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Trapped in the Technologist Factory
Discussion | hackernews | Author: luu

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Trapped in the Technologist Factory
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October 31, 2026 at 1:41 AM
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Amazon sends chills through its workforce with mixed message memo about AI use
Discussion | hackernews | Author: Logans_Run

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Amazon sends chills through its workforce with mixed message memo about AI use
A lot of software engineers feel bleak about the future of the profession
www.theregister.com
October 31, 2026 at 6:08 PM
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Building an AI-native engineering org
Discussion | hackernews | Author: sgondala_ycapp

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Building an AI-native engineering org
Building an AI-native engineering org
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October 30, 2026 at 5:38 PM
tellerstech.bsky.social
A Fun Retro That Changes Nothing Is a Failed Retro #retrospectives #engineeringculture #devops #sre

This is a clip from our recent Ship It Weekly Podcast episode.
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October 31, 2026 at 9:53 PM
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A proposal: how to hire junior engineers in the age of AI
Discussion | hackernews | Author: seldo

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A proposal: how to hire junior engineers in the age of AI
Junior developer hiring has collapsed because nobody knows how to interview for the new AI-assisted job. Coding interviews are dead. The replacement: give candidates an LLM roleplaying as a customer, another LLM to build with, and see who figures out what to actually build.
seldo.com
November 2, 2026 at 6:38 PM
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Proton’s CEO Cancels AI ‘Re-Interviews’
tech_blogs_404media | Author: Joseph Cox

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Proton’s CEO Cancels AI ‘Re-Interviews’
The move came after 404 Media published an investigation into how Proton CEO Andy Yen was aggressively pushing AI across Proton despite security concerns and the culture of fear he has created.
www.404media.co
October 30, 2026 at 5:08 PM
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It’s ok that computers are (sometimes) better than us
tech_blogs_stack_overflow | Author: Phoebe Sajor

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It’s ok that computers are (sometimes) better than us
Ryan is joined by Charity Majors, co-founder and CTO at Honeycomb, for a conversation about applying the concept of immutable infrastructure to software development to treat code like cattle instead of pets, shifting the paradigm of system specifications to accommodate the rapid influx of AI-generat
stackoverflow.blog
October 30, 2026 at 5:30 AM
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One reviewer per layer: splitting code review by the way code is read
Discussion | hackernews | Author: djordjep

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One reviewer per layer: splitting code review by the way code is read
A proposal for a matrix of specialized review agents: layers of code (form, local meaning, wiring, runtime, use) crossed with lenses (correctness, security, history, reversibility). Built on the Claude Code team's review process.
djordjepuzic.com
October 29, 2026 at 8:00 PM
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Chemists, Chemical Engineers, and Plant Managers
Discussion | hackernews | Author: TinyBig

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Chemists, Chemical Engineers, and Plant Managers
On knowing what you do best, building a career around it, and helping others do the same
www.seeingthesystem.com
October 27, 2026 at 7:00 AM
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Proton CEO Andy Yen: "This will be the last year that we hire engineers."
Discussion | hackernews | Author: 101008

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Proton CEO Andy Yen: "This will be the last year that we hire engineers."
PROTON SAYS 2026 IS ITS LAST YEAR HIRING ENGINEERS Proton is the Swiss company behind Proton Mail and Proton VPN. It sells privacy as the alternative to Big Tech. CEO Andy Yen wrote it to staff in Slack: "This will be the last year that we hire engineers." Starting next year, he said, Proton hire…
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October 29, 2026 at 8:30 PM
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AI didn't cause the tech jobs bust, but it explains why there's no recovery
Discussion | hackernews | Author: hacker_v_s

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AI didn't cause the tech jobs bust, but it explains why there's no recovery
Seven years of US, European, Indian and Chinese data: interest rates started the tech jobs decline, AI stopped the recovery, and young workers are paying.
vithushansylvester.com
October 25, 2026 at 10:30 PM
rightskale.bsky.social
Agents can draft the boring middle. Juniors still need those reps.

Our take: pair them early. Teach them to interrogate the draft and own the standard the agent has to meet.

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October 23, 2026 at 3:45 PM
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Speeding up code review with `small-change`
Discussion | hackernews | Author: alexmolas

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Speeding up code review with `small-change`
Imprint’s average engineer is merging 4x more PRs than 2 years ago. Yay. Aggregated behind the average is something even more interesting: we have two teams that are merging 10x their PRs over that period. One engineer is merging 25x the PRs per week of our average engineer two years ago, and a nu
lethain.com
October 22, 2026 at 10:36 PM
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Chain of Thought for Humans
Discussion | hackernews | Author: ibobev

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Chain of Thought for Humans
These past few weeks, I’ve been conducting interviews, and I often open with “make sure you articulate your thoughts out loud, so I can follow along with your thinking”. This is primarily because I…
www.boristhebrave.com
October 22, 2026 at 12:35 AM
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Use Scenario Tables to Identify Requirements
tech_blogs_atomic_object | Author: Sivhaun Sera

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Use Scenario Tables to Identify Requirements
The product requirements document helped us agree on the problem to solve. To work out the actual requirements, I used scenario tables.
spin.atomicobject.com
October 21, 2026 at 12:06 PM
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Writing is no longer proof of work
Discussion | hackernews | Author: gpi

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Writing is no longer proof of work
Tech companies structurally depend on writing to serve as evidence, in the same way that Bitcoin depends on proof-of-work hashing. However, in the last few…
www.seangoedecke.com
October 19, 2026 at 6:35 AM
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Anthropic says its workforce has become less junior and is spending more time in meetings
techcrunch | Author: Anthony Ha

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Anthropic says its workforce has become less junior and is spending more time in meetings
The composition of Anthropic’s workforce and the type of work getting done have changed significantly in the past year.
techcrunch.com
October 17, 2026 at 8:35 PM
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‘MVPs Considered Harmful’ Considered Harmful
tech_blogs_acm | Author: Maximilian Speicher

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‘MVPs Considered Harmful’ Considered Harmful
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October 16, 2026 at 1:06 PM
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Tailoring Elective Courses to Enhance Women’s Participation in Computing
tech_blogs_acm | Author: Naaz Sibia

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Tailoring Elective Courses to Enhance Women’s Participation in Computing
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October 16, 2026 at 1:05 PM
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Claude writes about 90% of Claude Code's code
Discussion | hackernews | Author: pretext

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Claude writes about 90% of Claude Code's code
How do you review code at the volume agents produce it? On the Claude Code team, once we had high coverage and deep reviews, we started optimizing for the minimum amount of human review time that doesn't raise reverts or incidents.
claude.dev
October 16, 2026 at 7:36 PM
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Comparing Chromium Development at Google and Igalia
Discussion | hackernews | Author: signa11

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Comparing Chromium Development at Google and Igalia
Sharon Yang is a Chromium developer who worked at Google on the browser and now works on it at [...]
lwn.net
October 16, 2026 at 2:36 AM
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The cost of getting a job today
Discussion | hackernews | Author: weli

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The cost of getting a job today
We expect candidates to use AI in our challenges. AI isn't free, and they're paying for it at the worst possible moment.
weli.dev
October 15, 2026 at 10:06 AM
ipolyzos.com
A useful framework for AI:

Functional work → optimize for outcomes.

Relational communication → preserve the human voice.

Automate the work, not the relationship.

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Confessions of an Unrepentant Slop Snob
A framework for thinking about when AI involvement is additive or a violation
charity.wtf
October 14, 2026 at 6:27 PM
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The Death of Amazon's Writing Culture
Discussion | hackernews | Author: herbertl

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The Death of Amazon's Writing Culture
How AI has turned what was once a superpower into a liability.
alifeengineered.substack.com
October 14, 2026 at 6:36 PM
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Your next job doesn’t have a title yet: Emerging role skills Q&A with Corey Hymel of Andela
tech_blogs_stack_overflow | Author: Ryan Donovan

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Your next job doesn’t have a title yet: Emerging role skills Q&A with Corey Hymel of Andela
While the whispers say that everyone is becoming a generalist, that's not where headcount is going.
stackoverflow.blog
October 14, 2026 at 5:36 PM