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Alibaba Cloud Developer

Mar 9, 2026 · Artificial Intelligence

How Alibaba’s AI Code Review Assistant Cuts NPE Bugs with Context‑Aware Agents

This article explains Alibaba Group’s AI‑driven code review benchmark, the agent‑based assistant that understands repository context, its real‑world impact on reducing null‑pointer exceptions, and how the open‑source AACR‑Bench dataset provides a multi‑language, context‑aware evaluation standard for AI code review.

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How Alibaba’s AI Code Review Assistant Cuts NPE Bugs with Context‑Aware Agents

Alibaba Cloud Developer

Mar 6, 2026 · Big Data

How DataWorks Turns Data Quality Rules into Code with Data Contracts

This article explains how DataWorks integrates data quality specifications directly into the SQL development workflow using Data Contracts, addressing governance lag, versioning gaps, and trust issues while providing a unified, version‑controlled, and automated quality assurance process for offline data pipelines.

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How DataWorks Turns Data Quality Rules into Code with Data Contracts

Alibaba Cloud Developer

Mar 5, 2026 · Artificial Intelligence

When Do AI Agent Skills Actually Add Value? A Deep Dive into Skills vs Commands vs Sub‑Agents

This article examines how the concept of Skills in AI agents evolves from a seemingly redundant feature in specialized coding tools to a crucial, reusable abstraction in enterprise‑level, multimodal agent platforms, outlining the scenarios where Skills shine and where they become unnecessary.

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When Do AI Agent Skills Actually Add Value? A Deep Dive into Skills vs Commands vs Sub‑Agents

Alibaba Cloud Developer

Mar 4, 2026 · Artificial Intelligence

Turning R&D Support into Scalable AI Agents: A Blueprint for Operable Knowledge

This article details how a fragmented, experience‑driven R&D support workflow was transformed into a sustainable, AI‑powered agent system by abstracting frequent queries into business Q&A and diagnostic capabilities, designing a four‑layer architecture, iterating prompt‑based implementations, and establishing a quality‑scored feedback loop for continuous improvement.

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Turning R&D Support into Scalable AI Agents: A Blueprint for Operable Knowledge

Alibaba Cloud Developer

Mar 2, 2026 · Artificial Intelligence

Why Spec Coding Beats Vibe Coding: Proven Practices for AI‑Assisted Development

The article examines the evolution of AI‑assisted programming in 2025, contrasts Vibe Coding with Spec Coding, outlines five core context‑engineering patterns, details the Skill vs. Subagent model, and presents a practical workflow system (kuspec) for building, initializing, and executing AI‑driven development tasks.

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Why Spec Coding Beats Vibe Coding: Proven Practices for AI‑Assisted Development

Alibaba Cloud Developer

Feb 27, 2026 · Databases

How DuckDB Compression Supercharges AliSQL Storage and Cuts MySQL Costs

AliSQL integrates DuckDB as its storage engine to achieve high‑density columnar compression and fast analytical scans, detailing DuckDB’s multi‑layer storage format, adaptive compression algorithm selection, performance benchmarks versus InnoDB, HBase, ClickHouse, OceanBase, and the engineering optimizations AliSQL adds for throughput and cost reduction.

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How DuckDB Compression Supercharges AliSQL Storage and Cuts MySQL Costs

Alibaba Cloud Developer

Feb 27, 2026 · Information Security

How ABACI AI Agent Automates Linux Kernel Fuzzing, Bug Attribution, and Patch Generation

The article presents ABACI, an AI‑driven kernel defect intelligent agent that automates the entire lifecycle of Linux kernel fuzzing, from test deployment and crash analysis to root‑cause bisect, fix‑bisect, and LLM‑generated patch creation, dramatically reducing manual effort and accelerating vulnerability remediation.

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How ABACI AI Agent Automates Linux Kernel Fuzzing, Bug Attribution, and Patch Generation

Alibaba Cloud Developer

Feb 26, 2026 · Artificial Intelligence

Why Function Calling, MCP, and Skills Matter for Modern AI Agents

This article explains the core concepts of Function Calling, Model Context Protocol (MCP), and Skills, showing how they build on each other to enable reliable tool use, reduce integration costs, and let users define complex workflows with natural language.

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Why Function Calling, MCP, and Skills Matter for Modern AI Agents

Alibaba Cloud Developer

Feb 25, 2026 · Artificial Intelligence

Why AI Agents Beat Traditional Code and Workflows: Exploring ReAct

This article compares traditional hard‑coded programming, visual workflow tools, and ReAct‑based AI agents, showing how agents let natural language drive decisions, reduce maintenance cost, and enable dynamic, user‑friendly solutions, with concrete code examples and a GitHub reference.

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Why AI Agents Beat Traditional Code and Workflows: Exploring ReAct

Alibaba Cloud Developer

Feb 24, 2026 · Artificial Intelligence

Master ReAct Agents: From Observation to Action with Real Code Examples

This article introduces the ReAct agent paradigm—combining reasoning and acting—explains its observation‑think‑act loop, showcases a step‑by‑step weather‑and‑clothing example, outlines essential components, provides pseudo‑code for the execution flow, and links to the Lynxe Func‑Agent framework on GitHub.

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Master ReAct Agents: From Observation to Action with Real Code Examples