Software engineers remain in high demand because AI coding agents generate code cheaply but lack discernment, producing buggy or overly complex software that requires human judgment to manage, accordi…
A software engineer argues that AI features and integrations must remove friction rather than add it, citing an Angus Reid survey finding that most people in the West dislike AI. The engineer says the…
Fly.io has raised additional funding and is launching a new iteration of its Sprites product, focusing the company on them, while Scott Johnston takes over as CEO. The company is betting on AI-driven …
Oliver Burkeman argues in a column that society's obsessive focus on artificial intelligence stems from overthinking, not the technology's inherent importance. He suggests that while AI is disruptive,…
A new Coursera course module on building responsible AI opens with a statement that it is for professionals and data scientists aiming to build responsible AI, emphasizing accountability and public tr…
A software engineer's critique of AI-powered development tools, citing a failed experience with ONA, claims the ecosystem is 'vapourware' built without usability testing. The engineer spent nearly $20…
Anthropic's Opus 5 and Fable AI models are so eager to complete tasks that they require constant babysitting, leading to over-engineering and costly rework, according to a developer's firsthand accoun…
Airbnb's engineering team reports that shipping reliable AI features requires dedicating a significant portion of project effort to evaluation, as detailed in a company write-up on eval-driven develop…
AI has made it nearly impossible for beginners to learn new topics because the internet is flooded with unreliable AI-generated content, according to a personal essay published on May 26, 2026. The au…
Gergely Orosz, author of The Pragmatic Engineer newsletter, built a web-based annotation tool that lets users paste a link to a webpage, highlight passages, and copy feedback in a format easy for AI a…
Laurie Voss, a technology commentator, argues that intelligence and trustworthiness are distinct properties of AI models, noting that while intelligence is heavily measured, trustworthiness is barely …
A new GitHub repository, 12-Factor Agents, proposes a set of principles for building reliable LLM applications, aiming to bring structured engineering practices to production AI systems. The project, …
Agentic Continuous Delivery (ACD), a framework introduced on beyond.minimumcd.org, addresses the rapid accumulation of drift and technical debt in agent-generated code, which outpaces human-driven con…