AI Coding Agents Cut Costs, But Code Was Never the Bottleneck
AI programming agents are driving code generation costs toward zero, yet decades-old software engineering wisdom warns t…
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New Tool 'Mainline' Stops AI Agents From Breaking Code They Don't Understand
A staff engineer built Mainline to solve a recurring problem: AI coding agents make plausible but wrong changes based on…
Software Engineer Turned Novelist Writes Books Like Code
A developer's Show HN post reveals how software engineering methodologies can transform the novel-writing process.
Spec-Driven Development: Write the Contract First
Spec-Driven Development (SDD) flips the traditional coding workflow by defining API contracts before writing any logic.
AI Coding Autopilot: What Aviation Teaches About Skill Decay
The aviation industry's decades-long battle with automation complacency offers urgent lessons for developers increasingl…
You're Not Bad at Programming. You Just Quit Too Soon.
Most developers don't fail from lack of talent — they fail because they escape difficulty instead of pushing through it.
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