Industry trends

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…

Dec 12 •

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…

Dec 5 •

How GenAI is reshaping tech hiring

Large language models are forcing tech hiring managers to adapt software engineering interview processes, fast. We look into how this is happening, and…

Dec 3 •

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IDEs with GenAI features that Software Engineers love

AI-first IDEs like Cursor, WindSurf, Zed and others, are challenging Visual Studio Code’s dominance. What’s making devs switch over?

Nov 26 •

The Pulse #116: Netflix sets live streaming world record with boxing match

Also: why some late-stage companies don’t want to go public, possible crackdown on low-output remote engineers, and more

Nov 21 •

The Pulse #113: Engineering culture at Google vs Meta

Also: AI now generates 25% of code at Google; Deep cuts at profitable companies like Dropbox and Miro; Business booming at the likes of Google, Meta and…

Oct 31 •

The Pulse #112: Similarities between AI bots using a computer and end-to-end testing

Also: Automated reasoning proves system correctness at AWS, Winamp code shows why software licenses are important, and more

Oct 24 •

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 •

The Pulse #110: VC-funded companies acting more like bootstrapped ones?

Also: first-ever double Nobel Prize wins for AI research, and an interesting cloud platform price comparison startup built on a budget

Oct 10 •

Efficient scaleups in 2024 vs 2021: Sourcegraph (with CEO & Co-founder Quinn Slack)

On today’s episode of The Pragmatic Engineer, I’m joined by Quinn Slack, CEO and co-founder of Sourcegraph, a leading code search and intelligence…

Oct 9 •

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The Pulse #108: Elasticsearch unexpectedly goes open source again

Also: Amazon cuts the number of managers, engineers critiquing YouTube’s biggest critic, and key people keep quitting OpenAI.

Sep 26 •

The Pulse #105: More trad tech companies to move off the public cloud?

Also: CockroachDB joins the trend of going from open source to proprietary license, a software glitch nearly floods Amsterdam, and more.

Sep 5 •

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