A software engineering team's shift to optional code reviews after April, combined with AI coding agents, caused review counts to drop to almost zero and let "passable" one-off agent implementations b…
A 2-month experiment on one engineering team at Weave OS found that engineers who deliberately slowed down to improve coding agent output were 2.1x more productive than the average team, with no quali…
The software engineering industry is divided between 'builders' who prioritize rapid shipping and customer impact using AI tools, and 'keepers' who emphasize code quality and maintainability. This con…
Experienced engineering managers often stall their careers by mistaking titles for impact, equating team size with success, and applying past strategies to new contexts without adaptation, according t…
A staff engineer at an unnamed company built an AI code reviewer that mines three years of team PR comments to generate feedback in each engineer's voice, addressing the bottleneck of code review in t…
A growing phenomenon called 'cognitive surrender' is plaguing software engineering teams, where developers approve AI-generated code without understanding it, leading to a viral Reddit post and warnin…
Meticulous, a startup offering automated UI testing from real user sessions, is highlighted as a solution to flaky tests. The author, an engineer, shares insights from three months in a greenfield tea…
An engineering manager with 15 years of experience describes the current period as the most chaotic of their career, citing rapid director changes, shifting projects, AI-driven executive expectations,…
Engineering teams that fix root causes rather than patching issues build lasting excellence, according to a manager with 15+ years in tech. The article contrasts 'okay' teams that repeatedly patch the…