A developer argues that using a boolean flag for tool-call approvals in agentic systems is insecure and proposes binding approvals to specific calls via HMAC-signed tokens. The approach prevents repla…
Agent orchestration spans three distinct layers—expression, runtime, and observability—that are often conflated in debates about multi-agent systems. A June 2025 clash between Cognition's 'Don't Build…
Weaviate has released Engram, a fully managed memory and context service built on its vector database, designed to structure raw interaction data for AI agents. The service addresses long-context degr…
Ably launched a new AI Transport product that makes AI sessions durable, addressing a gap left by existing durable execution tools like Temporal. While Temporal crash-proofs backend workflow jobs, it …
Two blog posts from DBOS and Obelisk sparked a debate on using Postgres versus SQLite for durable workflow execution, with both arguing their preferred database can replace external orchestrators like…
A developer building a team of AI agents to generate reports from transcript data spent a month rewriting jobs as durable executions after cascading errors from failed API calls and memory issues brok…
A developer has published a step-by-step guide to building a durable execution engine from scratch using Go and Postgres, inspired by Kelsey Hightower's "Kubernetes the hard way." The guide, which imp…
SigNoz has released a guide for instrumenting Temporal workflow executions and AI agent patterns with OpenTelemetry, enabling real-time visibility through traces, logs, and metrics. The integration al…
In 2026, AI agents are performing real-world transactions like booking flights and mutating databases, but standard database transactions fail when dealing with asynchronous LLM API calls. To maintain…
Railway replaced its original Docker-based build system, which relied on a pool of GCP VMs and suffered from egress costs, noisy neighbors, and scaling issues, with a new "Builder v3" system. The new …