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Tech companies are building their cloud development environments (CDEs) and dozens of vendors are launching their offerings. But why now? An overview of…

Sep 5

Also: growth slowing at Adyen; McKinsey now selling developer productivity measurement; and why it’s so hard to build the “developer cloud.”

Aug 24

Also: details behind the salary bands at Wise; Hopin selling its events tech business; Startup shutdowns trending up; and Uber posting its first…

Aug 3

Hiring managers and experienced engineers at more than 50 companies share how they observe the hiring market changing. Insights from the US, EU, UK and…

Aug 1

Software engineers at large tech companies are developing less locally, and more with remote dev environments. But what is the idea behind CDEs and how…

Jun 27

Reflecting on the tech market from compensation, VC funding and RTO dimensions. What are the fundamental shifts happening that we’ve not seen in more…

Jun 20

Also: pay rises at Shopify, potential buyers of Lyft, and advice on how to split compensation between cash and stock

Jun 8

Also: Shopify’s deep cuts, Microsoft’s reduced compensation targets, and senior engineer salaries trending downwards in Ukraine.

May 11

Also: Stripe’s massive monorepos, Amazon’s ChatGPT guidance, and has Twitter fired too many people?

Apr 13

Also: works councils at tech companies in Europe, and disappointing equity refreshers at Twitter.

Mar 30

Also: Amazon’s job cuts deepen; pay transparency changes in the US; and the answer on why Dollar Shave Club was down for 8 days straight.

Mar 23

Also: Amazon doubling down on RTO. And is ChatGPT causing panic within Big Tech?

Mar 16

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