Adoption Grew; Vue.js and Node.js Usage Dropped
thenewstack.io/salary-press...
thenewstack.io/salary-press...
July 30, 2024 at 7:01 PM
Update on Web Framework Adoption: Next.js and FastAPI Adoption Grew; Vue.js and Node.js Usage Dropped
thenewstack.io/salary-press...
thenewstack.io/salary-press...
Codium & Perplexity are the only 2 AI tools asked about in last year’ #StackOverflow survey that actually saw increased use in 2024.
GitHub Copilot, WolframAlpha and Tabine declined significantly.
thenewstack.io/salary-press...
GitHub Copilot, WolframAlpha and Tabine declined significantly.
thenewstack.io/salary-press...
July 30, 2024 at 6:57 PM
Codium & Perplexity are the only 2 AI tools asked about in last year’ #StackOverflow survey that actually saw increased use in 2024.
GitHub Copilot, WolframAlpha and Tabine declined significantly.
thenewstack.io/salary-press...
GitHub Copilot, WolframAlpha and Tabine declined significantly.
thenewstack.io/salary-press...
Here's another takeaway: More Than Half of New Technical Hires Leave Within 6 Months. Using the mid-points of each range, we can estimate that 52% of new technical hires leave (fired, quit, etc.) within 6 months of being hired. This has gotten worse vs last year.
April 23, 2024 at 8:52 PM
Here's another takeaway: More Than Half of New Technical Hires Leave Within 6 Months. Using the mid-points of each range, we can estimate that 52% of new technical hires leave (fired, quit, etc.) within 6 months of being hired. This has gotten worse vs last year.
Fewer companies are paying for Tech Conference attendance and tuition reimbursement as ways to train their technical staff. thenewstack.io/tech-hiring-...
April 23, 2024 at 8:49 PM
Fewer companies are paying for Tech Conference attendance and tuition reimbursement as ways to train their technical staff. thenewstack.io/tech-hiring-...