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The Pulse: Forward deployed engineering heats up again
Also: a look into rising tech job losses, self-reporting 100% AI usage at big companies, vibe coding & agentic engineering merging, and more
May 14
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Gergely Orosz
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TypeScript, C# and Turbo Pascal with Anders Hejlsberg
Anders Hejlsberg reflects on building Turbo Pascal, C#, and TypeScript, and shares what AI may change about the future of software engineering.
May 13
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Gergely Orosz
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The Pulse: Did capacity shortages turn Anthropic hostile to devs?
Also: Amazon finally allows engineers to use Claude Code and Codex, Meta forcefully assigns engineers to data labelling work ahead of layoffs, more…
May 7
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Gergely Orosz
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Building Pi, and what makes self-modifying software so fascinating
Mario Zechner, creator of Pi, joins Armin Ronacher to explore AI coding’s limits, arguing that human judgment still matters most in an agent-driven…
Apr 29
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Gergely Orosz
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1:33:07
The Pulse: AI token spending out of control – what’s next?
Details from 15 tech companies on the rapid growth of token spend, and their responses to it. Also: AI vendors can’t keep up with demand, plummeting…
Apr 23
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Gergely Orosz
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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…
Apr 16
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Gergely Orosz
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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…
Apr 14
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Gergely Orosz
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Elin Nilsson
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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.
Apr 8
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Gergely Orosz
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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…
Apr 7
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Gergely Orosz
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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…
Mar 31
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Gergely Orosz
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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…
Mar 17
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Gergely Orosz
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From IDEs to AI Agents with Steve Yegge
Steve Yegge on how AI is reshaping software engineering, the rise of “vibe coding,” and why developers must adapt to a rapidly changing craft.
Mar 11
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Gergely Orosz
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