the future of software engineering: not engineering software
November 8, 2026 at 10:18 PM
the future of software engineering: not engineering software
they quickly captured the entire software engineering market available, and then ran out of markets
November 6, 2026 at 11:49 PM
they quickly captured the entire software engineering market available, and then ran out of markets
Ikr? Musk has absolutely no understanding of software (or hardware) engineering
November 9, 2026 at 2:28 AM
Ikr? Musk has absolutely no understanding of software (or hardware) engineering
i think the profession model for software engineering in a world where production grade software is created by llm codegen for both development and hardening might look closer to the daily life and also pay grade of civil and mechanical engineers Paperwork & Meetings Wise but with less liability
Like many cases where AI exacerbates an existing condition, one thing going on here is the tech industry already massively failed as a business culture to engage in minimally effective industrial and organizational knowledge management with widepsread tacit knowledge loss driven by employee turnover
November 9, 2026 at 2:50 AM
i think the profession model for software engineering in a world where production grade software is created by llm codegen for both development and hardening might look closer to the daily life and also pay grade of civil and mechanical engineers Paperwork & Meetings Wise but with less liability
The level of tech debt I see created by engineering with AI is absurd. The AI software engineering metaphor I use is this:
You need to cross a road. Instead of looking both ways and crossing when it's safe, AI spends the next two weeks building a pedestrian bridge then destroys it once it's across.
You need to cross a road. Instead of looking both ways and crossing when it's safe, AI spends the next two weeks building a pedestrian bridge then destroys it once it's across.
November 8, 2026 at 11:01 PM
The level of tech debt I see created by engineering with AI is absurd. The AI software engineering metaphor I use is this:
You need to cross a road. Instead of looking both ways and crossing when it's safe, AI spends the next two weeks building a pedestrian bridge then destroys it once it's across.
You need to cross a road. Instead of looking both ways and crossing when it's safe, AI spends the next two weeks building a pedestrian bridge then destroys it once it's across.
Report: John Ternus pushing Craig Federighi to speed up Apple software engineering
Report: John Ternus pushing Craig Federighi to speed up Apple software engineering
In the past few years, a major Apple story (especially in the age of AI) has been that the company isn’t moving fast enough in the space to keep up with competitors. According to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman, new Apple CEO John Ternus is reportedly pushing on software chief Craig Federighi to ‘accelerate’ Apple’s roadmap for software.
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November 8, 2026 at 4:16 PM
Report: John Ternus pushing Craig Federighi to speed up Apple software engineering
Like the best special effects in a movie, the best software engineering serves the story.
November 9, 2026 at 7:18 PM
Like the best special effects in a movie, the best software engineering serves the story.
Going forward, pretty much all software is going to be written with AI in rust with formal verification by default. Formal verification had been virtually impossible for modern code due to the resources needed.
This will result in far less vulnerabilities and better software engineering practices.
This will result in far less vulnerabilities and better software engineering practices.
November 6, 2026 at 3:12 PM
Going forward, pretty much all software is going to be written with AI in rust with formal verification by default. Formal verification had been virtually impossible for modern code due to the resources needed.
This will result in far less vulnerabilities and better software engineering practices.
This will result in far less vulnerabilities and better software engineering practices.
Requesting links to ugly christmas sweaters, that are software engineering themed, like the one here.
Thank you all, together we can do this!
Thank you all, together we can do this!
November 7, 2026 at 8:06 AM
Requesting links to ugly christmas sweaters, that are software engineering themed, like the one here.
Thank you all, together we can do this!
Thank you all, together we can do this!
And with the number of software engineering layoffs in the face of the arrival of AI it's not like the job market is super ready to absorb people willing to stand against this stuff.
These companies are actively harming their employee's skills, but the employees don't have a ton of options.
These companies are actively harming their employee's skills, but the employees don't have a ton of options.
November 8, 2026 at 6:49 PM
And with the number of software engineering layoffs in the face of the arrival of AI it's not like the job market is super ready to absorb people willing to stand against this stuff.
These companies are actively harming their employee's skills, but the employees don't have a ton of options.
These companies are actively harming their employee's skills, but the employees don't have a ton of options.
quite an accomplishment for a book about software engineering to still be prescient fifty years later.
The Mythical Man-Month: Essays on Software Engineering
Few books on software project management have been as i…
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November 8, 2026 at 6:27 PM
quite an accomplishment for a book about software engineering to still be prescient fifty years later.
IMHO it would be cleaner to say what this is: software engineering; software design; software infrastructure… and respect the title that is, in the end, protected in provincial law.
November 7, 2026 at 9:52 PM
IMHO it would be cleaner to say what this is: software engineering; software design; software infrastructure… and respect the title that is, in the end, protected in provincial law.
you could maybe argue AI is definitely worthwhile for code *review* given how it's being used to find security holes, and maybe reverse engineering, but nobody's using it for review only and reverse engineering is a teeny tiny sliver of the software industry
November 7, 2026 at 7:09 AM
you could maybe argue AI is definitely worthwhile for code *review* given how it's being used to find security holes, and maybe reverse engineering, but nobody's using it for review only and reverse engineering is a teeny tiny sliver of the software industry
a lot of "technical" debates in software engineering function first and foremost as a theater in which to establish one's identity and only secondarily as disputes about the facts of the matters discussed. for instance talk of memory safe and unsafe languages, disciplined development practices,
November 8, 2026 at 2:31 AM
a lot of "technical" debates in software engineering function first and foremost as a theater in which to establish one's identity and only secondarily as disputes about the facts of the matters discussed. for instance talk of memory safe and unsafe languages, disciplined development practices,
the ongoing entanglement of software engineering with venture capital since the 80s has slowly gestated into this cacophony of programmers who unwittingly have allowed themselves to be crushed under their own boot. ergo we all are homogenized into "tech bros" regardless of who any of us actually are
I see this emerging consensus of "code is the one single thing it's okay to use 'AI' for". And like, okay *emotionally* I see the logic of making programmers the AI Omelas Child. Like maybe the idea is "programmers made this so programmers should be the ones to suffer the consequences"
But like
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But like
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I think it's especially good that it calls attention to its use in code because I am absolutely sick of seeing people acting as if programming is the one artistic field where ethics don't matter or it's okay if it's just a LITTLE bit. We gotta have solidarity or what's the point of anything
November 10, 2026 at 12:19 AM
the ongoing entanglement of software engineering with venture capital since the 80s has slowly gestated into this cacophony of programmers who unwittingly have allowed themselves to be crushed under their own boot. ergo we all are homogenized into "tech bros" regardless of who any of us actually are
people are absolutely going to increase their own workloads for clout, why else would they choose game development over literally any other software engineering job?
November 9, 2026 at 11:41 PM
people are absolutely going to increase their own workloads for clout, why else would they choose game development over literally any other software engineering job?
Interesting 🤔
Our Brains Weren't Built for Software Engineering
Why human nature so often works against good engineering—and how technical leadership can turn the tables.
hagakure.substack.com
November 9, 2026 at 4:48 PM
Interesting 🤔
Damn why did I pick software engineering over hardware?
HOT CHINESE SPIES IN YOUR AREA WANT TO DISCUSS SEMICONDUCTOR OUTPUT
November 9, 2026 at 4:58 PM
Damn why did I pick software engineering over hardware?
Software production is not really an engineering discipline with an engineering body of knowledge.
It is a craft discipline with an idiosyncratic base of knowledge.
It is a craft discipline with an idiosyncratic base of knowledge.
November 8, 2026 at 6:47 PM
Software production is not really an engineering discipline with an engineering body of knowledge.
It is a craft discipline with an idiosyncratic base of knowledge.
It is a craft discipline with an idiosyncratic base of knowledge.
Refactoring 250 million lines gives the testing discussion some unusual weight.
https://newsletter.pragmaticengineer.com/p/software-engineering-at-google-and
https://newsletter.pragmaticengineer.com/p/software-engineering-at-google-and
Software engineering at Google & CS education with Titus Winters
Titus Winters shares lessons from engineering at Google’s scale and explores how AI is reshaping developer productivity and computer science education.
newsletter.pragmaticengineer.com
November 8, 2026 at 3:03 PM
Refactoring 250 million lines gives the testing discussion some unusual weight.
https://newsletter.pragmaticengineer.com/p/software-engineering-at-google-and
https://newsletter.pragmaticengineer.com/p/software-engineering-at-google-and
Every AI software development pilot is really a test of your engineering organisation.
And there was you thinking it was about harnesses.
And there was you thinking it was about harnesses.
November 9, 2026 at 6:54 PM
Every AI software development pilot is really a test of your engineering organisation.
And there was you thinking it was about harnesses.
And there was you thinking it was about harnesses.
Couldn't agree more, we can automate only what we understand: robwest.info/articles/the...
Rob West's Website - The Agentic Software Factory is the Wrong Metaphor
Why the agentic software factory is the wrong metaphor: software engineering is design engineering, and AI coding agents should be used to accelerate design and discovery, not to manufacture more code...
robwest.info
November 7, 2026 at 12:54 PM
Couldn't agree more, we can automate only what we understand: robwest.info/articles/the...
I think rubber ducking is basically 90% of software engineering these days
November 7, 2026 at 7:17 AM
I think rubber ducking is basically 90% of software engineering these days
I'm in favour of UBI, but software engineering hiring is growing.
November 9, 2026 at 3:30 PM
I'm in favour of UBI, but software engineering hiring is growing.