Why coding agents keep making your codebase worse
Why coding agents keep making your codebase worse
AI is rotting your code quality.
Beyond Coding
Technical debt
AI Boilerplate Is Fast Until the Refactor Bill Arrives
Best Practices
AI Boilerplate Is Fast Until the Refactor Bill Arrives
AI-generated boilerplate is seductive because it collapses the visible cost of getting started. Y...
Why Coding Agents Keep Making Your Codebase Worse
Why Coding Agents Keep Making Your Codebase Worse
Stop letting AI agents ruin your code.
Beyond Coding
When a Retainer-Based AI Operating System Is Worth It
Decision framework
When a Retainer-Based AI Operating System Is Worth It
Engineering leaders are being pushed toward a concrete operating choice: keep AI work as isolated...
What Is Legacy Code? How AI Is Modernizing Legacy Systems
What Is Legacy Code? How AI Is Modernizing Legacy Systems
Modernizing legacy systems with AI
IBM Technology
How AI Coding Agents Understand Your Codebase & Developer Tools
How AI Coding Agents Understand Your Codebase & Developer Tools
Fast code is breaking your system.
IBM Technology
AI Code Looks Perfect It Isn't
AI Code Looks Perfect It Isn't
AI code works but may be broken.
Tech With Tim
Why Code-First AI Development Frays Under Real Load
Best Practices
Why Code-First AI Development Frays Under Real Load
AI coding tools can make software feel cheaper to produce, but the real bottleneck shifts fast: a...
Ex-NASA dev reveals his Agentic Engineering Workflow
Ex-NASA dev reveals his Agentic Engineering Workflow
Agents aren't magic. Here's why.
David Ondrej
The difference between a junior and a senior engineer isn't speed
The difference between a junior and a senior engineer isn't speed
Code is debt. Stop writing it.
Beyond Coding
AI Productivity Gains Are Real. The Review Bill Is the Catch.
Deep dive
AI Productivity Gains Are Real. The Review Bill Is the Catch.
AI coding tools are making individual engineers faster. The problem is that organizations often s...
Technical leadership is hard to buy back once finance takes over
Deep dive
Technical leadership is hard to buy back once finance takes over
For AI teams, founders, and investors, the tempting move is obvious: optimize for cleaner margins...
Context engineering with Dex Horthy
Context engineering with Dex Horthy
Full automation ruins codebases.
The Pragmatic Engineer
What Is AI Code Refactoring? Agentic AI & Safe Code Changes
What Is AI Code Refactoring? Agentic AI & Safe Code Changes
Can we safely let AI rewrite our code?
IBM Technology
Your prompts are tech debt.
Your prompts are tech debt.
Your AI prompts are rotting.
Theo - t3․gg
Dax Raad: AI often creates “Frankenstein” products
Dax Raad: AI often creates “Frankenstein” products
Stop shipping your way to failure
The Pragmatic Engineer
You are all caught up.