How to Become a Great Software Engineer(newsletter.techworld-with-milan.com)

22 points by milanm081 2 years ago | 34 comments

75% of Software Engineers Faced Retaliation Last Time They Reported Wrongdoing(engprax.com)

213 points by IcyApril 2 years ago | 91 comments

Clever code is probably the worst code you could write(read.engineerscodex.com)

123 points by rbanffy 2 years ago | 130 comments

What is “good taste” in software engineering?(seangoedecke.com)

302 points by olayiwoladekoya 1 year ago | 208 comments

Bug squash: An underrated interview question(blog.jez.io)

373 points by jez 2 years ago | 211 comments

Blog post describing the "bug squash" software engineering interview, where candidates find and fix a bug in an unfamiliar repository.

Software engineers can no longer neglect their soft skills(qu8n.com)

163 points by quanwinn 9 months ago | 202 comments

LLMs are eroding my software engineering career and I don't know what to do(human-in-the-loop.bearblog.dev)

1029 points by poisonfountain 4 months ago | 967 comments

A personal blog post by a software engineer with 10 years of experience reflecting on how LLMs are eroding their career and their uncertainty about what to do.

You are never taught how to build quality software(florianbellmann.com)

480 points by RunOrVeith 2 years ago | 411 comments

Blog post by Florian Bellmann arguing that software developers are never formally taught how to build quality software and discussing QA practices.

You are not your job(jry.io)

334 points by jryio 7 months ago | 357 comments

A personal essay arguing that software engineers shouldn't tie their identity to their job title as machines increasingly automate their work.

Your job is to deliver code you have proven to work(simonwillison.net)

777 points by simonw 10 months ago | 599 comments

Simon Willison blog post arguing developers must prove their code works through manual and automated testing before submitting it, especially when using LLM tools.

The future of software development is software developers(codemanship.wordpress.com)

376 points by cdrnsf 10 months ago | 471 comments

A Codemanship blog post arguing that the future of software development still depends on human software developers.

Someone behind the software(karrisaarinen.com)

532 points by tosh 8 days ago | 188 comments

Blog post by Karri Saarinen arguing that good software products carry the experience, values, and perspective of the people who make them.