Latest Engineering Articles

This post introduces OpenEnv, an open-source framework for evaluating AI agents in real-world environments, using a calendar management benchmark called the Calendar Gym.

Microsoft

01 min read

AI•2026-02-11

How we built the Microsoft Learn MCP Server

Microsoft built a remote MCP Server to expose Microsoft Learn documentation to AI agents via the Model Context Protocol standard.

Engineering@Microsoft

WebKit features for Safari 26.3

Safari 26.3 introduces performance and UX improvements including Zstandard compression support, Navigation API enhancements, and various bug fixes.

My Journey to Airbnb — Anna Sulkina

Anna Sulkina, Senior Director of Engineering at Airbnb, shares her career journey from Soviet-era Ukraine to leading Application & Cloud Infrastructure.

The Death of Traditional Testing: Agentic Development Broke a 50-Year-Old Field, JiTTesting Can Revive It

This post introduces Just-in-Time Tests (JiTTests), an AI-driven testing approach designed to keep pace with agentic software development.

Insights from our executive roundtable on AI and engineering productivity

Dropbox hosted an executive roundtable on AI and engineering productivity, sharing lessons from their own AI adoption journey and cross-industry leadership perspectives.

Culture

developer productivity

GLM-5 is live on AI Gateway

GLM-5 from Z.AI is now available on Cloudflare AI Gateway, requiring no separate provider accounts.

Vercel

51 min read

Frontend•2026-02-11

Vercel Flags is now in public beta

Vercel Flags is a feature flag provider now in public beta, built into the Vercel platform for managing flags with targeting rules, user segments, and environment controls.

Smashing Magazine

01 min read

AI•2026-02-11

Designing For Agentic AI: Practical UX Patterns For Control, Consent, And Accountability

This article presents concrete UX design patterns for building agentic AI systems that prioritize user control, transparency, and trust.

Vercel

22 min read

Security•2026-02-11

Advanced egress firewall filtering for Vercel Sandbox

Vercel Sandbox now supports advanced egress firewall filtering via SNI-based host filtering and CIDR blocks to control outbound network access for sandboxes.

Google Cloud

012 min read

DevOps•2026-02-11

February 11, 2026

Google Cloud's release notes cover updates across multiple services through late February 2026.

Google

21 min read

DevOps•2026-02-11

Making Gemini CLI extensions easier to use

This article introduces extension settings for Gemini CLI, a new feature that automates extension configuration by prompting users for required values at installation time.