Automating processes with software is hard(hardcoresoftware.learningbyshipping.com)

246 points by rbanffy 2 years ago | 85 comments

"The Illusion of Thinking" – Thoughts on This Important Paper(hardcoresoftware.learningbyshipping.com)

47 points by rbanffy 1 year ago | 37 comments

Software Engineering fundamentals matter more(rhonabwy.com)

275 points by ingve 2 months ago | 182 comments

Leave work slightly unfinished for easier flow the next day(read.engineerscodex.com)

183 points by engineercodex 2 years ago | 80 comments

What I learned selling 2,500 MIDI recorders: Hardware is not so hard(chipweinberger.com)

536 points by chipweinberger 3 months ago | 243 comments

Blog post by Chip Weinberger on lessons from selling 2,500 Jamcorder MIDI recorders, part 1 arguing that building hardware is not so hard.

Do the simplest thing that could possibly work(seangoedecke.com)

1015 points by dondraper36 1 year ago | 364 comments

Blog post by Sean Goedecke arguing engineers should understand the current system deeply and then do the simplest thing that could possibly work.

Do the simplest thing that could possibly work(seangoedecke.com)

1015 points by dondraper36 1 year ago | 364 comments

Blog post by Sean Goedecke arguing engineers should understand the current system deeply and then do the simplest thing that could possibly work.

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.

Nobody knows how to build with AI yet(worksonmymachine.substack.com)

475 points by Stwerner 1 year ago | 368 comments

Scott Werner's Substack essay arguing nobody yet knows how to build software with AI, drawing on building Protocollie in four days without touching the code.

How good engineers write bad code at big companies(seangoedecke.com)

348 points by gfysfm 11 months ago | 236 comments

Sean Goedecke blog post explaining why competent engineers at big tech companies produce sloppy code, citing short tenures and engineers working outside their expertise.

I'm addicted to being useful(seangoedecke.com)

519 points by swah 9 months ago | 265 comments

Sean Goedecke's blog essay on loving his software engineering job because he is driven by being useful, drawing on Gogol's The Overcoat.

AI demands more engineering discipline. Not less(charitydotwtf.substack.com)

321 points by BerislavLopac 4 months ago | 157 comments

Charity Majors' Substack essay arguing that AI-assisted development requires more engineering discipline, comparing it to the shift from pet servers to immutable infrastructure.