Software development topics I've changed my mind on(chriskiehl.com)

806 points by belter 1 year ago | 737 comments

Personal blog post listing software development opinions the author changed after 10 years working in the industry.

The Twitter API is now effectively unmaintained(snarfed.org)

363 points by edent 3 years ago | 461 comments

Ryan Barrett's blog post arguing the Twitter API is effectively unmaintained, citing the decline of Twitter employee posts on the developer forum.

Leaving Neovim for Zed(stevedylan.dev)

289 points by mxstbr 2 years ago | 252 comments

Yet Another LLM Rant(overengineer.dev)

19 points by sohkamyung 1 year ago | 16 comments

A grumpy screed about AI in software engineering(sam.sutch.net)

39 points by ssutch3 3 months ago | 28 comments

Fast Fourier Transforms Part 1: Cooley-Tukey(connorboyle.io)

74 points by signa11 1 year ago | 19 comments

It's hard to write code for computers, but it's harder to write code for humans(erikbern.com)

429 points by imartin2k 2 years ago | 131 comments

Erik Bernhardsson's blog post arguing that writing code for humans, such as libraries, APIs and tools other developers use, is harder than writing code for computers.

AI Made Writing Code Easier. It Made Being an Engineer Harder(ivanturkovic.com)

343 points by saikatsg 7 months ago | 242 comments

Blog post by Ivan Turkovic arguing that AI tools make producing code easier while making the broader job of being a software engineer harder.

Coding expertise is going to collapse from AI reliance(larsfaye.com)

490 points by larsfaye 2 months ago | 479 comments

Blog essay by Lars Faye arguing that reliance on AI coding tools removes the friction needed to develop long-term programming expertise.

Programming Isn't Special(blog.glyph.im)

219 points by ingve 17 days ago | 236 comments

Blog post by Glyph arguing that programming is creative work like art and that programmers should resist AI as artists and writers have.

Vibecoding isn't as fun as writing code by hand(autodidacts.io)

134 points by Curiositry 20 days ago | 151 comments

A personal blog post on The Autodidacts arguing that vibecoding with AI is less satisfying than writing code by hand.

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.