How I build software quickly(evanhahn.com)

301 points by kiyanwang 1 year ago | 153 comments

Malleable Software(mdubakov.me)

90 points by tablet 1 year ago | 79 comments

Software Design Is Knowledge Building(olano.dev)

373 points by signa11 1 year ago | 97 comments

Blog post on olano.dev arguing that software design is a process of building knowledge, illustrated by a generic true story about a company's integration service.

Programming is hard(myme.no)

85 points by ingve 3 years ago | 77 comments

The hardest part of building software is not coding, it's requirements(stackoverflow.blog)

199 points by BerislavLopac 3 years ago | 75 comments

Software is made between commits(zed.dev)

299 points by jeremy_k 4 months ago | 202 comments

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.

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.

Don't become an engineering manager(newsletter.manager.dev)

364 points by flail 7 months ago | 259 comments

A Manager.dev newsletter post by Anton Zaides arguing that engineers should reconsider accepting promotions to engineering manager roles.

Have an LLC(zachholman.com)

45 points by mlex 28 days ago | 35 comments

Zach Holman blog post arguing that individuals building software projects should form an LLC, contrasting with the old heavyweight startup formation process.

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.

The recurring dream of replacing developers(caimito.net)

544 points by glimshe 9 months ago | 428 comments

Blog post by Stephan Schwab on why businesses have tried to replace software developers every decade since 1969, from COBOL to AI.