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AWS Introduces Strands Decider 2B and Strands Box for AI Agent Development

Daniel Dominguez — Fri, 16 Oct 2026 10:47:00 GMT

AWS has introduced two open-source projects for AI agent development: Strands Decider 2B, a small model designed to make decisions within agent workflows, and Strands Box, a sandbox for controlling agent execution. Both projects address different aspects of building agents that use tools, execute code, and interact with external systems.

By Daniel Dominguez

Optimizing Software Workflow: Exploring Fundamental Impacts in Technology

Ben Linders — Thu, 15 Oct 2026 11:33:00 GMT

Software only has value when shipped; faster release cadence matters. Development, deployment, and operations require different thinking, metrics, and investments. There are four impacts in tech: product success, compute capacity, engineering capacity, and strategic innovation. The biggest expense is people. AI shifts engineers toward deeper problem understanding, not fewer engineers.

By Ben Linders

Production Patterns for Agents, Evals, and LLM Costs: QCon AI New York 2026

Artenisa Chatziou — Tue, 13 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMT

Once AI is in production, code arrives faster than it can be reviewed, token costs rise, evals have to be good enough to act on, and agents need permissions and guardrails. QCon AI New York 2026 (December 15-16) has confirmed sessions from engineers sharing how they handle these constraints.

By Artenisa Chatziou

AI in Production: What Breaks, What Works, and Who Approves it? | InfoQ Webinar

Artenisa Chatziou — Wed, 07 Oct 2026 14:00:00 GMT

On October 14, InfoQ will host a free 60-minute panel with five practitioners on running AI in production. They'll discuss agent autonomy and human approval, how to verify AI-generated changes, sensitive-data exposure, and production RAG. Registrants can submit questions and will receive the recording.

By Artenisa Chatziou