Gemini 4 Carbon: what it is and why you can't use it yet
Gemini 4 Carbon is Google's strongest security model, but only selected teams can use it. What it does, why it launched closed, and what to use today.
Two subjects: software development that doesn't go out of fashion (databases, Git, testing, security) and AI applied to programming, which is what changes fastest. Both with examples you can run, and nothing taken for granted.
Every topic is chosen for the same reason: it changes how you work, and you'd rather not find out late. Everything is also available in Spanish.
35 articles · latest on October 31, 2026
Gemini 4 Carbon is Google's strongest security model, but only selected teams can use it. What it does, why it launched closed, and what to use today.
GitHub's Octoverse 2026 shows 40% of pull requests now start with an AI agent. The key numbers, and what the teams where it works do differently.
Tests, legacy code, debugging, review, refactoring and SQL: what I ask the AI for in each, what I watch for, and how I check it in minutes. And the three decisions I never hand off, with a real case from this month that shows why.
Developer job postings are rising again, but not for everyone, and interviews are dropping algorithm puzzles. What October's data shows, what was debated this week, and six skills you can start practicing tomorrow.
A developer let Claude Opus 5.5 translate the TypeScript compiler to Rust for two weeks. It passes all 184,749 tests and he says he never read a line. What happened, what's overhyped, and how to use the same structure for a migration in your own project.