A technical article on how visibility and communication, not just speed, are critical for engineering team success and stakeholder trust.
Author announces a new course on test automation strategy, focusing on achieving valuable feedback quickly and avoiding common pitfalls.
A developer's 2025 year-in-review, covering the switch from WordPress to BlazorStatic, adopting a Mac Mini, and using GitHub Copilot.
Explores the challenges of using AI coding assistants, comparing them to the movie '50 First Dates' and emphasizing the need for persistent documentation.
A developer reflects on a difficult 2025 and plans for 2026, focusing on 'Just in Case' vs. 'Just in Time' learning strategies for professional growth.
Explores Kent Beck's 'coding genie' metaphor for LLM coding agents, warning against anthropomorphizing them as they are probabilistic tools.
A Google engineer shares her experience using Claude Code to rapidly prototype a distributed agent orchestrator, highlighting AI's impact on complex software development.
A developer shares their structured workflow for effectively using AI coding assistants like Claude Code, emphasizing planning, clear specs, and critical oversight.
A developer shares advice on job hunting strategies for new graduates, categorizing companies by pay, competition, and interview difficulty.
A critique of alarmist 'you are already behind' tech marketing on social media, arguing for thoughtful adoption over hype-driven pressure.
Explores the evolution of AI coding assistants, where developers shift from coding to managing autonomous agents as conductors and orchestrators.
A guide on when and how to build internal tools for development teams, emphasizing practicality over attachment.
A guide on improving communication in pull requests to enhance code reviews and project understanding.
A retrospective on the growth and community-building efforts of the Python Pescara user group throughout 2025.
The core challenge of programming is translating ambiguous human thought into precise computational logic, not just writing code.
A critique of perpetual 'improved Git integration' in IDEs, arguing developers should learn core Git instead of waiting for tools.
Explores how AI will expand knowledge work by making tasks cheaper, leading to new projects and activities we don't do today.
A review and refinement of the five fundamental pillars of test automation, emphasizing core principles over fleeting tool trends.
A developer's reflection on how AI coding agents, particularly GPT-5 and Codex, have dramatically accelerated software development by handling routine coding tasks.
Explores how AI prompts have evolved from simple text strings into critical, reusable system components with logic, and the challenges this creates.
