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The Steady Beat - Issue 25.03.2
Yes men, Pac Man, and all the vibes.
The Steady Beat - Issue 25.03.1
Cancelling tech debt, designing instead of engineering prompts, taste matters, and the danger of hallucinated code that runs.
The Steady Beat - Issue 25.02.4
A software engineering skills check, AI as a usability testing aid, transitioning from UX design to product design, and the AI agent ladder.
The Steady Beat - Issue 25.02.3
1X engineers, context on a cadence, real AI ROI, designing AI responsibly, AGI is a long game, and a day-in-the-life of a developer using LLMs.
The Steady Beat - Issue 25.02.2
Tempering documentation, reclaiming trust, cognitive competence, and dealing with coordination debt.
The Steady Beat - Issue 25.02.1
The cost of context switching, the coordination tax crisis, AI chat as an imprecise coding UI, and "measureship" as an anti-pattern.
The Steady Beat - Issue 25.01.4
The enduring need for human software development, the pitfalls of DIY RAG systems, design anti-patterns, and Agile's role in the Product Model.
The Steady Beat - Issue 25.01.3
Engineering interruptions, a Microsoft branding blunder, the latest product management books, and LLMs drink StackOverflow's milkshake.
The Steady Beat - Issue 25.01.2
Compound AI systems, must-read CS papers for developers, the fall (or not) of Agile, and realistic predictions for AI agents in 2025.
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