How good engineers write bad code at big companies
Every couple of years somebody notices that large tech companies sometimes produce surprisingly sloppy code. If you haven’t worked at…
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Tips for stroke-surviving software engineers
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Distracting software engineers is way more harmful than most managers think
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Asked to do something illegal at work? Here’s what these software engineers did
Update on 2 Oct 2025: back in 2021, Charlie Javice, CEO of student loan startup Frank pressured a software engineer…
Coinbase CEO explains why he fired engineers who didn’t try AI immediately
It’s hard to find programmers these days who aren’t using AI coding assistants in some capacity, especially to write the…
No, AI is not Making Engineers 10x as Productive
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Why LLMs Can’t Really Build Software
One of the things I have spent a lot of time doing is interviewing software engineers. This is obviously a…