Skip to content
HomeInsights

Insights

Ideas for building
better software.

Engineering perspectives on architecture, product development, AI, and the everyday decisions behind useful software.

From the engineering desk

Browse practical articles or follow the latest technology updates.

Subscribe via RSS →

Curated links from external sources — not 360Softy original articles.

ExternalSoftware Engineering
Stack Overflow Blog

Agent orchestration is so two-years ago​​​​‌‍​‍​‍‌‍‌​‍‌‍‍‌‌‍‌‌‍‍‌‌‍‍​‍​‍​‍‍​‍​‍‌​‌‍​‌‌‍‍‌‍‍‌‌‌​‌‍‌​‍‍‌‍‍‌‌‍​‍​‍​‍​​‍​‍‌‍‍​‌​‍‌‍‌‌‌‍‌‍​‍​‍​‍‍​‍​‍‌‍‍​‌‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​​‍‍​‍​‍‌‍​‌‍‌‌​​‍‍‌​‌‌​‌‍​‌‌‍​‌‍‍‌‍‌‌‍‌‍‌‌‌​‍‌‍‌‍‌‍​‌‍‌‌​‍‍‌‍​‌‍​‍‌‍‍‌‌‍‍‌‌​‌‍‌‌‌‍‍‌‌​​‍‌‍‌‌‌‍‌​‌‍‍‌‌‌​​‍‌‍‌‌‍‌‍‌​‌‍‌‌​‌‌​​‌​‍‌‍‌‌‌​‌‍‌‌‌‍‍‌‌​‌‍​‌‌‌​‌‍‍‌‌‍‌‍‍​‍‌‍‍‌‌‍‌​​‌‌‍‌​​‌‌​​‍‌‍​‍​​​​​‌​‌‍‌‌​‍‌​‌​​​‍​​​​​‍‌​‌​‌‍‌‌​‌‌‍‌​​‍‌‌‍​‌​​‌​​​‌‍​‍​‍‌‌‍​‍‌‍‌‍‌‍​‍‌‍​‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​‍‌‍​​​‍‌‍‌‍‌‍​‍​‍‌‌​‌‍‌‌​​‌‍‌‌​‌‌‍​‍‌‍​‌‍‌‍‌‌‌​​‌‍‌​‌‌​​‍‌​​‌‍​‌‌‌​‌‍‍​​‌‌‌​‌‍‍‌‌‌​‌‍​‌‍‌‌​‌‍​‍‌‍​‌‌​‌‍‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​‍‌‍​​‌‌‍‍​‌‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​​‍‌‌​​‌​​‌​‍‌‌​​‍‌​‌‍​‍‌‌​​‍‌​‌‍‌‍​‌‍‌‌​​‍‍‌​‌‌​‌‍​‌‌‍​‌‍‍‌‍‌‌‍‌‍‌‌‌​‍‌‍‌‍‌‍​‌‍‌‌​‍‍‌‍​‌‍​‍‌‍‌‍‍‌‌‍‌​​‌‌‍‌​​‌‌​​‍‌‍​‍​​​​​‌​‌‍‌‌​‍‌​‌​​​‍​​​​​‍‌​‌​‌‍‌‌​‌‌‍‌​​‍‌‌‍​‌​​‌​​​‌‍​‍​‍‌‌‍​‍‌‍‌‍‌‍​‍‌‍​‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​‍‌‍​​​‍‌‍‌‍‌‍​‍​‍‌‍‌‌​‌‍‌‌​​‌‍‌‌​‌‌‍​‍‌‍​‌‍‌‍‌‌‌​​‌‍‌​‌‌​​‍‌‍‌​​‌‍​‌‌‌​‌‍‍​​‌‌‌​‌‍‍‌‌‌​‌‍​‌‍‌‌​‍‌‍‌​​‌‍‌‌‌​‍‌​‌​​‌‍‌‌‌‍​‌‌​‌‍‍‌‌‌‍‌‍‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌‌‍​‍‌‍​‌‍‍‌‌​‌‍‍​‌‍‌‌‌‍‌​​‍​‍‌‌

Ryan welcomes Saahil Jain, CTO of You.com, to discuss why building agents with a 2024 mindset is a mistake as modern models improve at long-horizon tasks, why heavy orchestration layers can hurt model performance more than help it, and why the 2026 competitive edge actually comes from information retrieval and unique data paired with end-to-end evaluation.​​​​‌‍​‍​‍‌‍‌​‍‌‍‍‌‌‍‌‌‍‍‌‌‍‍​‍​‍​‍‍​‍​‍‌​‌‍​‌‌‍‍‌‍‍‌‌‌​‌‍‌​‍‍‌‍‍‌‌‍​‍​‍​‍​​‍​‍‌‍‍​‌​‍‌‍‌‌‌‍‌‍​‍​‍​‍‍​‍​‍‌‍‍​‌‌​‌‌​‌​​‌

podcastse-techse-stackoverflow
Stack Overflow BlogRead original
ExternalFrontend Development
Vercel Blog

Vercel acquires Better Auth to accelerate open source auth

Vercel is acquiring , the company behind the open source , which has 4.7M+ weekly npm downloads and more than 850 contributors. Founder Bereket Engida and the core team are joining Vercel to continue their work on Better Auth and agent identity.Better AuthTypeScript authentication library Last year, we behind Next.js, AI SDK, and Nuxt: software that's open by default, loosely coupled, and portable to any platform.published our approach Better Auth applies it to authentication: framework-agnosti

Vercel BlogRead original
External
The Hacker News

CERT/CC Warns of Hidden Admin Backdoor in Tenda Router Firmware

Several versions of firmware released by Chinese network device manufacturer Tenda have been found to embed an undocumented authentication backdoor that enables administrative access to the devices' web management interfaces, the CERT Coordination Center (CERT/CC) warned Monday. "An attacker can exploit this vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-11405, to bypass the password verification process

The Hacker NewsRead original
External
The Hacker News

BeyondTrust Patches Critical Auth Bypass Flaws in Remote Support and PRA

BeyondTrust has released updates to address two critical security flaws affecting Remote Support (RS) and Privileged Remote Access (PRA) products that, if successfully exploited, could allow unauthenticated attackers to take control of susceptible devices. The vulnerabilities are listed below - CVE-2026-40138 (CVSS score: 9.2) - A pre-authentication vulnerability exists in the

The Hacker NewsRead original
ExternalBackend Development
Laravel News

Laravel MPP: Charge AI Agents for API Access with 402 Payment Required

Laravel MPP is middleware from Square1 that gates routes behind the Machine Payments Protocol, returning a 402 challenge that AI agents pay with Stripe Shared Payment Tokens or Tempo pathUSD and then retry. The post Laravel MPP: Charge AI Agents for API Access with 402 Payment Required appeared first on Laravel News. Join the Laravel Newsletter to get Laravel articles like this directly in your inbox.

Laravel Packages
Laravel NewsRead original

Let’s start with a conversation

Tell us what you’re working on.

An idea, a challenge, or a system that needs to work better. We’ll help you understand the next step.