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The Pulse #155: 5-day RTO looms for those at Big Tech?
Also: senior engineers might be more efficient with AI tools than juniors, Anthropic and Claude Code on a roll, and more.
Dec 4
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Gergely Orosz
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Being a founding engineer at an AI startup
Michelle Lim shares how to evaluate early-stage startup roles, negotiate equity, and grow into a high-impact founding engineer.
Dec 3
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Gergely Orosz
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A pragmatic guide to LLM evals for devs
Evals are a new toolset for any and all AI engineers – and software engineers should also know about them. Move from guesswork to a systematic…
Dec 2
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Gergely Orosz
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Hamel Husain
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November 2025
Code security for software engineers
Johannes Dahse, VP of Code Security at Sonar, breaks down where vulnerabilities really come from, how developers can prevent them, and how AI is…
Nov 26
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Gergely Orosz
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Holiday gift ideas for techies
Gift ideas and inspiration for the tech workers in your life (and maybe yourself) this holiday season
Nov 25
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Gergely Orosz
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Elin Nilsson
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The Pulse #154: Cloudflare takes down half the internet – but shares a great postmortem
Also: why it’s not practical to build for CDN redundancy, Google launches AI IDE Antigravity externally while using Jetski internally, more AI fakers…
Nov 20
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Gergely Orosz
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How AI will change software engineering – with Martin Fowler
Martin Fowler breaks down how AI is transforming software architecture and development, from refactoring and deterministic techniques to the timeless…
Nov 19
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Gergely Orosz
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Career paths for software engineers at large tech companies
Tactics for getting promoted to Levels 5, 6, and 7, and advice on when to make your move into management. Former Amazon VP, Ethan Evans, reveals what he…
Nov 18
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Gergely Orosz
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Ethan Evans
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The Pulse #153: Is Microsoft too early to agentic OS – like with smartphones?
Also: inside Cursor’s unique engineering culture, five AI fakers caught in one month by an employer, and more. Plus: early applications for The…
Nov 13
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Gergely Orosz
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Netflix’s Engineering Culture
Peek inside Netflix’s engineering culture with CTO Elizabeth Stone, as she shares how the company has no formal performance reviews, learns from…
Nov 12
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Gergely Orosz
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The Software Engineer’s Guidebook: a recap
Reflections on publishing The Software Engineer’s Guidebook two years ago, which has sold around 40,000 copies. Also: an unexpected trip to Mongolia to…
Nov 11
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Gergely Orosz
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The Pulse #152: Cursor and GitHub double down on agents
Also: AI-assisted interviews at Meta, pay for Directors of Engineering at VC-funded startups, and is OpenAI inflating the bubble? And more
Nov 6
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Gergely Orosz
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