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@gergelyorosz
Writing @Pragmatic_Eng, the #1 software engineering newsletter on Substack. Author of @EngGuidebook. Formerly Uber & Skype.
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The departing team member says Claude Code now handles large migrations and builds new products.
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The reported MATH-500 score rose from 7.9% to 48.1% with the same sampling settings.
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Kalshi says Sam Altman described AI-powered robots building new facilities and solar panels.
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A Spawn builder says its ten-person team spends 30 times its payroll on AI tokens.
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An Anthropic team member says the interviews no longer provide signal and were removed in October 2026.
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The Information reports about 27% of Microsoft’s staff are eligible, with sales employees excluded.
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Entire says its Trails show agent-scored evaluations on each code push and can require checks before merging.
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The post says more customers are building internal agents and using Linear to share workflows, communication and context.
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benln claims 3x faster computer tasks and notifications only on the device you're using, without providing a speed benchmark.
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Two posts point to security incidents and urge AI-assisted defenses; one specifically calls for faster vulnerability detection and patching.
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OpenAI says PHP maintainers led the fixes after two months of coordination with researchers and security providers.
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A user disputes a quote about surplus compute, saying their portfolio companies struggle to find capacity.
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A user calls the chart makers' insights “banger,” pointing to their placement of IBM above Anthropic.
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Reuters reports a researcher watched the hacker break into websites belonging to more than 100 companies, including Deere and SharkNinja.
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A user says they spot AI errors quickly in familiar work but initially trusted three models’ incorrect legal feedback.
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A user says it opens websites, fills out forms and connects to Gmail, Calendar, Notion, Drive and X.
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Gergely Orosz says the middleware engineer sought his advice and called their manager “blinded by GenAI hype.”
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A post says AI-agent inquiries are already bypassing barriers that once limited access to government and company services.
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One post contrasts a frontend developer considering retirement with early retirees who returned because tech now looks exciting.
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A startup developer quoted in a post said the Vim user's work was higher quality, too.
