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AI Tooling for Software Engineers in 2026
Claude Code dominates tool usage, leaders are more positive about AI than engineers, staff+ engineers are the biggest users of AI agents, and more…
Mar 3
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Gergely Orosz
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Elin Nilsson
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The Pulse: Is the FDE role becoming less desirable?
Also: AI-agent generated pull requests cause headaches for large open source projects, OpenAI acquires the creator of uv, a sudden Cursor price hike…
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Gergely Orosz
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Building WhatsApp with Jean Lee
Jean Lee, engineer #19 at WhatsApp, on scaling the app with a tiny team, the Facebook acquisition, and what it reveals about the future of engineering.
Mar 18
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Gergely Orosz
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Are AI agents actually slowing us down?
As more software engineers use AI agents daily, there’s also more sloppy software, outages, quality issues, and even a slowdown in shipping velocity…
Mar 17
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Gergely Orosz
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The Pulse: What will the Staff Engineer role look like in 2027 and beyond?
Also: new trend of token costs becoming a worry for CTOs, 10% cuts at Atlassian, and more.
Mar 12
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Gergely Orosz
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From IDEs to AI Agents with Steve Yegge
Steve Yegge on how AI is reshaping software engineering, the rise of “vibe coding,” and why developers must adapt to a rapidly changing craft.
Mar 11
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Gergely Orosz
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How Uber uses AI for development: inside look
How Uber built Minion, Shepherd, uReview, and other internal agentic AI tools. Also, new challenges in rolling out AI tools, like more platform…
Mar 10
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Gergely Orosz
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The Pulse: AWS region knocked offline by drone attack in historic first
Also: 40% job cuts at Block “not due to AI”, Antigravity bans reinforce Google’s disdain for paying customers, and more
Mar 5
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Gergely Orosz
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