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The Pulse: Meta’s self-inflicted resignation-wave
The social media giant is offering $1M+ retainer equity grants to staff who are leaving: and even this is not effective. Also: is Grok Bot the “OpenClaw…
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Stop being skeptical about AI for development with Charity Majors
In 2025, it was rational to be skeptical about AI. In 2026, it's not, anymore. With Charity Majors, CTO and co-founder of Honeycomb.
Aug 12
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Software engineering at a proprietary trading company: Optiver
Building better AI models getting more focus than lower latency, owning the full stack from applications to building custom hardware, very different…
Aug 11
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Ivan Klaric
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Jesse Spevack
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July 2026
Formal methods with Hillel Wayne
Hillel Wayne explains why formal methods like TLA+ matter, how they help build reliable software, and whether AI will finally bring formal verification…
Jul 29
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Gergely Orosz
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How building software is changing at Anthropic
A deepdive on what’s changed in how the leading AI lab makes software. Ever more code review and testing is done by AI, two-pizza teams very much alive…
Jul 28
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The Pulse: Quitting Spotify Podcasts over reliability
Also: Chinese open models match closed ones from Anthropic and OpenAI, AWS’s “heart-attack” billing error, and more
Jul 23
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Gergely Orosz
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Pushing software engineering limits with “napkin math”
Turbopuffer cofounder Simon Eskildsen on the benefits of longer tenure, using first principles to build durable software – and why founders should be…
Jul 21
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Gergely Orosz
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The Pulse: Grok’s CLI caught uploading all your local files to the cloud
Also: engineering leaders concerned about continued increase in code review load, devs at enterprises surprised by high enterprise pricing, and more
Jul 16
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Gergely Orosz
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Context engineering with Dex Horthy
Context engineering is increasingly table stakes when building with AI. Dex Horthy coined the term "context engineering," and walks us through things…
Jul 15
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Gergely Orosz
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What is “loop engineering?”
There’s talk about loop engineering, but what is it exactly? I looked into it, and found triggers, cron jobs, AI slop & more. Is it a “here today, gone…
Jul 14
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The Pulse: What can we learn from Bun’s rapid Rust rewrite with AI?
A rewrite done in 11 days that would have taken a small team a year to complete, for $165K in tokens. Also: coding LLM “wars” heat up, AI fakers from…
Jul 9
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The Pragmatic Engineer AMA
In this AMA episode, I answer listener questions on AI, engineering, hiring, and careers.
Jul 8
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