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about.gitlab.com

When code is abundant

Producing code is getting cheap. Trusting it is not. Why enterprises need a durable layer of context, verification, and governance around AI.

ilyabirman.net

Vibe coding and quality

Just last year, vibe coding seemed like a toy. Today I think that high quality is achievable only through vibe coding

sunilpai.dev

The task isn’t the job

A new role, and some questions I want to build my way through.

play.ertdfgcvb.xyz

Play

A browser-based live-code environment with text-only output.

blog.ronbronson.com

Agent experience needs failure affordances

A system that operates with some autonomy needs a way to tell the rest of the system when ordinary control is no longer adequate.

eigendrum.com

Eigendrum

Draw any shape and hear it as a drum. Every frequency is solved from your outline with finite elements, never sampled.

blog.florianherrengt.com

AI is removing the middle class of software engineering

The economic shift that values human architectural judgment over execution speed.

2026.stateofcss.com

State of CSS 2026

The results are in. Developer adoption across modern CSS features—empirical data on layout practices and usage.

blog.senko.net

“Code was never the hard part” is an insult to all programmers

The software development profession is in the midst of upheaval. And there's a gross insult to all programmers everywhere.

martin.janiczek.cz

Systems and delays

Where delays are shown to be counterintuitive.

stackoverflow.blog

Developers are attached to tools because tools encode trust

If your kitchen knife kept changing shape, weight, and edge, you’d have to relearn it every time.

dylancastillo.co

Are AI labs pelicanmaxxing?

Generating 1,000+ SVGs across 7 frontier models to test whether AI labs are training on Simon Willison’s pelican-riding-a-bicycle benchmark.

survey.devographics.com

State of Devs 2026

Take the survey and help map all the aspects of a developer's life that are not code, especially as AI starts disrupting the very nature of our jobs.

cassidoo.co

A simple clustering algorithm for lists

I nerd-sniped myself deeply when sorting baby toys and came up with a fun pattern for doing so.

seangoedecke.com

You don’t have to be smart if you can think clearly

Why structured deduction stabilizes engineering performance under complex constraints.

jstools.space

How to design URLs

Design readable, stable URLs and choose correctly between route paths, query parameters, and fragments in modern web applications.

youtube.com

The Java Story (official doc)

Java's journey is one of radical innovation, strategic pivots, and enduring community strength.

olliewilliams.xyz

Do we still need build tools?

How necessary are build tools for frontend development in 2026? Let’s take a look.

stevekrouse.com

Learning to code is still worthwhile

Code is possibly the best medium to learn mathematics, and meta-skills for learning in general.

seldo.com

AI has torched the market for junior programmers

Junior programming roles are getting destroyed by AI. Meanwhile, millions of non-developers are shipping real software without the job title.