Month February 2026

Introduction: In today’s cloud-native world, security isn’t just a checkbox; it’s a continuous process that needs to be embedded throughout your development lifecycle. AWS provides two powerful security services that work together to protect your cloud infrastructure: Amazon GuardDuty for…

The Problem: Generic Voice Agents Sound Like Robots Every voice agent sounds the same. Your customer support bot uses the same cadence as your fitness coach, which uses the same tone as your technical assistant. Users notice. They bounce. The…

Most of my blog posts are lessons learned. I’m trying to achieve something, and I document the process I used to do it. This one is one of the few where, in the end, I didn’t achieve what I wanted.…

JakartaOne by Jozi-JUG 2026 When I Code Java was cancelled with short notice,Phillip, Buhake and I scrambled and created a substitute event. With funds from the Eclipse Foundation concept of Open Community Meetup and the organisation of Jozi-JUG, we created…

Navigating a new repository can be overwhelming. I built “Codebase Intelligence” tool to turn static code into an interactive knowledge base using Retrieval-Augmented Generation. Instead of the AI guessing what your code does, it reads the relevant files before answering.…

Crysta is an AI app where you can build your own AI agents for real business use. What makes it powerful is this: you are not limited to the default behavior of a chatbot. You can connect different MCP servers…

AWS won’t stop charging you when your budget runs out. A leaked key, a forgotten GPU instance, a runaway Lambda – and the bill arrives 30 days later. Here’s how to deploy budget alerts, Slack notifications, anomaly detection, and an…

One mistake many beginners make with AWS is assuming nothing will happen if they stop using it. In 2023, I opened an AWS account and deployed a small React app just to explore the console. After that, I left the…

This is one of those posts that feels strange to write, mostly because DEV has been such a positive constant for me. Writing here played a huge role in my learning journey. Putting my thoughts into words helped me solidify…

Disclaimer: This article was created using AI-based writing and communication companions. With its help, the core topics of this rich and nuanced livestream were conveniently distilled into a compact blog post format. In our yet another JetBrains livestream, Vitaly Bragilevsky…

We’re continuing to modernize our IDEs, and in this update we’ve refreshed something you interact with constantly – the editor. These changes are designed to provide improved comfort, a cleaner look, and a more enjoyable experience during the hours you…

KotlinConf 2026 is starting to take shape, and there’s a lot happening across the Kotlin ecosystem right now. From the first conference speakers and community awards to new releases, tools, and real-world Kotlin stories at serious scale, I’ve gathered all…

Modern data teams need flexibility and scalability as workflows evolve and AI becomes central to analytics. They are increasingly relying on AI to enable self-service analytics and accelerate data workflows, and it has become essential to establish shared business logic…

When a DSL is worth the cost: Lessons from quantum computing Domain-specific languages (DSLs) often divide engineering teams. When they work, they make complex systems easier to reason about. When they fail, they become costly internal tools that no one…

I am a software engineer, so most of my day is in front of a screen. Things respond quickly there. Code compiles or it doesn’t, a message gets a reply, something either works or it breaks. I got used to…