DeveloperWeek hit Santa Clara this week and, as expected, the buzz was all AI, all the time. Chinese firm DeepSeek flexed some serious muscle with a lean, efficient model that’s giving Western heavyweights a run for their GPUs.

That’s great if you’re rooting for more competition. But let’s not pretend these tools exist in a vacuum. My peeps in devops and security—you know the drill. Every new framework or model brings a wave of plugins, promises, and potential exploits. Don’t roll anything out because it’s new. Roll it out because it’s better and secure.

Bottom line? Innovation is great. Blind adoption? That’s how you get burned.