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The Pulse #122: DeepSeek rocks the tech industry
Almost unknown Chinese lab releases AI model that’s open, free, and as good as ChatGPT’s best models. Oh, and it’s also cheaper to operate. This has…
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Gergely Orosz
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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…
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Gergely Orosz
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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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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
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Addy Osmani
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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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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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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…
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Gergely Orosz
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Elin Nilsson
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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?
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Gergely Orosz
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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
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Gergely Orosz
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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…
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Gergely Orosz
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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
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Gergely Orosz
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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
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Gergely Orosz
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