Fragments: April 21

This article by Martin Fowler covers the release of Thoughtworks' 34th Technology Radar, a biannual survey of technology trends. The radar is dominated by AI-oriented topics, but it also revisits established techniques like pair programming, zero trust architecture, mutation testing, and DORA metrics. Fowler emphasizes the need for a counterweight to AI-generated complexity, noting a resurgence of the command line as agentic tools bring developers back to the terminal. Security concerns around 'permission hungry' AI agents are a major theme, along with the importance of harness engineering. The article also mentions Mike Mason's observations on developers not reading code when using AI tools.