AI is not eliminating software engineering at all. What it is eliminating is low-leverage engineering work. The companies ...

Legendary software engineer Kent Beck says coders are at risk not only because of AI, but because of their lack of people ...

This year saw nearly every software tooling vendor incorporate (or plan to incorporate) a generative (genAI) “copilot” capability into their tools. And there’s good reason for them to do so, as ...

Mentorship and active learning remain essential as AI reshapes the junior developer experience. According to research firm Gartner, 80% of developers will need to upgrade their skills by 2027. Why?

If you truly want to avoid drowning in ‘AI slop,’ you need experienced engineers who can supervise the observability, testing, and review of all that AI-generated code. The backlash was inevitable.

Every evolution in software development has reduced the friction between an idea and a deployable application. AI may remove ...

Computer science and engineering students at the University of Washington, spooked about AI, returned from spring break last week to a surprising email from the department head. “I’m reaching out ...

Tariq Hook has been writing software code since the 1990s. “Nobody can say it hasn’t changed,” he told me. Currently both a staff software engineer and cofounder of an AI-forward custom software shop, ...