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Linear Agent can now write and review code using Claude Code and Codex, enabling end-to-end issue-to-ship workflows from within Linear.

Hand-tuning natural language prompts for AI systems accumulates debt that slows iteration, locks teams to one model, and should be replaced with metrics, tests, and automated prompt optimization.

Cursor adds over 30 new plugins from partners including Atlassian and Datadog to extend its AI-powered coding agent's capabilities across infrastructure and productivity tools.

Cursor's support team uses Cursor with MCP servers to collapse code, logs, and team knowledge, achieving 5–10x throughput gains.

AI agents collapse the software development lifecycle into a tight loop of intent, build, observe, and repeat, making stages like requirements, testing, and code review obsolete.

Software stocks fell sharply on Monday, extending a weeks-long selloff as investors worry about the threat posed by artificial intelligence.

The article presents a framework predicting software company survival in the AI era based on switching costs and compounding value, dividing firms into durable, time-buying, and eroding segments.

Cognition uses its own Devin agents across Slack, Linear, and CLI to merge 659 PRs weekly, automating code review, bug triage, and design-system audits.

Production monitoring and A/B testing offer more reliable evaluation of AI agents than offline evals, which fail to capture real-world performance.

Structured, high-cardinality logs with consistent schemas and correlation IDs improve debugging over traditional unstructured logs in distributed systems.