Weekly Intelligence Report

Week of January 5, 2026

2 developer adoption shifts detected for the week of January 5, 2026.

Shift #1

npm Downloads surge: Instructor, Braintrust, Helicone

npm Downloads shifts: Instructor up 488% (3,549 from 604); Braintrust up 125% (1,596,309 from 708,244); Helicone up 85% (5,614 from 3,030).

View Instructor →View Braintrust →View Helicone →

Shift #2

PyPI Downloads surge: Cerebras, Helicone, Scale AI

PyPI Downloads shifts: Cerebras up 337% (1,267,016 from 290,151); Helicone up 150% (2,760 from 1,106); Scale AI up 125% (50,910 from 22,676).

View Cerebras →View Helicone →View Scale-ai →

Methodology

Adoption signals sourced from PyPI and npm download registries using 30-day rolling windows. Community signals from Hacker News API. All data collected and computed daily.

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