You can't design software you don't work on(seangoedecke.com)

258 points by saikatsg 10 months ago | 93 comments

The soloists and populars of the software world(mihaiolteanu.me)

5 points by molteanu 3 years ago | 0 comments

Code is cheap now, but software isn't(chrisgregori.dev)

83 points by fs_software 9 months ago | 33 comments

Science Is Open Software(jepedersen.dk)

148 points by jegp 1 month ago | 65 comments

Code is run more than read (2023)(olano.dev)

102 points by facundo_olano 6 months ago | 70 comments

Software design is now cheap(dottedmag.net)

33 points by dottedmag 8 months ago | 31 comments

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.

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.

The problem is not AI code, but not knowing about system architecture or intent(ssp.sh)

317 points by zazuke 28 days ago | 204 comments

A short note in a personal knowledge base arguing that the real problem with AI-generated code is that teams no longer understand their system architecture or the intent behind design decisions.

Software engineers hate code(dancowell.com)

323 points by dfcowell 3 years ago | 185 comments

A blog post by Dan Cowell arguing that software engineers dislike code and prefer writing less of it.

Why LLMs can't really build software(zed.dev)

321 points by srid 1 year ago | 196 comments

A Zed blog post by Conrad Irwin arguing that LLMs cannot really build software, drawing on his experience of what effective software engineers do.

Imaginary problems are the root of bad software(cerebralab.com)

834 points by deofoo 3 years ago | 358 comments

Blog essay on Cerebralab arguing that bad software stems from developers solving imaginary problems rather than real user needs.