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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…
Mar 11 • 
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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
Oct 22, 2024 • 
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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…
Jan 30, 2024 • 
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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…
Apr 8 • 
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How AI-assisted coding will change software engineering: hard truths
A field guide that also covers why we need to rethink our expectations, and what software engineering really is. A guest post by software engineer and…
Jan 5 • 
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Addy Osmani
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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…
Jun 10 • 
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Vibe Coding as a software engineer
There’s a lot of talk about “vibe coding”, but is it just a vague term for prototyping, or could vibes change how we build software?
Jun 3 • 
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Elin Nilsson
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Measuring developer productivity? A response to McKinsey
The consulting firm came up with a methodology they claim can measure software developer productivity. But that measurement comes at a high price – and…
Aug 29, 2023 • 
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Kent Beck
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AI Engineering in the real world
What does AI engineering look like in practice? Hands-on examples and learnings from software engineers turned “AI engineers” at seven companies
Mar 25 • 
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Microsoft is dogfooding AI dev tools’ future
Impressions from a week in Seattle, at Microsoft’s annual developer conference. Microsoft is eating its own dogfood with Copilot – and it’s not tasty
May 27 • 
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The Trimodal Nature of Tech Compensation Revisited
Why does a similar position have 2-4x compensation differences, in the same market? A closer look at the trimodal model I published in 2021. More data…
Jul 2, 2024 • 
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State of the startup and scaleup hiring markets in 2025 – as seen by recruiters
More startups and scaleups are hiring engineers and engineering leaders. Advice for tech professionals on how to get noticed by specialist recruitment…
Feb 18 • 
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