InfoQ - Software Development

Podcast: Educating an Architect: A Conversation with Luca Mezzalira

Luca Mezzalira — Mon, 02 Nov 2026 11:00:00 GMT

In this podcast, Michael Stiefel spoke to Luca Mezzalira about software architecture as a socio-technical discipline that balances technological design with an organization's social and managerial context. They explored how architectural choices must be adapted to a company's unique culture and team structure rather than relying blindly on universal best practices.

By Luca Mezzalira

Podcast: AI, ML, and Data Engineering InfoQ Trends Report 2026

Chip Huyen, Daniel Dominguez, Hien Luu, Arthur Casals — Fri, 30 Oct 2026 09:00:00 GMT

In this episode, members of the InfoQ AI and ML editorial staff and friends of InfoQ discuss the current trends in the domain of AI, ML and Data Engineering. One of the regular features of InfoQ are the trends reports, which each focus on a different aspect of software dev. These reports provide the InfoQ readers and listeners with a high-level overview of the topics to pay attention to this year.

By Chip Huyen, Daniel Dominguez, Hien Luu, Arthur Casals

Microsoft Retires Azure Deployment Environments with No Replacement Product

Steef-Jan Wiggers — Fri, 30 Oct 2026 08:13:00 GMT

Azure Deployment Environments retires on February 22, 2027 and Microsoft names no successor, telling teams to use Bicep or ARM templates directly. Microsoft Dev Box follows on September 18, 2028, pointed at Windows 365, which Microsoft says is not a one-to-one replacement. Remaining Dev Box workloads should expect deletion.

By Steef-Jan Wiggers

Developers Reporting Double-Digit Weekly Time Savings from AI Fell from 68% to 26%

Steef-Jan Wiggers — Tue, 27 Oct 2026 04:45:00 GMT

Atlassian’s State of Developer Experience 2026 finds the share of developers saving ten or more hours a week with AI dropped from 68% to 26% year over year, while only 28% report noticeably less friction than before AI. Engineering leaders report spending more time managing and correcting AI output than developers do.

By Steef-Jan Wiggers