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Working at Amazon as a software engineer – with Dave Anderson
Dave Anderson, formerly Tech Director at Amazon, shares an inside look at Amazon's engineering culture—from hiring and promotions to team autonomy and…
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Gergely Orosz
1:27:40
Tech hiring: is this an inflection point?
We might be seeing the end of remote interviews as we know them, and a return of in-person interviews, trial weeks and longer trial periods. Could…
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Gergely Orosz
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The Pulse #130: Google releases AI-powered IDE
Also: Git turns 20, a new trend of AI cost saving pressure at developer agencies, John Carmack on how LLMs will impact the industry, and more
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Gergely Orosz
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The Philosophy of Software Design – with John Ousterhout
Stanford professor John Ousterhout explains why thoughtful software design matters more than ever as AI tools transform coding practices and developer…
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Gergely Orosz
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1:21:22
MCP Protocol: a new AI dev tools building block
The Model Context Protocol - that extends IDEs’ AI capabilities - is gaining rapid popularity. Why is this, and why should us developers pay attention…
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Gergely Orosz
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The Pulse #129: new trend of EMs quitting to be startup founders using AI
Also: Trump tariffs to hit tech, Gemini Pro 2.5 might be the best coding model yet, tips on using LLMs to code, and leaked startup recruitment…
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Gergely Orosz
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Stacked diffs and tooling at Meta with Tomas Reimers
Tomas Reimers, ex-Meta engineer and Graphite co-founder, shares how Meta’s custom developer tools pioneered practices like stacked diffs and…
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Gergely Orosz
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1:13:14
The Reality of Tech Interviews in 2025
Interview processes are changing in a tech market that’s both cooling AND heating up at the same time. A deepdive with Hello Interview founders, Evan…
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Gergely Orosz
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Evan King
, and 
Stefan Mai
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March 2025

The Pulse #128: Mishandled security vulnerability in Next.js
Cloudflare stepped up to deliver a fix for the vulnerability, following unexpected silence from the Next.js team. Also: OpenAI’s new image generation…
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Gergely Orosz
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Building Figma Slides with Noah Finer and Jonathan Kaufman
Figma engineers Jonathan Kaufman and Noah Finer share how they built Figma Slides from a hackathon project into a polished product, covering key…
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Gergely Orosz
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AI Engineering in the real world
What does AI engineering look like in practice? Hands-on examples and learnings from software engineers turned “AI engineers” at seven companies
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Gergely Orosz
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What is Growth Engineering?
A deep dive into the field of growth engineering, which is often positioned between product engineering and marketing. With former head of growth…
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Gergely Orosz
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Alexey Komissarouk
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