# Packt Deep Engineering Deep Engineering is a weekly newsletter for developers and software architects featuring expert-led insights, deep dives into modern systems, and clear thinking on real-world software design. Page: Feed: --- ## [Forward Deployed Engineer Jobs Are Out There. Hiring Is Harder Than The Postings Suggest](https://deepengineering.net/p/forward-deployed-engineer-jobs-hiring) _2026-08-18 · Saqib Jan_ Forward deployed engineer postings rose 729 percent in April 2026. Three leaders explain when to hire FDEs, how to structure the team, and what holds good ones. ## [Deep Engineering #59: Lieven De Cock on C++ Coroutines as a Build-It-Yourself Kit](https://deepengineering.net/p/issue-59-cpp-coroutines-build-it-yourself-kit) _2026-08-13 · Saqib Jan_ The promise type, the coroutine handle, and why the boilerplate belongs in a library rather than your codebase ## [Building a C++ Coroutine by Hand, and Why You Probably Should Not](https://deepengineering.net/p/cpp-coroutines-promise-type-lieven-de-cock) _2026-08-12 · Lieven de Cock_ Lieven De Cock builds three C++20 coroutines from scratch, from the promise type and coroutine handle up to Boost.Asio, and explains why std::generator and library support should do most of this work for you. ## [Deep Engineering #58: Sebastian Hassinger on Where Quantum Progress is Real](https://deepengineering.net/p/issue-58-sebastian-hassinger-qubit-counts) _2026-08-06 · Saqib Jan_ On why qubit counts measure register size rather than capability, what code distance reveals that a headline number hides, and where quantum computing delivers first. ## [Materials Science Gets Real Value From Quantum Before Anything Else](https://deepengineering.net/p/materials-science-first-real-quantum-value) _2026-08-06 · Saqib Jan_ Why materials science and small molecule chemistry reach real quantum value first, what higher fidelity simulation changes for drug discovery, and why optimization and cryptography wait. ## [Eighty Years of Boolean Thinking Is the Real Barrier to Quantum Adoption](https://deepengineering.net/p/boolean-thinking-barrier-quantum-adoption) _2026-08-06 · Saqib Jan_ Why building quantum intuition inside an engineering organization takes years, what the JPMorgan research model gets right, and where to put effort before the hardware matures. ## [Quantum Computing Beyond the Hype with Sebastian Hassinger](https://deepengineering.net/p/quantum-computing-beyond-the-hype-sebastian-hassinger) _2026-08-05 · Saqib Jan_ How to tell genuine quantum progress from hype, why qubit count misleads, where the technology delivers value first, and how a classical developer starts. ## [Python Developers Can Learn Quantum Computing by Fixing Bugs](https://deepengineering.net/p/python-developers-can-learn-quantum-computing-by-fixing-bugs) _2026-08-05 · Saqib Jan_ How a working software developer gets into quantum computing through Python SDKs like Qiskit and Braket, open source contribution, and error mitigation frameworks. ## [Deep Engineering #57: Rory Preddy on Cutting Agent Costs Without Ranking Engineers](https://deepengineering.net/p/issue-57-cutting-agent-costs-without-ranking-engineers-rory-preddy) _2026-07-30 · Saqib Jan_ Rory Preddy of Microsoft and GitHub argues cost discipline belongs in agent profiles and per-session spend caps, not in per-engineer token leaderboards. ## [Open directory of blogs for agents (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/aUuQIa5b386U) _2026-07-30 · **Sponsored**_ Submit URLs or OPML; receive feed pages with summaries, plus JSON/OPML/plain text ## [I burned 51 million tokens on one merge conflict, and the model was not the problem](https://deepengineering.net/p/token-efficiency-rory-preddy-agent-token-costs) _2026-07-30_ Rory Preddy on why agent bills climb while token prices fall, and the caching, compaction, routing and loop controls that cut spend in production