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Why local-first matters for JavaScript

The JavaScript innovation train is really picking up momentum lately, driven—as always—by the creativity of the JavaScript developer community. The emerging local-first SQL datastores crystalize ideas about client/server symmetry that have been a long time coming. WinterTC is bringing us closer to truly universal, isomorphic JavaScript, aka “write once, run anywhere” for client- and server-side…

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Why enterprises are still bad at multicloud

In 2026, most enterprises I talk to are multicloud, not because they set out with a crisp strategy but because reality pushed them there. Mergers and acquisitions bring in workloads on different platforms. Product teams pick the cloud that best matches a short-term delivery deadline. Add leadership mandates to “avoid lock-in,” and suddenly you have…

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Visual Studio Code previews agent plugins

Microsoft has released Visual Studio Code 1.110, an update of the popular code editor that makes agents practical for long-running and more complex tasks by giving developers new ways to extend agents, smarter session management, and more visibility and control, the company said. Introduced March 4, VS Code 1.110, also known as the February 2026…

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The revenge of SQL: How a 50-year-old language reinvents itself

Prototyping is my favorite part of programming. I like building new stuff and getting things working. It’s no surprise, then, that I am a big fan of MongoDB and NoSQL in general. Don’t get me wrong: I’ve always appreciated SQL for what it is. The intoxicating smoothness of using MongoDB in JavaScript just swept me…

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