Are advertisements not-so-secretly infiltrating your code reviews? This week on the Friday Deploy, Andrew and Ben break down the controversy over GitHub Copilot injecting promotional tips into pull requests and unpack the massive Anthropic code leak that exposed Claude Code's hidden features. The hosts also explore Shopify's strategy for cutting AI inference costs by 75x using smaller, self-hosted models. Finally, they discuss the game-changing Pretext rendering library, the cyclical hype of "dead" tech trends, and how agent-wielding "vibe maintainers" are rewriting the rules of open-source software.

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• GitHub backs down, kills Copilot pull-request ads after backlash
• Software's Next Epoch: Our Investment in R.I.P. grep
• Anthropic accidentally leaked Claude Code's entire source. Here's what 512,000 lines reveal
• Shopify Cuts Inference Cost by 75x Using Qwen 3 for Merchant Data Extraction
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AI agents have officially arrived on an internet that simply wasn't built for them. So how do we build the infrastructure to keep them safe, productive, and contained? This week, Andrew sits down with Matt Boyle, Head of Product, Design and Engineering at Ona (formerly Gitpod), to discuss evolving cloud development environments into secure, enterprise-grade "agent jails." They explore the mechanics of Project Veto’s kernel-level security, the slow death of the traditional IDE, and how the rise of AI is transforming developers into full-stack, T-shaped product owners. Finally, Matt shares his vision for the future of the SDLC, detailing how organizations can safely balance strict compliance with the bleeding edge of autonomous software factories.

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• OpenAI pulls the plug on Sora video app, Disney deal
• Auto mode for Claude Code
• Coding After Coders: The End of Computer Programming as We Know It
• Microsoft's "Fix" for Windows 11: Flowers After the Beating
• POST: People, Operations, Strategy, Technology

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• AI-Powered Workflow Automations: Use AI-generated PR descriptions, smart routing, and other automations to reduce developer toil.
• MCP Server: Interact with your engineering data using natural language to build custom reports and get answers on the fly.