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

39 points by ssutch3 3 months ago | 28 comments

Taking OCaml and Eio for a Spin(mattjhall.co.uk)

47 points by mattjhall 3 months ago | 6 comments

Lockless MPSC/SPMC/MPMC queues are not queues(alexsaveau.dev)

32 points by SUPERCILEX 1 year ago | 25 comments

A simple Common Lisp web app(scotto.me)

46 points by silcoon 1 year ago | 11 comments

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 Hat, the Spectre and SAT Solvers (2024)(nhatcher.com)

98 points by todsacerdoti 1 year ago | 8 comments

Open Source is one person(opensourcesecurity.io)

325 points by LawnGnome 1 year ago | 132 comments

Blog post by Josh Bressers on Open Source Security arguing that many open source projects are maintained by a single person.

TODOs aren't for doing(sophiebits.com)

380 points by todsacerdoti 1 year ago | 218 comments

A blog post by Sophie Alpert arguing that TODO comments are valuable as documentation of known issues even if never acted on, and shouldn't be auto-deleted or tracked.

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.

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.

LLM-powered tools amplify developer capabilities rather than replacing them(matthewsinclair.com)

323 points by matthewsinclair 1 year ago | 214 comments

Blog post by Matthew Sinclair arguing that LLM-powered programming tools act like a mech suit amplifying developers rather than replacing them.

Most arguments are about ego, not ideas(wangcong.org)

560 points by backlit4034 3 months ago | 431 comments

Personal blog post by a software engineer explaining why he stopped arguing with people over technical correctness and what he learned about arguments.