A Software Engineering Manager in Dublin, Ireland.
The discourse around AI-assisted development has fixated on technical debt. Conference talks, blog posts, heated threads, all wringing hands over the maintainability of AI-generated code. They're worried about the wrong debt.
The folks over at incident sharing some nuggets on how to use Claude to help onboard new engineers
AI is making real difference to how I build software, but also the kind of features which are now possible
So it begins…
What are stacked PRs, and how can it make you a more productive software engineer?
Ryan Christoffel writing over at 9to5Mac As the examples above demonstrate, Apple is essentially moving toward turning the AirPods case into a modern version of the iPod nano. The sixth-generation nano looked a lot like the drawings Apple’s patent displays. Your future AirPods case may look a
Whoever is writing the content for the Ghost ActivityPub site is doing an amazing job of being brutally honest, informative and also hilarious. It’s hard to nail that trifecta, but they’re doing it well.
As you'd expect from a reporter like Zoë, an excellent little piece on the recent trend of companies adopting a "no politics at work" policy.
Love or hate Meta, Workplace was a totally different take on internal comms, and for that the team behind it can be justifiably proud of their work.
All New Atlas | Boston Dynamics We are unveiling the next generation of humanoid robots—a fully electric Atlas robot designed for real-world applications. The new Atlas builds on decades of… I swear that the only plausible reason for the design of Boston Dynamics robots is that they&
In what seems like a lifetime ago, I responded to a Quora post asking "What are some interesting facts about working at Facebook?". For reasons that are still somewhat unclear to me, it became the most viewed answer I ever gave on that site, still getting views to this day.
Matthew Haughey discusses his wishlist for a modern CMS.
The Verge's Nilay Patel is the most wonderful kind of troll when stuff gets under his skin. I love it.
Even in the physical world, when you see a bad user experience, it's nearly impossible to unsee.
Make better documents. - Anil Dash A blog about making culture. Since 1999. Anil Dash writing on his blog about the importance of being about to write well. And he’s not just talking about documenting the code you write, he touches on everything from spreadsheets to presentations to reports.