Developer tools

SpaceX bought Cursor for $60B. OpenAI owns Windsurf. Google killed the Gemini CLI. In one week, the AI coding tool landscape consolidated into Big Tech hands. Here's what that means for your data, your model choice, and what independent options remain.

npm v12 lands in July 2026 and turns off install script execution by default, a direct response to the Miasma supply chain worm that compromised 57 packages in under 2 hours. Here is what breaks, how to audit your project today, and the exact migration workflow.

Apple shipped an official container tool at WWDC 2026. Each container gets its own lightweight VM, startup is sub-second, and it pulls standard OCI images from Docker Hub. Here's how it works, how it compares to Docker, and how to share containers publicly.

Google has launched an official open-source skills repository for AI agents at Cloud Next 2026. Learn what agent skills are, how the google/skills GitHub repo works, and how to use the cloud skills and Gemini API Docs MCP in your AI coding workflow.

MCP servers run on localhost by default. Here's how to give yours a public HTTPS URL in one SSH command using Pinggy - no deploy, no infra.

Looking for prompt library tools that actually give you prompts, patterns, or prompt starters to copy and paste? These are the best prompt-library websites for developers in 2026, including 21st.dev, PromptDen, AIPRM, PromptHub, PromptHero, Snack Prompt, and PromptBase.

Discover what AI agent skills are, how they work, and the top 14 must-know skills for developers - including Grill Me, Caveman, TDD, and Graphify. Learn how to install and use skills in Claude Code, Cursor, Codex CLI, and other AI coding agents.