Venture capitalists may be more eager to fund low-code products than you are to hear about them, Dear Reader.  But you may still want to know that Oracle is making life even easier for citizen developers by offering its low-code APEX platform as a standalone managed cloud service.  It was previously available only as part of the Oracle database.

It barely feels like news when industry giants add AI features, since that’s what they’re expected to do. But lots of people use their products, so their announcements are probably of higher interest than most. With that in mind, let’s note that Adobe has just announced general availability of agents for audience creation, journey orchestration, experimentation, journey insights, website optimization and agent support.