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Hey there, here are the big updates in the coding world within the last week!

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📰 Big Things (last 7–10 days)

• Google ships “Jules,” an async coding agent (free tier) and adds a built-in critic that reviews its own PRs before you see them. Think background tasks → draft PRs for humans to approve.

• GitHub Copilot adds top models: Gemini 2.5 Pro is GA in Copilot, and GPT-5 rolled into paid plans earlier this month. Choose models per workspace in Copilot Chat/VS Code.

• OpenAI: GPT-5 for devs is live (stronger repo-level reasoning + front-end generation). If you haven’t tested it on a real codebase, add it to this week’s spike.

• Go 1.25 released with runtime/toolchain gains and experimental GC + encoding/json/v2. Great week to run CI canaries.

• Rust 1.89 landed (Aug 7). If you pin toolchains, roll forward for latest stability & perf.

• Python 3.13.6 shipped Aug 6 (≈200 fixes). If you’re already on 3.13, this is a safe patch.

• Cloudflare kicks off AI Week with Workers AI + AI Gateway updates and a FedRAMP roadmap (useful for public-sector builds).

AI & Dev Tools

• Jules (Google’s coding agent) is now open to everyone; works asynchronously and posts PRs instead of live-editing. The new critic catches bugs before they hit review. Worth piloting on non-critical repos.

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• Copilot model picker: enable Gemini 2.5 Pro or GPT-5 per project/org; both emphasize long-context code reasoning.

• Gemini API: URL-context tool is GA; Imagen 4 models are GA too (nice for doc/UX pipelines).

• Anthropic: Opus 4.1 upgrade + 1M-token context beta on Sonnet 4 (API/Bedrock). Good for whole-repo refactors.

• Mistral: Codestral 25.08 + full coding stack (Devstral, IDE extensions). If you want on-prem/OSS-friendly flows, test it.

• VS Code (July v1.103) shipped earlier this month; Copilot extension got stability and agent-flow tweaks; Python/Jupyter extensions updated.

Languages, Frameworks & Runtimes

• Go 1.25: performance/runtime improvements; optional experimental GC; new testing/synctest. Read notes before flipping prod.

• Rust 1.89: routine train update; check clippy/rustfmt compatibility in CI.

• Python: patch to 3.13.6 (bugfixes). Also watch advisories around tarfile and ecosystem libs (see Security).

• .NET: August servicing updates — .NET 9.0.8 / 8.0.19. Patch if you’re on those trains.

• React 19 (stable since ’24) continues to iterate (v19.1 in March). If you’re still on 18, plan your upgrade.

• Angular: v20.2 targeted for the week of Aug 18; v21 slated for Nov. Track breaking notes.

• Deno: current LTS track around 2.4.x (2.4.5 on Aug 21). Useful if you want Node+npm compatibility with secure defaults.

Cloud & Infra

• Google Cloud: Agent Engine adds Private VPC via PSC + CMEK; BigQuery Data Transfer moves to consumption pricing Sept 25 — check cost monitors.

• AWS: Community notes + weekly roundups continue; CEO Matt Garman cautions against “replace juniors with AI” — good ammo for your 2026 hiring plan.

• Cloudflare: AI Week announcements today; enhancements to AI Gateway and federal compliance path for Workers AI.

Security

• Microsoft Patch Tuesday (Aug): ~100+ CVEs fixed; 1 publicly disclosed zero-day. Prioritize Edge/Windows kernel components and Exchange if in scope.

• xz-utils backdoor still showing up in Docker Hub images (incl. Debian-based). Audit base images and rebuild. Python ecosystem: keep an eye on recent CVEs (e.g., Python-future RCE pattern; tarfile extraction issues). Pin and scan.

• Chrome: multiple high-severity fixes through July; if you own fleet updates, verify forced relaunch policies are working.

Upcoming Events & CFPs

• PyCon India — Bengaluru, Sept 12–15 (workshops, conf, dev sprints).

• GitHub Universe — San Francisco, Oct 28–29 (AI-powered dev, platform roadmaps).

• KubeCon + CloudNativeCon North America — Atlanta, Nov 10–13. Book hotels now; side events fill fast.

• More this week in Europe: OSS & Linux security summits in Amsterdam; check the rolling calendar for late-August shows.

Quick Wins

• Pilot an agent: Try Jules on a non-prod repo to auto-file PRs for flaky tests or small refactors; compare with Copilot GPT-5/Gemini 2.5 on the same task.

• Budget guardrail: If you use BigQuery Data Transfer, simulate the Sept 25 pricing change in staging and update FinOps alerts.

• Supply-chain sweep: Rebuild images from trusted bases; grep CI for pinned versions and scan Dockerfiles for Debian snapshots from early 2024.

• Patch cadence: Roll out MS August patches; verify Chrome auto-update + forced relaunch; bump Python 3.13 to 3.13.6 across pyenv/containers.

That’s all for this week! Let us know what you thought of this week’s recap!

— The Dev List Team