Changelog Master Feed It's a renaissance woman's world (Changelog & Friends #127)
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Feb 6, 2026 
Amal Hussein, director of software engineering at Istari and former JavaScript community leader, returns with life and leadership updates. She describes moving beyond the browser into aerospace infrastructure, digital twins, and a Blue Origin lunar-regolith demo. Conversation covers compliance, AI-assisted engineering, team craft, and scaling platform work in physical-world software.
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Databases Built For AI Agents
- Tiger Data argues databases should natively support AI agents by combining vectors, relational data, embeddings, and convo history in one engine.
- Agentic Postgres simplifies agent tooling by enabling direct DB interaction, hybrid search, and zero-copy forks for safe experiments.
Istari Helps Aerospace Engineers Collaborate
- Amal describes Istari as an infrastructure company for real-world engineers connecting disparate digital tools and data into one platform.
- The platform enables AI-driven workflows, compliance boundaries, and standard data extraction for industries like aerospace.
Moon Vacuum Case Study
- Amal recounts Blue Origin using Istari and NTOP to iterate a moon-regolith vacuum design much faster with AI pipelines.
- The workflow delivered faster iteration cycles, higher quality results, and major time savings for physical part design.
