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The Pulse #91: The end of US non-competes within sight?
Also: the Humane AI pin flop and how it relates to the “AI goldrush,” and a look at whether developers will move from Redis to Valkey after a license…
Apr 25
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Gergely Orosz
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Building Bluesky: a Distributed Social Network (Real-World Engineering Challenges)
Bluesky is built by around 10 engineers, and has amassed 5 million users since publicly launching in February this year. A deep dive into novel design…
Apr 23
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Elin Nilsson
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The Pulse #90: Devin reversing ambitious claims
The “world’s first AI developer” tones down expectations and has been outperformed by an open source tool. Also: hiring upticks at Big Tech; a very…
Apr 18
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Gergely Orosz
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What is Security Engineering? Part 1.
A deep dive into the ever-changing field of security engineering; a domain that can feel intimidating to some software engineers. With Nielet D'Mello…
Apr 16
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Nielet D'mello
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The Pulse #89: The end of Hopin
In only 5 years, Hopin went from zero to a $7.7B valuation, and back to zero again. Also: Bending Spoons’ startup acquisition model, hiring upticks at…
Apr 11
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What Changed in 50 Years of Computing: Part 2
How has the classic book on software engineering, ‘The Mythical Man-Month,’ aged with time, and how have architecture approaches and tech org structures…
Apr 9
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Gergely Orosz
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The Pulse #88: are we at peak AI hype?
Several signs are pointing that we’ve hit the peak of this AI hype cycle: that things could cool down soon enough. Also: the sudden license change at…
Apr 4
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GenZ software engineers, according to older colleagues
Responses to a survey about GenZ suggest this new generation possesses standout differences. We explore what makes GenZ distinctive, and check out ideas…
Apr 2
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Elin Nilsson
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The Pulse #87: Stripe’s investment in reliability, by the numbers
The Fintech giant spends more on running test suites than Agoda does for all its infra. Plus, why taking out a loan for equity can backfire, and why did…
Mar 28
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Gergely Orosz
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Thriving as a Founding Engineer: Lessons from the Trenches
Being a founding engineer at an early-stage startup is a vastly different, broader role than many people think. Lessons from “serial” early-stage and…
Mar 26
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Apurva Chitnis
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The Pulse #86: Is Shopify’s new “mastery” framework a response to higher interest rates?
The e-commerce giant is taking a new and different approach to career growth and promotions. Also: more evidence the tech job market is tougher, and AI…
Mar 21
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Senior-and-Above Compensation in Tech
How well does tech pay, really? A deep look into almost 1,000 data points sent in by engineering managers, senior+ engineers, VP, and C-level folks in…
Mar 19
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