JetBrains vs Sonar

AI Reduces Entry-Level Hiring in Software Development

A JetBrains survey of over 15,000 developers shows 90% use AI coding agents at least weekly. A Stanford study 'Canaries in the Coal Mine' reports a 20% decline in employment for software developers aged 22-25 in the US since late 2022, while experienced developers see growth. This trend worries the author, Dr. Volker Oshege, chairman of viadee, as it threatens the future talent pipeline. He argues that AI shifts bottlenecks to review capacity and guardrails, requiring human judgment. He advocates for mixed teams, buddy systems, and continuous training to ensure the workforce of 2036. The article is an opinion piece, not a news report, and contains no specific corporate announcements or financial data.

• A JetBrains survey found 90% of developers use AI coding agents at least weekly.
• A Stanford study shows a 20% employment decline for software developers aged 22-25 in the US since late 2022.
• The article is authored by Dr. Volker Oshege, chairman of viadee Unternehmensberatung AG.

A New Agentic Experience: JetBrains Air in IDEs – EAP Now Open

Last week, we shared our point of view on where we think agentic development is headed and introduced JetBrains' answer to it: JetBrains Air, an open system of products for agentic development. To…

Air Teams: Bring Your Best Agentic Workflows to the Whole Team – and Automate Repeatable Work

JetBrains announced Air Teams on September 28, 2026, as the team layer for agentic development, providing humans and agents with shared context, environments, tools, and instructions. Air Teams includes Automations for recurring tasks, shared cloud environments, cloud tasks that run independently of a developer's laptop, and team projects with roles and credits. It is available immediately to JetBrains business customers, with plans to expand access to individual customers later.

• JetBrains announced Air Teams on September 28, 2026, as the team layer for agentic development.
• Air Teams is immediately available to JetBrains business customers; individual customer access is planned later.
• Air Teams includes four components: Automations, shared cloud environments, cloud tasks, and team projects.

Sonar Extends Agentic Code Governance and Verification to Self-Managed Infrastructure

New press release dated September 29, 2026: Sonar Extends Agentic Code Governance and Verification to Self-Managed Infrastructure.

Sonar DNS Field Command Injection Fixed by Developer

A developer discovered a command injection vulnerability in the DNS custom resolver field of Sonar, a macOS network scanning tool. The field, which accepts user input for custom DNS servers like Pi-hole or NextDNS, was passed to a privileged command without proper validation, potentially allowing arbitrary code execution as root. The fix involved allowlisting input to only accept valid IP addresses, passing arguments as an array instead of a shell string, and narrowing the privileged interface. The article also details three other security fixes made during a full pass: moving API tokens from a plist to the Keychain, preventing CSV export formula injection, and implementing atomic writes to avoid data corruption.

• Sonar had a command injection vulnerability in its DNS resolver field.
• The vulnerability could allow running commands as root.
• The fix involves allowlisting IP addresses and using array arguments.