Steve Fenton ➜

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I’m happy to share that I’m starting a new position as Chief AI Officer at Oktopusᴬᴵ! Read the official announcement here: https://lnkd.in/egGeaBv2 | Steve Fenton | 17 comments

I’m happy to share that I’m starting a new position as Chief AI Officer at Oktopusᴬᴵ! Read the official announcement here: https://lnkd.in/egGeaBv2 | 17 comments on LinkedIn

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CircleCI's analysis of 28 million CI workflows confirms the same picture the DORA data shows. While feature branch activity's up significantly, the median impact on *main* (i.e. release) branch activity's net-negative 7%.

Only the top 5% of teams saw significant gains. The top 10% flatlined at 1%.

For the average team, AI slows them down overall.

Told ya!

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/what-28-million-workflows-reveal-ai-codings-biggest-risk-circleci-j9syc/

What 28 million workflows reveal about AI coding’s biggest risk

In our last issue, we shared a preview of data from our upcoming 2026 State of Software Delivery showing that the promised AI productivity boom isn’t all hype. Throughput across the CircleCI platform increased 59% year-over-year, by far the largest productivity jump we've ever recorded and a clear i

If you're using Astro Accelerator, I just fixed 3 code quality issues. None of these was exploitable as they were only triggered by your own Markdown, but it's best to be safe.

If you're using PNPM, today is a good day to check out their recipe for mitigating supply chain attacks.

https://pnpm.io/supply-chain-security

Mitigating supply chain attacks | pnpm

Sometimes npm packages are compromised and published with malware. Luckily, there are companies like [Socket], [Snyk], and [Aikido] that detect these compromised packages early. The npm registry usually removes the affected versions within hours. However, there is always a window of time between when the malware is published and when it is detected, during which you could be exposed. Fortunately, there are some things you can do with pnpm to minimize the risks.

Meanwhile in DevOps No.64

The FinCost goose

#DevOps #FinCost #FinBoss

Along with Rebecca Federspeil, Michael Taylor, and Richard Demeny, I provided some notes on psychological safety and facilitation approaches to this article on retrospectives by Marianne Sison.

https://project-management.com/sprint-retrospective/

#agile #scrum #retrospectives

How to Run a Sprint Retrospective: Agenda, Examples & Facilitation Tips

Get sprint retrospective tips and formats from expert Agile facilitators, along with examples and templates to guide your retros.

project-management.com
Netflix has started using threatening language!
Reporter left speechless after witnessing Japan's new $70 million Maglev train in action at 310 mph

After a month of conferences, I'm back at my desk and joining two online discussions this week. Come and join in!

MONDAY
Argo Unpacked: Argo CD vs the world

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XasDjuPVSdw

WEDNESDAY
Techstrong: The real impact of AI

https://webinars.techstronglearning.com/ais-real-impact-from-developer-tools-to-organizational-outcomes

#ArgoCD #AI

Argo CD vs the world | Argo Unpacked Ep. #24

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Pooh felt that he ought to say something helpful about it, but didn't quite know what. So he decided to do something helpful instead.