How Uber built a software factory for agentic coding: the MCP gateway and the platform underneath

kept by eddie aug 25

Uber reports that over 70% of pull requests are now agent-written, code output per engineer doubled, driven by a six‑piece platform enabling safe AI‑agent coding at scale.

Clopus-Watcher: An autonomous monitoring agent
The author demonstrates Claude Code running in a Kubernetes cronjob as an autonomous on-call agent that monitors pods, applies hotfixes, and documents incidents.
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Show HN: Sim – Apache-2.0 n8n alternative
Sim is an Apache-2.0 licensed, self-hostable alternative to n8n for building, deploying, and managing AI agents and workflows with 1,000+ integrations.
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Microsoft’s quiet Claude Code retreat and the real cost of enterprise AI
Microsoft is canceling Claude Code licenses for thousands of employees due to unsustainable token costs, signaling that enterprise AI coding's unit economics don't work at current prices.
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Our Servants Will Do That For Us
The article argues that automation will eliminate both drudgery and meaningful work, and human preference for convenience makes a post-scarcity utopia unlikely.
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