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Writing The Pragmatic Engineer (@pragmaticengineer.com), the #1 technology newsletter on Substack. Author of The Software Engineer's Guidebook (engguidebook.com). Formerly at Uber, Skype, Skyscanner. More at pragmaticengineer.com

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If you’ve ever opened Chrome DevTools, or optimized a page for Core Web Vitals, you’ve used software built by @addyosmani.bsky.social. We start from when he built a web...

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This is such a cool list, published by Brex, based on startups' newsletter spending patterns\. The Pragmatic Engineer one of the most frequently expensed newsletters, and it was,...

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It's now the second blog post in a day sent over by an early-stage VC-startup I tried to read, but could NOT, after a few sentences\. Verbose, weird\.\.\. AI-generated\. These...

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In 2025, it was rational to be skeptical about whether AI would change the future of software development\. In 2026, it's not, anymore: We talked about this with @charity\.wtf,...

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What I'm hearing from ~3 such stories: Meta went too far firing people\. They are now doing MASSIVE counter-offers like to those handing in resignations\. Some accept it, most...

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I’m used to AI slop on LinkedIn, but not to AI slop by folks with impressive professional background\. Saw a fully AI-written post from an ex-VPE at Microsoft \(15 years there\)...

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Bought a new Dyson fan, set it up connected to the Wifi, and then it suddenly turned off for minutes, unable to turn back on\. Turns out, it was spontaneously updating itself\....

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Interesting to see how any and all mid-sized and above companies who take the \"AI opportunity window\" seriously have all built their own internal agent platform and one or more...

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If you work in tech, you'll want to read the ~40-page short novel, Profession, by Isaac Asimov\. If the availability of intelligence was instant, and learning things the \"hard...

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Google Workspace's ads for paying customers could not get any more annoying I DO NOT USE AI AT ALL and I get upsells to \"expand my AI access\" WTH\. I want ZERO Gemini for my...

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Recent trend I'm hearing about: coaching demand for engineering leaders \(done by experienced eng leads offering paid coaching\) is picking up after the last ~2 years being pretty...

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@simon-hill\.bsky\.social hey Simon - ai cannot DM you but wanted to let you know someone is impersonating you on X\. Tried to report the account but cannot do so because the...

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Interesting to see so many apps / companies launching with the positioning to gather CONTEXT in a single space\. Pitches like: \"work is scattered across many apps / websites /...

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One of the easiest ways to stand out when writing or creating videos or posting: DONT\. USE\. AI\. Suddenly you sound distinctively different from 80%\+ ppl who do and output the...

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A senior software engineer identifying as a “creator” working at an e-commerce company sent an AI-written email, asking to recommend their Substack\. I checked out a few...

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There’s a popular theory that AI will finally make formal verification mainstream because mathematical proof of correctness will be needed when machines write most or all of the...

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So many interesting details\. Here's one: \"One thing I’ve heard from some people is “we have two humans and a bunch of agents\.” I reply that this isn’t where we’re at:...

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Interesting trend: CTO/ Head of Eng / VPE folks at startups and mid-sized companies are\.\.\. leaving / burning out\. Hiring for these roles is HARD, but even after filling the...

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Meta's performance review culture is becoming very problematic for its engineering culture\. I said this a month ago in @pragmaticengineer\.com \(screenshot \#1\), and Semi...

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From a friend who joined a fast-growth, later-stage startup: \"I was wondering why no one is doing PRDs here\. Then I realized that the Head of Product and most PMs are...

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