Software

• The looming demise of the 10x developer (Justin Searls) "Why an era of enthusiast programmers is coming to an end."
• Lines of Code Are Back (And It’s Worse Than Before) (Allan MacGregor)
• The era of bespoke apps (Mike Crittenden) "The future is wild." Indeed!
• No Skill. No Taste. (The Crow’s Nest) "This is the illusion of the lower barrier of entry, the barrier has always been taste and LLMs do nothing to remove this barrier."
• The Rise and Fall of Scala: A Love Letter to the Language That Broke My Heart (Naveen Gupta) I hope this doesn't happen to Clojure!

Med Dev

• 3 lessons learned from developing a novel neurotechnology device (Skyler Rivera)
• The Challenge of Evaluating AI Products in Healthcare | TechPolicy.Press (Danny Tobey, Ashley Carr, Vernessa Pollard, Michael Atleson) "developers and deployers should ensure that marketing claims are backed up by reliable testing and that they’ve identified and mitigated any substantial risks to users"
• The Future Of Band-Aids: Current And Future Examples (Pranavsingh Dhunnoo)