Bookmarks tagged “tech”
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Code Is Cheap Now. Software Isn’t.
The barrier to entry for building software has collapsed. The barrier to building something that matters hasn’t moved an inch.
The Strange Case of Engineers Who Dismiss AI
Some engineers dismiss AI coding tools as ‘garbage’ without trying modern versions. Their outdated opinions are costing them.
The Suck Is Why We're Here | nik.art
On a catchup call, I told my friend Nick Wignall how someone had trained an AI model to write blog posts in my style. It was a pure research exercise on their part. The idea was to train the tool on my past work, then give it the headlines and opening paragraphs of my 2025 […]
Vibe-Coded Is the New "Made in China" | Gabriel Afonso
Why does admitting a project is vibe-coded trigger instant skepticism? A look at what the label signals, why the distrust makes sense, and what chess surviving Deep Blue tells us about where this might be heading.
The Next Two Years of Software Engineering
Exploring five critical questions shaping software engineering through 2026, with contrasting scenarios for each. These lenses help prepare for the evolving ...
Attention Is Bayesian Inference
My journey from building cricket bots to building “wind tunnels” with my collaborators — and finding the answer hidden in geometry.
Documents: The architect’s programming language - Stack Overflow
A Year Of Vibes
A personal recap of 2025 and a year of a new style of engineering.
AI vs Gen Z: How AI has changed the career pathway for junior developers - Stack Overflow
For promising Gen Z students, a career as a software developer seemed like the golden ticket to career stability and success. But in the age of AI, the career promise for Gen Z software developers is gone.
Whether AI is a bubble or revolution, how does software survive? - Stack Overflow
Money is pouring into the AI industry. Will software survive the disruption it causes?
The Great Unracking: Saying goodbye to the servers at our physical datacenter - Stack Overflow
So long and thanks for all the bits!
Making your code base better will make your code coverage worse - Stack Overflow
Maintaining a minimum of 80% code coverage affects code decisions and not always for the better.
At AWS re:Invent, the news was agents, but the focus was developers - Stack Overflow
Four days, 60,000 developers, and AI-generated perfume. The re:Invent that was.
When AI writes almost all code, what happens to software engineering?
No longer a hypothetical question, this is a mega-trend set to hit the tech industry
A brief history of Times New Roman | Typography for Lawyers
Typography for Lawyers
Developers, Your Job Is Not To Write Code
The advice I've consistently given to developers who want to grow might seem counter-intuitive, but it's always held true for me—the first step to being a great developer is recognizing that your job is not to write code.
How To Care About Your Job When It Doesn't Care About You
We all want to do awesome things and make an impact at work. However, what we call “work” is a relationship between employer and employee that's inherently and persistently designed to benefit the former over the latter. How do we meaningfully contribute, earn a living, and maybe
Programmers and software developers lost the plot on naming their tools
This post was discussed in HackerNews, Lobsters, and r/coding. You can check also my response to some comments.
4 billion if statements
I recently stumbled upon this screenshot while researching social media on the train. Of course, it was followed by a cascade of spiteful comments, criticizing this fresh programmer’s attempt to solve a classical problem in computer science. The modulus operation.
10 Smart Performance Hacks For Faster Python Code | The PyCharm Blog
Learn practical optimization hacks, from data structures to built-in modules, that boost speed, reduce overhead, and keep your Python code clean.