Developer Tooling on Osmond van Hemerthttps://www.osmondvanhemert.nl/series/developer-tooling/Recent content in Developer Tooling on Osmond van HemertHugo -- gohugo.ioen© Osmond van Hemert. All rights reserved.Thu, 26 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000GitHub Copilot Agent Mode Goes GA — What It Means for Developer Workflowshttps://www.osmondvanhemert.nl/posts/260326-github-copilot-agent-mode/Thu, 26 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://www.osmondvanhemert.nl/posts/260326-github-copilot-agent-mode/GitHub Copilot’s agent mode is now generally available, promising autonomous multi-step coding. Here’s what works, what doesn’t, and what it means for how we build software.AI Agent Frameworks — The Wild West of Autonomous Systemshttps://www.osmondvanhemert.nl/posts/260129-ai-agent-frameworks-landscape/Thu, 29 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://www.osmondvanhemert.nl/posts/260129-ai-agent-frameworks-landscape/The AI agent framework landscape has exploded, with LangGraph, CrewAI, AutoGen, and dozens more competing for developer mindshare. Here’s what matters.Platform Engineering in 2025 — A Year-End Retrospectivehttps://www.osmondvanhemert.nl/posts/251225-platform-engineering-2025-retrospective/Thu, 25 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://www.osmondvanhemert.nl/posts/251225-platform-engineering-2025-retrospective/Reflecting on how platform engineering matured in 2025, from internal developer platforms to the evolution of the DevOps toolchain.GitHub Universe 2025 — Copilot Grows Up and the IDE Fades Furtherhttps://www.osmondvanhemert.nl/posts/251106-github-universe-2025-copilot-evolution/Thu, 06 Nov 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://www.osmondvanhemert.nl/posts/251106-github-universe-2025-copilot-evolution/GitHub Universe 2025 showed us where coding is headed — and it’s less about typing code than ever before.AI Coding Assistants Are Growing Up — Beyond Autocompletehttps://www.osmondvanhemert.nl/posts/251023-ai-coding-assistants-beyond-autocomplete/Thu, 23 Oct 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://www.osmondvanhemert.nl/posts/251023-ai-coding-assistants-beyond-autocomplete/AI coding assistants have evolved from glorified autocomplete to genuine development partners, and the implications for how we build software are becoming clearer.SWE-bench Benchmark Contamination — When the Test Answers Are in the Training Datahttps://www.osmondvanhemert.nl/posts/250911-swe-bench-git-history-leaks/Thu, 11 Sep 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://www.osmondvanhemert.nl/posts/250911-swe-bench-git-history-leaks/Research reveals that top AI coding model scores on SWE-bench may be inflated due to git history leaks, raising fundamental questions about how we evaluate AI coding capabilities.Mistral's Le Chat Gets MCP Connectors — The Protocol That's Quietly Connecting Everythinghttps://www.osmondvanhemert.nl/posts/250904-mistral-le-chat-mcp-connectors/Thu, 04 Sep 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://www.osmondvanhemert.nl/posts/250904-mistral-le-chat-mcp-connectors/Mistral adds custom MCP connectors and persistent memory to Le Chat, signaling that the Model Context Protocol is becoming the standard glue for AI tool integration.OpenTelemetry Reaches Full Maturity — Observability Finally Has a Standardhttps://www.osmondvanhemert.nl/posts/250710-opentelemetry-full-maturity/Thu, 10 Jul 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://www.osmondvanhemert.nl/posts/250710-opentelemetry-full-maturity/With OpenTelemetry’s logging signal reaching GA status, the project now covers all three pillars of observability with stable APIs, fulfilling a long-standing promise to the industry.AI-Native IDEs — The Editor Wars Have a New Fronthttps://www.osmondvanhemert.nl/posts/250515-ai-native-ides-cursor-copilot/Thu, 15 May 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://www.osmondvanhemert.nl/posts/250515-ai-native-ides-cursor-copilot/Cursor, Windsurf, and the growing wave of AI-native editors are reshaping how developers write code — and challenging the incumbents.Docker Model Runner — Running AI Models Alongside Your Containershttps://www.osmondvanhemert.nl/posts/250508-docker-model-runner-local-ai/Thu, 08 May 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://www.osmondvanhemert.nl/posts/250508-docker-model-runner-local-ai/Docker’s new Model Runner feature brings local AI model execution into the Docker Desktop workflow, blurring the line between containers and inference.Model Context Protocol — The Quiet Standard That Could Reshape AI Toolinghttps://www.osmondvanhemert.nl/posts/250403-model-context-protocol-adoption/Thu, 03 Apr 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://www.osmondvanhemert.nl/posts/250403-model-context-protocol-adoption/Anthropic’s Model Context Protocol is gaining traction as a universal standard for connecting AI models to tools and data sources, and the implications for the developer ecosystem are worth watching.GitHub Copilot Goes Free — What This Means for Every Developerhttps://www.osmondvanhemert.nl/posts/241226-github-copilot-free-tier/Thu, 26 Dec 2024 00:00:00 +0000https://www.osmondvanhemert.nl/posts/241226-github-copilot-free-tier/GitHub’s decision to offer a free tier for Copilot signals a fundamental shift in how AI-assisted coding will reach developers everywhere.GitHub Models — Bringing AI Model Experimentation to Where Developers Already Livehttps://www.osmondvanhemert.nl/posts/240822-github-models-ai-marketplace/Thu, 22 Aug 2024 00:00:00 +0000https://www.osmondvanhemert.nl/posts/240822-github-models-ai-marketplace/GitHub launches Models, a new playground for experimenting with AI models directly from GitHub. Here’s why this integration matters.OpenAI's Function Calling Changes Everything About Building with LLMshttps://www.osmondvanhemert.nl/posts/230706-openai-function-calling-developer-workflows/Thu, 06 Jul 2023 00:00:00 +0000https://www.osmondvanhemert.nl/posts/230706-openai-function-calling-developer-workflows/OpenAI’s function calling capability transforms GPT models from text generators into programmable agents — here’s what it means for developers building real applications.Auto-GPT and the Autonomous Agent Explosionhttps://www.osmondvanhemert.nl/posts/230413-auto-gpt-autonomous-agents/Thu, 13 Apr 2023 00:00:00 +0000https://www.osmondvanhemert.nl/posts/230413-auto-gpt-autonomous-agents/Auto-GPT has taken GitHub by storm, promising fully autonomous AI agents. Here’s what’s real, what’s hype, and what it means for developers.GitHub Copilot X — The AI-Powered Developer Experience Takes Shapehttps://www.osmondvanhemert.nl/posts/230323-github-copilot-x-ai-powered-developer-experience/Thu, 23 Mar 2023 00:00:00 +0000https://www.osmondvanhemert.nl/posts/230323-github-copilot-x-ai-powered-developer-experience/GitHub announces Copilot X with GPT-4 integration, chat, voice, pull request summaries, and docs — here’s what developers should actually expect.ChatGPT API Goes Live — And the Floodgates Are Openhttps://www.osmondvanhemert.nl/posts/230302-chatgpt-api-opens-floodgates/Thu, 02 Mar 2023 00:00:00 +0000https://www.osmondvanhemert.nl/posts/230302-chatgpt-api-opens-floodgates/OpenAI releases the ChatGPT and Whisper APIs at a fraction of expected cost, and every developer I know is scrambling to integrate.GitHub Universe 2022 — Copilot for Business and the AI-Assisted Futurehttps://www.osmondvanhemert.nl/posts/221110-github-universe-2022-copilot-business/Thu, 10 Nov 2022 00:00:00 +0000https://www.osmondvanhemert.nl/posts/221110-github-universe-2022-copilot-business/GitHub Universe 2022 puts AI front and center with Copilot for Business, while Codespaces and Actions get meaningful upgrades.GitHub Copilot Goes GA — AI Pair Programming Gets Realhttps://www.osmondvanhemert.nl/posts/220630-github-copilot-goes-ga/Thu, 30 Jun 2022 00:00:00 +0000https://www.osmondvanhemert.nl/posts/220630-github-copilot-goes-ga/GitHub Copilot is now generally available as a paid product. After a year of technical preview, AI-assisted coding moves from experiment to everyday tool.GitHub Copilot Goes GA — AI Pair Programming Gets Realhttps://www.osmondvanhemert.nl/posts/220623-github-copilot-goes-ga/Thu, 23 Jun 2022 00:00:00 +0000https://www.osmondvanhemert.nl/posts/220623-github-copilot-goes-ga/GitHub Copilot exits technical preview and becomes generally available at $10/month, marking the first mainstream AI coding assistant.Six Months with GitHub Copilot — An Honest Assessmenthttps://www.osmondvanhemert.nl/posts/211223-six-months-with-github-copilot/Thu, 23 Dec 2021 00:00:00 +0000https://www.osmondvanhemert.nl/posts/211223-six-months-with-github-copilot/After six months in the GitHub Copilot technical preview, here’s what AI pair programming actually looks like in day-to-day development work.GitHub Copilot — AI Pair Programming Arrives, For Better or Worsehttps://www.osmondvanhemert.nl/posts/210624-github-copilot-ai-pair-programming/Thu, 24 Jun 2021 00:00:00 +0000https://www.osmondvanhemert.nl/posts/210624-github-copilot-ai-pair-programming/GitHub’s Copilot uses OpenAI Codex to autocomplete entire functions. After a week with the technical preview, here’s what developers need to understand.GitHub CLI 1.0 — The Terminal-First Workflow Gets Officialhttps://www.osmondvanhemert.nl/posts/200917-github-cli-1-developer-workflow/Thu, 17 Sep 2020 00:00:00 +0000https://www.osmondvanhemert.nl/posts/200917-github-cli-1-developer-workflow/GitHub CLI 1.0 is here, bringing pull requests, issues, and repo management to the terminal. A look at what it means for developer workflows.GitHub Codespaces — Is Cloud Development Finally Ready?https://www.osmondvanhemert.nl/posts/200507-github-codespaces-cloud-development/Thu, 07 May 2020 00:00:00 +0000https://www.osmondvanhemert.nl/posts/200507-github-codespaces-cloud-development/GitHub Satellite 2020 introduces Codespaces, a cloud-based development environment that could change how we think about local toolchains.GitHub Actions Is Quietly Reshaping CI/CD — Two Months After GAhttps://www.osmondvanhemert.nl/posts/200116-github-actions-reshaping-ci-cd/Thu, 16 Jan 2020 00:00:00 +0000https://www.osmondvanhemert.nl/posts/200116-github-actions-reshaping-ci-cd/GitHub Actions went generally available in November 2019. Two months in, the migration patterns are becoming clear — and the implications for the CI/CD landscape are significant.