Weekend RoundUp: The Fix AI Is Missing

Restoring the DevOps balance between speed and quality.

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Gloria & Divine Odazie
November 21, 2025

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Before you sign off for the weekend, we've wrapped up a few things worth checking out.

📰Top Picks:

Linus Torvalds on AI and vibe coding
Linus Torvalds says AI can be fun for “vibe coding” and learning, but warns it’s not ready for serious kernel work. He views it as another productivity tool, similar to compilers, and isn’t concerned that it will replace programmers anytime soon. Read more.

The Fix AI Is Missing
Teams are rushing out AI without the testing discipline that once kept speed and quality aligned. Sauce Labs’ report argues the real fix is restoring those foundations so teams can move fast without creating avoidable failures. Read more.

Cloudflare outage caused by a database glitch
Cloudflare accidentally broke its own network when a database change doubled a key file’s size. The outage looked like a massive DDoS at first, but the team fixed it and promised better safeguards next time. Read more

Why AI prototypes rarely become real products
AI can spit out polished apps in minutes, but almost none survive in the real world. From confusing legacy systems to AI’s forgetful “Dory brain,” getting prototypes into production is still a huge headache. Read more.

New AWS Skill Builder courses for multi-account management
AWS launched four free Skill Builder courses to help cloud professionals master Organizations, policies, and delegated administration while gaining practical skills to secure, govern, and scale their AWS environment. Read more.

OpenTelemetry launches Browser SIG
OpenTelemetry is tackling frontend observability with a new Browser SIG, focusing on user sessions, event tracking, and lighter JavaScript bundles. Developers can start experimenting with the JS SDK or Embrace Web SDK. Read more.

AWS CodeBuild adds remote Docker layer caching
AWS CodeBuild now lets teams use Amazon ECR as a remote cache for Docker layers, cutting rebuild times in CI/CD pipelines. Read more.

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The Security Nightmare of Vibe Coding

🎧 Your Friday listen: Darin and Viktor explore the security implications of unsupervised AI development.

open.spotify.com/episode/69Xn6sgmvgNQvfdc0X5htW?si=ae4076d9af3e4191

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Divine Odazie
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