Industry trends

The Pulse #120: What does Salesforce’s software engineering hiring freeze mean?

Also: how an hour-long GitHub outage is a reminder of the real cost of reliability, what Cloudflare’s recruiting statistics say about the job market…

Jan 16 •

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.

Jan 9 •

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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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, 2024 •

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, 2024 •

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, 2024 •

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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, 2024 •

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, 2024 •

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, 2024 •

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, 2024 •

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 •

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, 2024 •

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