Success with agents starts with embedding them in workflows, not letting them run amok. Context, skills, models, and tools are key. There’s more.

Tower, founded by ex-Snowflake engineers, raises €5.5m to turn AI-generated data pipelines into reliable production systems.

PyTest Fixtures are a powerful way to manage test setup and teardown in Python. This library provides a set of fixtures to help you write integration tests for Databricks. These fixtures were ...

Databricks' KARL agent uses reinforcement learning to generalize across six enterprise search behaviors — the problem that breaks most RAG pipelines.

Since becoming McKinsey & Company’s global managing partner in 2021, Bob Sternfels has had to navigate a series of thorny challenges. He has taken steps to restore the consulting firm’s reputation ...

Discover the 7 best cloud orchestration tools for enterprises in 2026, including AWS CloudFormation, Ansible, Spacelift, CloudBolt, and more. Compare features, pricing, multi-cloud support, and use ...

Python faces new challenges from old rivals, but is it a blip or something more? In other news, we have goodies like easy-install instances of PostgreSQL, a peek at the state of the art in visual ...

A recent Anchorage Daily News editorial argues that House Bill 78 is “a pension promise we can’t afford.” That conclusion rests on a misunderstanding of how this bill is structured — and what Alaska ...

There are plenty of unanswered questions about the origin of life on Earth. But the research community has largely reached consensus that one of the key steps was the emergence of an RNA molecule that ...

Going to be a short newsletter today because Sarah and I did a super-sized Secret Podcast this morning. You’re going to love it. Instant classic this week. Also: Next week is going to be a weird Triad ...

When you mix the creative with the innovative, good things happen. Whether in business, education, or a mix of both, the meeting of minds with the latest technology creates a whirlpool of innovation.