17-Apr-2025 Content of Interest

Software

The Impact of AI on Software Development (Mike Fisher) "the future of software development will prioritize architectural expertise and the orchestration of AI agents over traditional coding"
The 800-pound gorilla (Johnny Rodgers) The Teams vs. Slack story.
Let GitHub Copilot interact with your local PowerPoint and Word documents (Bart Wullems) MCP: "USB-C port for AI applications"
Monolith-First - are you sure? (Oskar Dudycz) "if you can’t deal with modularity, then neither monoliths nor microservices will work for you."
Vibe Coding: Revolution or Reckless Abandon? (Addy Osmani) "it dangerously lowers the bar for introducing subtle bugs, security flaws, and unmaintainable complexity."

Innovative EEG Brain Sensor Fits Between Hair Strands (Greg Uyeno) "The small electrode, attached by microneedles, improves data quality"

Why I Program in Lisp (Joe Marshall) "It is a language that was designed to be used as a tool for thinking about problems, and that is the fun part of programming."
Time Management (Mike Fisher) Structured Time Management Techniques and Productivity-Boosting Frameworks
What Agentic Workflows Mean to Microservices Developers (Janakiram MSV) "Agentic workflows are not a replacement for microservices; they serve as a new coordination layer built upon existing service invocation."
The 13 software engineering laws (Anton Zaides) Good read.
Vibe coding doesn’t jibe (Mike Zamansky) "Don't even think about a vibe coded surgical assistant." Let's hope not! Also, the educational angle is interesting.
Finding your way in the AI landscape (Bart Wullems) Yeah, it's a jungle out there!
The Best Programmers I Know (Matthias Endler) Good list: "traits I observed in the most exceptional people in our craft."
The machines are rising — but developers still hold the keys (Mike Mason) "'vibe coding'... will lead to code that's more error-strewn, more expensive to run and harder to change in the future."

How To Become An Expert At Anything: 5 Scientific Steps To Mastery (Eric Barker) "Whether you're trying to improve work skills, do better at school or master a hobby, the same principles can help."
Programming with an AI copilot: My perspective as a senior dev (Mathijs Lagerberg) "Nobody wants to miss the boat, so everyone jumps on board. Often without thinking." Indeed!
Temporal lands $146 million at a flat valuation, eyes agentic AI expansion (Anna Heim, Ingrid Lunden) "the need to execute long workflows reliably is real"
Learn to code, ignore AI, then use AI to code even better (Kyrylo Silin) "What's clear is that AI is changing how we code."
Getting Started with TDD: A Practical Guide to Beginning a Lasting Practice (Tony Distinti) "The important thing is that the TDD practice produces good, well-tested code, while meeting you exactly where you are."
Failure Again (Mike Fisher) "Failure is not only inevitable but desirable if we can learn from it."

Singularity & Serenity (David Heinemeier Hansson) "But it really does feel like we're on the cusp of something."

The Snacks & Cereals of 2024 (Cabel Sasser) Incredible list! Never even heard of many of these brands.
The Road Not Taken is Guaranteed Minimum Income (Jeff Atwood)

You are naming your tests wrong (Vladimir Khorikov) Reasonable advice.
Revenge of the junior developer (Steve Yegge) "It's not AI's job to prove it's better than you. It's your job to get better using AI."
What Comes After GitHub Actions? (Julian K. Arni) "Nix is the right way of doing CI."
Discontinuous improvement (Bart Wullems) "The solution isn't to abandon improvement - it's to schedule it properly."

The Art of the Perfect Nap (Talar Moukhtarian) "Done wisely, naps can be a valuable way to boost your focus and energy."

On Inspectability (Arne Brasseur) "The importance of inspectability is often felt most strongly by those unfamiliar with a system."
Why I’m No Longer Talking to Architects About Microservices (Ian Miell) "In short, tech should follow business needs, not the other way around."
Stories (Mike Fisher) An important "soft" skill.
Outcomes Are Hard (Marty Cagan, Felipe Castro) "Moving from outputs to outcomes means shifting attention from what we build (the outputs) to the difference we want to make (the outcomes)."
Slack: The Art of Being Busy Without Getting Anything Done (Mathew Duggan)
Whole Architecture Weekly content is free now! (Oskar Dudycz) Free is good. Thanks!

The Product Engineer (rands) "Bad product managers are an active hindrance to developing software."

De-risking medical device startups with a systematic approach to innovation (Frederick Kruger) Good overview.
The Promise and Challenges of Brain–Computer Interfaces (Scott Meek, PhD) "The future of BCIs depends on new methods that fill the gap between non-invasive and surgically-invasive technologies."