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Is the fear of world-ending AGI a genuine existential threat, or just aggressive marketing designed to protect a massive AI investment bubble?

In this episode of Agents of Dev, Mitch Ashley and Brad Shimmin cut through the industry noise to examine how software development is actually evolving on the ground.

They unpack key market moves from Cloudera’s partnership with Mistral to Atlassian’s agentic workflow ecosystem, before diving into a technical breakdown of developer harnesses like Pi and Maki.

From managing token economics and context bloat to tackling AI’s "Memento-like" short-term memory struggles, Mitch and Brad share practical insights on how developers can maintain control over their AI toolchains.

This and more on Agents of Dev, part of The Futurum Podcast Network.

Is AI heading toward a dystopian sci-fi nightmare, or are we just watching market hype mask the real architectural shifts happening in software engineering?

In this episode of Agents of Dev, Mitch Ashley and Brad Shimmin move past the polarities of AI doomerism vs. pure hype to tackle the pragmatic reality of agentic workflows.

They analyze Cloudera’s enterprise sovereignty partnership with Mistral, examine Atlassian’s push into agentic SDLC management, and take a deep dive into the world of developer harnesses—comparing setups like Pi, Aider, and Maki. Along the way, they unpack context tokenomics, cash ownership, and why managing LLM memory often feels like living out the movie Memento.

This and more on Agents of Dev, part of The Futurum Podcast Network.

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Are enterprise AI budgets running out of control while agentic models pretend to finish tasks they haven't actually completed?

In this episode of Agents of Dev, Mitch Ashley and Brad Shimmin tackle the biggest developments across cloud infrastructure, AI behavior engineering, and enterprise data strategy.

They start with AWS’s acquisition of Duck Labs and what embedding DuckDB directly into storage tiers means for the open-source ecosystem. Next, they unpack the issue of AI "phantom completeness" and how new tools like the Unlazy extension enforce behavioral discipline on agents.

The pair also analyze Brad’s newly published Data Intelligence Platforms Signal report, break down Bill Gates’ 6,000-word call for AI guardrails and job protections, and discuss the "fund AI anyway" spending habits shaping IT budgets in 2026.

This and more on Agents of Dev, part of The Futurum Podcast Network.