I hate the re-soloing of development. We were so close to learning social skills, creating community, encouraging creativity & purpose, & applying empathy. Easier to manage if each of us is so busy with our genieswarms that we don't have time to talk & reflect.
If you’re not treating software development as an scientific discipline, with experiments, feedback loops, and measurable outcomes, then you’re not a software engineer…
❓ Approval Tests vs Acceptance Tests: What's the Difference? ❓
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Modern software leadership is about moving from a culture of permission to a culture of evidence.
If leaders are still making technical decisions based on their 'gut' rather than creating the feedback loops that allow the team to experiment, they’re becoming the bottleneck.
Skills Developers NEED In 2026 (Because Vibe Coding Changes Everything) | @realgenekim.bsky.social
A clip from our Engineering Room episode.
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Is AI creating a maintenance nightmare? We actually measured it. We hear constantly that AI coding tools (Copilot, ChatGPT, etc.) make us "faster" and "more efficient." But most of these claims rely on naivity.
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❓ THIS WEEK'S ONE BIG QUESTION: What Skills Do Developers NEED To Have In An AI Future? ❓
@trishagee.bsky.social / @kentbeck.com
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AI coding tools like Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, Cursor, and ChatGPT are changing how we write software... but are they actually improving long-term software quality, or just accelerating short-term output?
We ran a study of 150 software engineer's to find out...
WATCH ➡️ youtu.be/b9EbCb5A408
experienced engineers: one change, test, one change, test
junior engineers: batch everything because they're in a hurry
this is exactly backwards
the person least capable of batching is the one most likely to batch
È morto Scott Adams, fumettista e autore della popolare striscia a fumetti “Dilbert”
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Slices fail when they're too small to provide feedback. But no amount of features fixes a flawed premise. Go smaller, but ask questions with what you build.
I am really enjoying having some time between contracts at the moment... I just wrote an article about the test desiderata - this has been on my mind to write about for several years at this point! coding-is-like-cooking.info/2025/12/test...
Emily is really digging deep here.
Refactoring isn’t optional in modern software engineering. It’s the economic engine of healthy codebases.
Organisations that treat refactoring as a luxury end up paying for it twice: first in slowed delivery, and later in firefighting and reworking...
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Please join us in celebrating the newest presenter to join us on the Modern Software Engineering channel... @tastapod.com (Daniel Terhorst-North! 🎉
Dan is a technology and organizational change specialist who has been coaching, coding and consulting for over 30 years...
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Woo hoo, IntelliJ IDEA 2025.2.4 is out! (The release candidate's been working well, so happy to get the actual release...)
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#Java #IntellijIDEA
If you demand that people control something they can't control, then expect them to control something else. If the mandate is "No Bugs!" without any social or technical change, then expect a response like "no *reported* bugs".
Continuing my series of posts attempting to (pseudo-)formalise the practice of Test-Driven Development, I want to look at a “rule” of TDD that’s actually helpful whether you’re going test-first or test-after.
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The number of assertions per test is power law distributed.
Does Extreme Programming Still Work in Modern Software Development? Does Extreme Programming Still Work in Modern Software Development?
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AI programming’s worrying stat: 70% of developers trust the output. We need an intervention.
New research from DORA confirms AI is ubiquitous. 95% of developers rely on it, and 80% report productivity gains. But there is a massive and dangerous disconnect.
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Tonight Dave is sharing his take on the latest findings in the DORA state of AI assisted software development report 2025 | @davefarley77.bsky.social
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Learning TDD is a SKILL and takes TIME.
I've put together some FREE advice on how to get started, and how to succeed with TDD.
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Build better software, faster.
Some updates to my site: ted.dev
• Added slides to my talks page for "Testable Architecture" at ted.dev/talks/
• Added the Mob Mentality Show podcast (appearing with John Wilson, and Janis Kampe) to my podcasts page: ted.dev/podcasts/po...
Please join us in celebrating a new presenter joining us on Modern Software Engineering, Sam Newman
Technologist, independent consultant, speaker, and author of Building Microservices and Monolith To Microservices.
Welcome, Sam.
Putin è un mostro
Esperti di Yale trovano in Russia 210 “prigioni” di piccoli ucraini
I ricercatori dell’università lasciata senza fondi da Trump, hanno individuato centri per la “rieducazione “ dei minorenni. Nel Donbass un catalogo offre adozioni alle famiglie russe
- di @nelloscavo.bsky.social
At this point, it seems more uncommon when Anker batteries don't explode.
Dr. Susan Monarez, the former head of the CDC, detailed a tense meeting with Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. that led to her being fired last month. She said none of the assertions Kennedy made during the meeting were accurate.
What makes Bluesky different: it’s open source, so anyone can contribute to building the experience they want. And even if you build a whole new app, the protocol means you can migrate with your data, identity, and relationships intact.
Alt text: Two-page letter on official U.S. House of Representatives letterhead, dated September 15, 2025, from Congressman Clay Higgins (Louisiana, 3rd District) to major tech executives, including Mark Zuckerberg (Meta), Elon Musk (X), Neal Mohan (YouTube), Shou Zi Chew (TikTok), Jay Graber (Bluesky), and Devin Nunes (Trump Media & Technology Group). Page 1: The letter opens by thanking the executives for their service and offering condolences. It references the "graphic, televised murder of a heroic Christian leader, Mr. Charlie Kirk," urging the companies to take responsibility by removing posts that allegedly celebrated Kirk’s death. It demands that authors of such posts be banned and new pages they create also prohibited. It frames celebration of Kirk’s murder as unacceptable in a free society, and states that Congressman Higgins has initiated a Congressional effort to enforce this.
Page 2: The letter continues, stating that shielding offenders will not be protected under Section 230. Higgins emphasizes his role as Chair of the Federal Law Enforcement subcommittee of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, with authority over federal regulatory law enforcement. He frames the restriction of harmful public statements not as oppression, but as protection of free speech and societal standards. The letter closes with a demand for a formal response within one business week, signed "Clay Higgins, Member of Congress," and CCs Donald J. Trump (President of the United States) and Pam Bondi (Attorney General, U.S. Department of Justice).
Clay Higgins sent a letter to Bluesky and other social media sites threatening investigations if they don't censor speech critical of Charlie Kirk.
They don't even know who Jay is because they addressed her as "gentleman."
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