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When AI writes almost all code, what happens to software engineering?
No longer a hypothetical question, this is a mega-trend set to hit the tech industry
 • Gergely Orosz
How Claude Code is built
A rare look into how the new, popular dev tool is built, and what it might mean for the future of software building with AI. Exclusive.
 • Gergely Orosz
AI fakers exposed in tech dev recruitment: postmortem
A full-remote security startup nearly hired a backend engineer who doesn’t exist, after a candidate used an AI filter as an on-screen disguise in video…
 • Gergely Orosz
State of the software engineering job market in 2024
A deep dive into job market trends, the companies and cities hiring the most software engineers, growth areas, and more. Exclusive data and charts
 • Gergely Orosz
Real-world engineering challenges: building Cursor
Cursor has grown 100x in load in just a year, sees 1M+ QPS for its data layer, and serves billions of code completions, daily. A deepdive into how it’s…
 • Gergely Orosz
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 former Meta Staff…
 • Gergely Orosz, Evan King, and Stefan Mai
Steve Yegge on AI Agents and the Future of Software Engineering
Steve Yegge on the 8 levels of AI adoption, why big companies may be doomed, and why he and many AI-adopters feel drained from using agents non-stop
 • Gergely Orosz
What are Forward Deployed Engineers, and why are they so in demand?
Startups and scaleups are on a hiring spree for a software engineering role pioneered by Palantir. A deepdive into this role, and why FDEs are so…
 • Gergely Orosz
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 to…
 • Gergely Orosz
The end of 0% interest rates: what the new normal means for software engineers
The end of 10+ years of 0% interest rates is set to change the tech industry. What do higher rates mean for software engineering jobs, developers, and…
 • Gergely Orosz
State of the software engineering job market in 2025, part 1, what the data says
A deepdive into today’s tech jobs market, with exclusive data on tech jobs, AI engineering, Big Tech recruitment, the growing importance of location…
 • Gergely Orosz
Why is Meta destroying its engineering organization?
Leadership at the social media giant has been on an AI-fueled rampage through its engineering org. We report what’s happened
 • Gergely Orosz
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