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The Pulse: ‘Tokenmaxxing’ as a weird new trend
… which will probably be the shortest-lived trend because it’s so wasteful. Also: coding AI agent subsidies could be ending, Cal.com going closed source…
 • Gergely Orosz
The impact of AI on software engineers in 2026: key trends
Our AI tooling survey finds concerns about mounting AI costs, more engineers hitting usage limits, and AI tools having uneven effects upon different…
 • Gergely Orosz and Elin Nilsson
DHH’s new way of writing code
David Heinemeier Hansson shares why he shifted to an agent-first AI workflow, and what it means for how software is built and who builds it.
 • Gergely Orosz
1:46:14
Cycles of disruption in the tech industry: with software pioneers Kent Beck & Martin Fowler
Parallels between technology shifts in the past decades and what we’re seeing with AI. Also: ways to avoid burnout when working with AI agents, TDD back…
 • Gergely Orosz
The Pulse: Industry leaders return to coding with AI
Mark Zuckerberg and Garry Tan join the trend of C-level folks jumping back into coding with AI. Also: a bad week for Claude Code and GitHub, and more
 • Gergely Orosz
Scaling Uber with Thuan Pham (Uber’s first CTO)
Thuan Pham (Uber's first CTO) on scaling Uber from constant outages to global infrastructure, the shift to microservices and platform teams, and how AI…
 • Gergely Orosz
1:38:55

March 2026

What is inference engineering? Deepdive
Many engineers use inference daily, but inference engineering is a bit obscure – and an area rich with interesting challenges. Philip Kiely, author of…
 • Gergely Orosz
The Pulse: is GitHub still best for AI-native development?
Poor availability has dogged GitHub for months and raises questions about its status and focus. Plus, Microsoft promises Windows will not be…
 • Gergely Orosz
“How to be a 10x engineer” – interview with a standout dev
An interview with an engineer with no public GitHub contributions, setting clear boundaries – and yet not having needed to apply for positions when…
 • Gergely Orosz
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…
 • Gergely Orosz
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.
 • Gergely Orosz
1:10:36
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…
 • Gergely Orosz
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