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How AI Is Redefining Software Engineering with Annie Vella, Distinguished Engineer
December 3, 2025
“Many of us became software engineers because we found our identity in building things. Not managing things. Not overseeing things. Building things. With our own hands, our own minds, our own code.B...
Read MoreContext Engineering for Non Engineers
December 3, 2025
Source: Context Engineering for Non Engineers – Eleganthack...
Read MoreWhat if you don’t need MCP at all?
December 3, 2025
I’m a simple boy, so I like simple things. Agents can run Bash and write code well. Bash and code are composable. So what’s simpler than having your agent just invoke CLI tools and write c...
Read MoreWriting a good CLAUDE.md
December 2, 2025
## Creating a good CLAUDE.md file The following section provides a number of recommendations on how to write a good CLAUDE.md file following context engineering best practices. Your mileage may vary. ...
Read MoreDecember 2, 2025
In this entertaining and relatable video, two brothers experience the frustrations of downloading new apps and the consequences of not having them. They discuss the convenience and usability of apps, ...
Read MoreAgent Design Is Still Hard
December 2, 2025
TL;DR: Building agents is still messy. SDK abstractions break once you hit real tool use. Caching works better when you manage it yourself, but differs between models. Reinforcement ends up doing more...
Read MoreAlex Russell on PWAs, App Stores, and Mobile Performance – RedMonk
December 2, 2025
In this RedMonk conversation, Alex Russell, Partner Product Architect at Microsoft, discusses the state of mobile development, focusing on JavaScript performance, the state of Progressive Web Apps (PW...
Read MoreMinefield Context Protocol
December 2, 2025
One of the concepts that are gaining lots of discussion is the “MCP” which stands for Model Context Protocol. Anytime I’d ask what an MCP is, I’d usually hear it described as an API. So then, ...
Read MoreThe Performance Inequality Gap, 2026 – Infrequently Noted
December 1, 2025
Meanwhile, sites are ballooning. The median mobile page is now 2.6 MiB, blowing past the size of DOOM (2.48 MiB) in April. The 75th percentile site is now larger than two copies of DOOM, and P90+ site...
Read MoreFrank Chimero · Beyond the Machine
November 27, 2025
I am so tired of hearing about AI. Unfortunately, this is a talk about AI. I’m trying to figure out how to use generative AI as a designer without feeling like shit. I am fascinated with what it can...
Read MoreHow AI Changes Design AMA with Shamus Scott Grubb – YouTube
November 26, 2025
A shift is happening in Design… New tools. New workflows. New capabilities. Because… → As production gets automated → Thinking becomes more valuable → Creativity becomes the new premium That...
Read MoreGraphQL’s third wave: Why the future of AI needs an API of intent
November 26, 2025
Every technology with real staying power goes through waves of adoption. The first wave attracts the early experimenters – the ones who can sense the future before it’s evenly distributed. The...
Read MoreDesign Thinking for AI: The 5-Stage Framework Every Builder Needs
November 25, 2025
AI has changed the texture of design. We’re not designing for people alone anymore, we’re designing with/for intelligence. That changes everything. I’m obviously not the only person thinking abo...
Read MoreNew Rules for Enterprise UX and AI
November 25, 2025
I recently attended the Enterprise UX conference in Amersfoort. The presentations made it very clear that successful AI integration requires big changes in how companies work and how we build systems....
Read MoreGenerative UI and the Ephemeral Interface
November 25, 2025
Generative UI and the Ephemeral Interface This week, Google debuted their Gemini 3 AI model to great fanfare and reviews. Specs-wise, it tops the benchmarks. This horserace has seen Google, Anthropic,...
Read MoreEmily Campbell – AI UX Deep Dive – YouTube
November 25, 2025
In one of the most popular episodes yet, Vitaly Friedman talked about what’s next for AI design patterns (https://www.dive.club/deep-dives/vita…) . In that episode he frequently referenced Sha...
Read MoreWhy Software Development Fell to AI First
November 20, 2025
I find it’s always important to examine why you made a mistake. The worst mistake I ever made was reading “Bitcoin: A Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash System” in January of 2009, thinking “cool ma...
Read MoreA Month of Chat-Oriented Programming
November 17, 2025
A Month of Chat-Oriented ProgrammingOr when did you last change your mind about something?Nick Radcliffe. 12th November 2025. TL;DR: I spent a solid month “pair programming” with Claude Code, tryi...
Read MoreSoftware Development in the Time of Strange New Angels
November 13, 2025
Five months ago, my lifelong profession of software development changed completely. My profession was born in the 1940s, created to help fight demons. Our first encounter with the strange new angels o...
Read MoreHow I use AI (Oct 2025) – Ben Stolovitz
November 10, 2025
Source: How I use AI (Oct 2025) – Ben Stolovitz...
Read MoreYou Should Write An Agent · The Fly Blog
November 10, 2025
Some concepts are easy to grasp in the abstract. Boiling water: apply heat and wait. Others you really need to try. You only think you understand how a bicycle works, until you learn to ride one. Ther...
Read MoreWhen Everyone’s a Developer, How Do We Promote the Web Platform Over React?
November 10, 2025
2025 is a strange time to start a newsletter about web technology. The past four editions of WTN have focused on the intersection of the web and AI, because frankly that’s where most of the exci...
Read MoreEscape Velocity: Break Free from Framework Gravity
November 6, 2025
We saw this cycle with jQuery in the past, and we’re seeing it again now with React. We’ll see it with whatever comes next. Success breeds standardization, standardization breeds inertia, and iner...
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