Software engineering culture Articles

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4/23/2026 • EN

The Pulse: ‘Tokenmaxxing’ as a weird new trend

Meta employees engaged in 'tokenmaxxing'—competing on an internal leaderboard for AI token usage, leading to waste and outages until the board was removed.

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The Pragmatic Engineer Gergely Orosz

11/18/2024 • EN

Shifting the testing culture: Motivation

A software engineer details the multi-year journey to establish a strong automated testing culture at Lyft, focusing on motivation, infrastructure, and measurement.

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Scott Berrevoets

11/8/2021 • EN

Culture matters

The article argues that company culture, alongside incentives and processes, is a crucial tool for influencing employee behavior and performance.

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Dan Luu

12/29/2015 • EN

Normalization of deviance

The author explores 'normalization of deviance' by sharing workplace anecdotes where bizarre or unethical practices were considered standard.

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