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The end of 0% interest rates: what the new normal means for software engineers
The end of 10+ years of 0% interest rates is set to change the tech industry. What do higher rates mean for software engineering jobs, developers, and…
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Gergely Orosz
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The Pulse #91: The end of US non-competes within sight?
Also: the Humane AI pin flop and how it relates to the “AI goldrush,” and a look at whether developers will move from Redis to Valkey after a license…
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Gergely Orosz
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Building Bluesky: a Distributed Social Network (Real-World Engineering Challenges)
Bluesky is built by around 10 engineers, and has amassed 5 million users since publicly launching in February this year. A deep dive into novel design…
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Gergely Orosz
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Elin Nilsson
The Pulse #90: Devin reversing ambitious claims
The “world’s first AI developer” tones down expectations and has been outperformed by an open source tool. Also: hiring upticks at Big Tech; a very…
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Gergely Orosz
What is Security Engineering? Part 1.
A deep dive into the ever-changing field of security engineering; a domain that can feel intimidating to some software engineers. With Nielet D'Mello…
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Gergely Orosz
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Nielet D'mello
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The Pulse #89: The end of Hopin
In only 5 years, Hopin went from zero to a $7.7B valuation, and back to zero again. Also: Bending Spoons’ startup acquisition model, hiring upticks at…
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Gergely Orosz
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What Changed in 50 Years of Computing: Part 2
How has the classic book on software engineering, ‘The Mythical Man-Month,’ aged with time, and how have architecture approaches and tech org structures…
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Gergely Orosz
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The Pulse #88: are we at peak AI hype?
Several signs are pointing that we’ve hit the peak of this AI hype cycle: that things could cool down soon enough. Also: the sudden license change at…
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Gergely Orosz
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