Month February 2026

Will AI Kill Open Source?

Will AI Kill Open Source? Will AI kill Open Source? Is it already happening? Or is this just another clickbait title? Well, let’s see. First of all, I am writing this by hand without the help of any artificial intelligence.…

A Designer’s Guide To Eco-Friendly Interfaces

I’ve spent over two decades in the trenches of user experience design. I remember the transition from table-based layouts to CSS, the pivot to responsive design when the iPhone launched, and the rise of the “attention economy.” But as we…

What Skills Will You Learn in a QA Software Tester Course in 2026?

Quality Assurance (QA) software tester courses in 2026 teach practical skills required to test modern applications, identify defects early, automate repetitive testing tasks, and ensure software reliability. These courses focus on manual testing, automation testing, API testing, AI-assisted testing, real-world…

AI Prompts

Rovo I’m ________ and ________ happened. Search the whole company, restricted to _____ Jira project, _____ confluence space, and ______ github repo. Answer my question: ________ Reply very concisely and abruptly, with no background information or definitions <— this doesn’t…

C# Extension Members

Overview: What are extension members? Extension members allow you to define additional members for existing types without modifying their definitions. With them, you can add functionality to existing types you don’t have access to or don’t control, for example, built-in…

#1 on Spider 2.0–DBT Benchmark – How Databao Agent Did It

As of February 2026, Databao Agent ranks #1 in the Spider 2.0–DBT benchmark. This ranking measures how well agents can operate in a real dbt project, including reading the repository, understanding what’s broken, implementing the missing models, and validating everything…

Hashtag Jakarta EE #321

Hashtag Jakarta EE #321 Welcome to issue number three hundred and twenty-one of Hashtag Jakarta EE! As this post comes out, I have just arrived home from DeveloperWeek 2026 in San Jose, California. I will now spend a couple of days…

The Comprehensive Guide to OTel Collector Contrib

As application systems grow more complex, it becomes ever more important to understand how services interact across distributed systems. Observability sheds light on the behavior of instrumented applications and the infrastructure they run on. This enables engineering teams to gain…

Ten years late to the dbt party (DuckDB edition)

> Apparently, you can teach an old dog new tricks. Last year I wrote a blog post about building a data processing pipeline using DuckDB to ingest weather sensor data from the UK’s Environment Agency. The pipeline was based around…