Martin Fowler shares fragmentary thoughts from a tech event, covering AI's impact on understanding code, LLMs as navigation tools, and the future of software libraries.
A daily tech reading list covering AI tools, APIs, agent systems, cloud platforms, and development trends for February 3, 2026.
Explains how stacked pull requests can speed up development by enabling parallel work and avoiding large, hard-to-review PRs.
An interview with Eleventy creator Zach Leatherman on the realities of funding, sustainability, and growth for open-source developer tools.
A developer recounts presenting on the Microsoft 365 Agents SDK at Cloud Tech Tallinn 2026, sharing session highlights and resources.
A bootstrapped founder reflects on his eighth year, sharing financials, challenges of writing a technical book, and lessons learned after selling his previous software product.
OpenAI releases Codex, a Mac app for agentic coding that uses AI agents to assist with the full software development lifecycle.
Argues against the Agile mantra 'quality is everyone's responsibility' and advocates for dedicated software testing roles.
Explores the unpredictable second-order effects of AI evolution, focusing on how AI coding tools may reshape developer choices and business models.
A developer explains the practical benefits of implementing a --dry-run option in a reporting application for safe testing and validation.
Explains the core concepts of AI coding agents (rules, commands, skills, etc.) and provides a unified mental model for understanding them.
Explores Pi, a minimal coding agent within the OpenClaw project, highlighting its design, tools, and why the author prefers it for agentic programming.
A guide to setting up autonomous AI coding agents that work in continuous loops to write, test, and commit code automatically.
Explores how AI-generated code overwhelms traditional peer review processes, highlighting existing flaws and proposing deeper evaluation methods.
A guide to long-term best practices for managing open-source projects, covering organization, PRs, issues, security, and releases.
Steve Yegge discusses evolving the Beads CLI for AI agents by implementing their 'hallucinations' to create a natural interface.
A theater software CEO shares his journey from AI skepticism to using Claude Code to build a niche lighting app, discussing AI's impact on programming.
A theater software CEO shares his journey from AI skepticism to using Claude Code to build a niche lighting app, highlighting AI's role as a programming tool.
A senior frontend engineer shares their journey of joining Khan Academy, focusing on their role, the job search process, and the challenges of navigating the tech industry.
A software engineer describes replacing a $120/year SaaS tool with a custom LLM-generated solution in just 20 minutes, questioning the future of simple SaaS.
