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coppolaemilio.com

What could have been

Even if we manage to snap out of the AI bubble, we are never going to get these years back.

brainbaking.com

On being haunted by my corporate software past

The kind of software that generates heaps of money but nobody involved is happy with: not the people writing it and not the people using it.

a16z.com

The specialization of app gen platforms

The world of AI app generation isn’t winner-take-all. There’s space for multiple breakout companies, each carving out its own niche.

timharford.com

Whose job is safe from AI?

As artificial intelligence becomes ever more capable, is any job secure?

matthewstrom.com

The product design talent crisis

Why we should invest in the next generation of product designers.

itsnicethat.com

The rise of the designer as influencer

Designers are no longer just making work; they are the work. But what started as promotion now risks swallowing design itself.

hidde.blog

How to avoid that your post about AI helps the hype

If we’re not cautious, we may accidentally feed the AI hype by talking about it in specific ways.

blog.johnluttig.com

Hypercapitalism and the AI talent wars

The AI talent wars challenge the shared trust and mission that aligned founders, employees, and investors.

inkandswitch.com

Malleable software

Restoring user agency in a world of locked-down apps.

windowsontheory.org

Machines of faithful obedience

In the next decade, AI progress will be extremely rapid, and such periods of sharp transition can be risky.

2025.stateofdevs.com

State of Devs 2025

"This is going to be too controversial”, they said. The results from the first ever State of Devs survey.

brooker.co.za

Career advice, or something like it

If I could offer you a single piece of career advice, it’s this: avoid negativity echo chambers.

fastcompany.com

Where the design jobs are now

FastCompany's guide to who’s hiring right now, and what they’re looking for.

benholliday.com

Design is care (and sensing carelessness)

Why design is care, and how the experiences we shape and deliver will be defined by how people sense that care in the future.

signalfire.com

State of tech talent report 2025

A sharp reset in tech hiring—entry-level roles are vanishing, elite AI labs winning the retention war, and new power centers emerging.

softwareheritage.org

When memory was measured in kilobytes

Back when RAM was precious, clever code reigned. Take a peek into early computer vision’s elegant solutions.

fly.io

My AI skeptic friends are all nuts

My smartest friends have bananas arguments about LLM coding.

doc.cc

Syntax

This series examines core concepts shaping our designed world, tracing their origins and dissecting their practical significance.

lennysnewsletter.com

How tech workers really feel about work right now

Results from a large-scale tech worker sentiment survey.

lethain.com

Career advice in 2025

I’ve been having too many “2025 is not much fun”-themed career discussions with prior colleagues navigating the current job market.