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Cross-platform mobile development
A deep dive into the most popular frameworks: React Native, Flutter, native-first, and web-based technologies, and how to pick the right approach
 • 
Gergely Orosz
, 
Elin Nilsson
, and 
Fatos Morina
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The Pulse #119: Are LLMs making StackOverflow irrelevant?
Also: Apple fires staff over fake charities scam, AI models just keep improving, a middle manager burnout possibly on the horizon, and more.
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Gergely Orosz
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Confessions of a Big Tech recruiter
In today’s episode of The Pragmatic Engineer, I’m joined by Blake Stockman, former tech recruiter at Google, Meta, Uber, and YC.
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Gergely Orosz
4
1:02:51
Bug management that works (Part 2)
Making time for bug fixing, dedicated ‘goalies’, preventing bugs, and how to create a culture quality-focused culture which minimizes them
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Gergely Orosz
 and 
Elin Nilsson
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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…
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Gergely Orosz
 and 
Addy Osmani
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December 2024

Wrapped: The Pragmatic Engineer in 2024
The year’s most-read articles, some personal favorites, and a look back at a busy year in tech
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Gergely Orosz
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Shipping projects at Big Tech with Sean Goedecke
In today’s episode of The Pragmatic Engineer, I’m joined by Sean Goedecke, Staff Software Engineer at GitHub.
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Gergely Orosz
59:16
How Shopify Built Its Live Globe for Black Friday
Shopify has built a surprisingly fun and engaging Black Friday / Cyber Monday visual tracker, simulating a spaceship's interior. A deepdive in how this…
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Gergely Orosz
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The Pulse #118: OpenAI shows why it’s the AI leader
Also: Devin doubles down on “AI software engineer” branding, court orders Automattic to undo unethical actions against WP Engine, and a possible middle…
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Gergely Orosz
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Notion: going native on iOS and Android
In today’s exciting episode of The Pragmatic Engineer, I am joined by two members of the Notion mobile apps team, Austin Louden and Karn Saheb.
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Gergely Orosz
5
1:20:36
Why my new audiobook “The Software Engineer's Guidebook” is everywhere except on Audible
The new audiobook of my latest title is published today, and it’s available almost everywhere – but not on the world’s biggest audiobook platform. Let…
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Gergely Orosz
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The Pulse #117: AWS gets serious about GenAI
Also: OpenAI exploring ads and military contracts, Vercel buys one-person code search startup, How the commercial sector regained lead in computing over…
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Gergely Orosz
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