The Pragmatic Engineer
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Software correctness and supply chain security discussed with engineer Sean Allen
Sean Allen, a distinguished engineer at Antithesis, discussed software correctness and supply chain security in a recent interview. He highlighted the benefits of strongly-typed languages like those in the ML family for…
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Scaling Slack and GitHub: Insights from Engineer Maude Lemaire
Maude Lemaire, a principal engineer with experience at Slack and GitHub, discussed the challenges of scaling large software products. She shared insights on how Slack managed its growing user base and implemented strate…
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AI revolutionizes software engineering, boosting output and redefining legacy system modernization
Software engineering practices are undergoing a significant transformation, driven by the integration of AI. One engineer reported a tenfold increase in shipped code, moving from 8-20 pull requests per month to over 200…
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Google engineer Titus Winters on refactoring 250M+ lines of C++ code
Titus Winters, formerly of Google and now at Adobe, discusses his experiences with large-scale code refactoring and the evolution of software engineering education. He highlights a massive 2010 refactoring effort at Goo…
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Engineering management rules revised, middle management path uncertain
Will Larson, CTO of Imprint and author of several books on engineering leadership, discussed the evolving landscape of engineering management. He noted a shift away from practices common in the low-interest-rate era tow…
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AI coding agents improve with curated context, says distributed systems engineer
Cindy Sridharan, a distributed systems engineer, shared methods for improving AI coding agent performance. She suggests providing agents with extensive context, including programming books, blogs, and code from respecte…
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Nvidia employees pay for cafeteria meals despite $5.6 trillion valuation
Despite its status as the world's most valuable company, Nvidia requires its employees to pay for cafeteria meals, a policy that has been in place for over a decade. This contrasts with many other major tech firms like …
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Tech companies embrace internal 'vibe-coding' apps for employee tools
A new trend is emerging where mid-sized tech companies are developing internal applications aimed at improving employee morale and productivity, often referred to as "vibe-coding apps." Companies like Ramp and Stripe ha…
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Microservices expert Sam Newman discusses resilient systems and AI's impact
Sam Newman, author of "Building Microservices," discussed his views on microservices as an architecture of last resort in a recent episode of The Pragmatic Engineer podcast. He shared insights into common adoption pitfa…
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Author finds AI coding future depressing due to consolidation and irresponsibility
Gergely Orosz believes that LLM/Agent coding is the inevitable future of the tech industry, a prospect the author finds depressing due to environmental and IP concerns. The author criticizes the consolidation of data an…
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AI accelerates unprecedented change in tech industry, altering coding practices
The tech industry is undergoing unprecedented change driven by AI, with engineering leaders noting a significant acceleration in the pace of innovation. Many engineers are no longer writing code manually, instead relyin…
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AI agents drive new CPU shortages, following GPU and memory scarcity
A new trend of CPU shortages is emerging, following earlier shortages of GPUs and memory driven by AI companies. This latest scarcity is attributed to AI agents that increasingly utilize CPUs for tasks involving tool us…
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The Pragmatic Engineer Newsletter Marks Five Years of Growth
The Pragmatic Engineer newsletter is celebrating its five-year anniversary, having grown from a niche publication about software engineering to a widely-read platform with over 1.1 million readers and tens of thousands …
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AI Migrations Pose Complex Challenges, The Pragmatic Engineer Reports
The Pragmatic Engineer's "The Pulse" newsletter discusses the challenges and complexities of migrating data and services in the context of artificial intelligence development. The discussion highlights the need for care…
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Casey Muratori champions software performance amid industry neglect
Casey Muratori, a programmer and game developer known for Handmade Hero and his Substack 'Computer, Enhance.', argues that software performance is critically important but widely ignored by the industry. In a podcast di…
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AI accelerates tech migrations, challenges Gartner rankings
The Pragmatic Engineer's latest newsletter discusses the evolving roles of VPE and CTO in the rapidly changing tech industry. It highlights how AI is significantly accelerating framework migrations for companies like As…
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Grok CLI vulnerability exposed local files to cloud upload
A security vulnerability was discovered in Grok's command-line interface (CLI) that caused it to upload all local files to the cloud. The issue was reported on Mastodon and detailed in a blog post by The Pragmatic Engin…
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Charity Majors: AI is a generational shift for software development
Charity Majors, CTO of Honeycomb, has evolved her perspective on AI's impact on software development, moving from skepticism to recognizing it as a generational change. Initially, she saw AI as having a significant impa…
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Websites fail to grant explicit AI content reuse licenses
A recent audit of ten websites revealed that eight of them do not grant explicit permission for commercial reuse of their content, despite some having permissive robots.txt files. The author distinguishes between a robo…
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Optiver prioritizes AI and low-latency engineering for trading edge
Proprietary trading firm Optiver prioritizes software engineering excellence, focusing on minimizing latency and developing advanced AI models to gain a competitive edge. Unlike typical tech companies, Optiver's interna…