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In this episode, *Dr. Sanjiva Weerawarana* and *Asanka Abeysinghe* demystify what “agents” really are and why architects should care. They walk through core concepts and terminology—agents, agent loops, prompts, context, memory, RAG, tools, MCP, and skills—and discuss how agents observe, act, and evaluate. The conversation compares agents to traditional systems, explores where agents fit in modern architectures (including solo agents, agent-to-agent patterns, and multi-agent setups), and looks at orchestration challenges.

Cortex Code CLI is expanding capabilities to accelerate your enterprise data lifecycle inside Snowflake! Introducing dbt and Apache Airflow support, expanded model choice across Claude Opus 4.6, Sonnet 4.6, and GBT 5.2. New enterprise-grade governance controls, and a self-serve subscription option. See how Cortex Code CLI helps you ship workflows faster, integrate data systems, and build with confidence using natural language.

Our engineers Ben Boral and Balazs Hajagos have a look at the official release notes to see what's interesting in the latest Xcode beta (already available for use on Bitrise!). Bitrise provides a full-stack, vertically integrated mobile DevOps solution that unites the tools, processes and testing frameworks engineering teams need to build best-in-class mobile experiences. Over 400,000 developers use Bitrise’s products: Bitrise CI, Build Cache, Release Management, and Insights.