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terriblesoftware.org

The hidden cost of AI coding

AI coding tools boost productivity but may sacrifice the deep satisfaction developers experience when writing code by hand. What are we losing?

cekrem.github.io

Coding as craft: going back to the old gym

Why ‘reflexive AI usage’ sounds like a diagnosis I don’t want next to my name.

blog.infected.systems

This blog is hosted on a Nintendo Wii

A blog post served to you by a real Nintendo Wii + details around the workflow to make that possible.

annievella.com

The software engineering identity crisis

Many of us became software engineers because we found our identity in building things. Not managing things. Not overseeing things. Building things.

joshwcomeau.com

The post-developer era

A fresh look at the current LLM landscape, to see how things have changed, and to see if we can anticipate how things will continue to evolve.

frontendmasters.com

CSS bursts with conic gradients

Using hard color stops with repeating-conic-gradient() and the double-stop syntax, we can pretty easily create a burst background.

seangoedecke.com

Engineers who won’t commit

Why remaining non-committal is cowardly (and isn't it the same with design?).

kenneth.io

No code is dead — long live vibe coding

No-code didn’t replace code or traditional programming. It didn’t even come close.

webkit.org

Item flow: a new unified concept for layout

CSS Grid and Flexbox brought incredible layout tools to the web, but they don’t yet do everything a designer might want.

endler.dev

The best programmers I know

Lately, I asked myself: “What does it take to be one of the best? What do they all have in common?”

codepen.io

Holographic masks in CSS

Experimenting with some CSS holographic effects that are activated on scroll.

tomazweiss.github.io

The decline of Stack Overflow

With the rise of AI-driven coding assistants, the platform’s relevance has taken a hit.

serce.me

There is no vibe engineering

This article explores the relationship between vibe coding and software engineering.

smustafa.blog

Software development has too much software in it

The complexity around tooling has increased, for reasons that were more in the interest of the company than delivering what users needed.

frontendpractice.com

Frontend practice

Take your frontend skills to the next level by recreating real websites from real companies.

polotek.net

The frontend treadmill

A lot of frontend teams are very convinced that rewriting their frontend will lead to the promised land. And I am the bearer of bad tidings.

simonwillison.net

Not all AI-assisted programming is vibe coding

Vibe coding is having a moment. It’s not too bad for throwaway weekend projects, but still quite amusing.

ezyang.github.io

AI blindspots

Blindspots in LLMs noticed while AI coding.

jagilley.github.io

I quit my FAANG job because it’ll be automated by the end of 2025

Taking a medium-term look at the market dynamics, I’m now convinced that my former job will be obsolete by the end of the year.

ghuntley.com

Dear student: AI is here, you’re screwed unless you take action

Two weeks ago a student anonymously emailed Geoffrey Huntley asking for advice. This is his reply.