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The Pulse #93: OpenAI makes Google dance
Google’s core search business has never been under as much threat as it is today – and the threat comes from OpenAI. Also: Google Cloud deletes a…
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Gergely Orosz
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Applied AI Software Engineering: RAG
Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) is a common building block of AI software engineering. A deep dive into what it is, its limitations, and some…
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Gergely Orosz
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Ross McNairn
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Getting an Engineering Executive Job
An overview of successful, tried-and-true routes into CTO, VPE, and Head of Engineering jobs, from the new book, ‘The Engineering Executive’s Primer’ by…
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Gergely Orosz
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The Pulse #92: GitHub’s AI-assisted developer workflow vision
Also: Google laying off engineers as their business is booming; a good period for startup fundraising and IPOs; and how WorkOS acquired devtools startup…
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Gergely Orosz
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April 2024

What is Security Engineering? Part 2.
A broad overview of the ever-developing security engineering field; 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
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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