If I hear one more time, "You have to use AI to be faster." after explaining the issues are not in code generation but more on a structural and systemic level I truly will think about stopping being a software developer. I truly cannot take it anymore.

Yes, AI can help you to solve those problems as well. But still solving those problems takes time as people are involved. You cannot change minds and forms of collaboration at a whim.

#ai #softwaredevelopment

Ein Ticket ist keine Aufgabe – es ist eine stark vereinfachte Repräsentation eines Problems, und Systeme, die Entwickler zwingen, nur das Ticket zu sehen statt das Problem dahinter, belohnen Gehorsam und bestrafen das Denken, was kein Motivations-, sondern ein Designproblem ist.

https://no-bullshit-agile.de/warum-entwickler-keine-tickets-abarbeiten-wollen.html

#agile #development #kanban #softwareDevelopment #scrum

How do you manage large-scale code migrations across a massive codebase?

At #Spotify, the answer is Honk - an internal AI-powered coding agent - currently merging 1,000 pull requests every 10 days!

Read more on #InfoQ ⇨ https://bit.ly/4rZExaF

#SoftwareDevelopment #AIassistedCoding #Refactoring

The pivotal session that is helping me see a path forward for AI-augmented test-driven development.

(Video is a bit rough 'n' ready, but packed with insights...er, once we got going...)

#AIdevelopment #LLMs #agentic #TDD #softwaredevelopment

https://youtu.be/Oz3KS9-Yohg

The purpose of Continuous Integration is to fail

https://blog.nix-ci.com/post/2026-02-05_the-purpose-of-ci-is-to-fail

#HackerNews #ContinuousIntegration #CI #Failures #SoftwareDevelopment #DevOps #Agile

I truly ask myself if we rob software developers and architects of perspectives when we teach them technical abstractions first without telling them how to model for business requirements.

Often enough I see how we think in layers, technical terms and tactical patterns. But strategic design often just gets lost in the the technical details.

I really wish we would first teach a bit of DDD before we go into technical abstractions.

#softwaredevelopment #ddd #architecture

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New blog post: The LISP curse, now coming to your ecosystem!

https://javahippie.net/programming/llm/2026/03/05/the-lisp-curse-coming-to-your-ecosystem.html

#softwareDevelopment #programming #lisp #llm #ai

While “culture” is often seen as a soft skill, top-performing organizations know it’s the Engine of productivity & stability.

In #SoftwareDevelopment, #Culture can make or break teams.

In this #InfoQ virtual panel, we explore how a strong culture drives innovation and brings out the best in software professionals.

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#DeveloperExperince #Leadership #Teamwork #Agile

I'm rather surprised I haven't seen more talk about this document from Thoughtworks.

The future of software engineering: https://www.thoughtworks.com/content/dam/thoughtworks/documents/report/tw_future%20_of_software_development_retreat_%20key_takeaways.pdf

#SoftwareDevelopment #AI

Does anyone in the UK actually use TDD (that's Test Driven Development, for the uninitiated)?

I see it mentioned on a lot of job adverts, but when you talk to the people there, it's all a bit "Well, we like our employees to have that skill, but we don't actually want them to use it". Obviously! That would be crazy...

I find TDD to be incredibly effective, not just in testing the code, but in guiding the design and development of the solution towards higher quality results.

I actually learnt TDD from a manager while employed, but that was in New Zealand. Ever since I've been working back in the UK, my managers seem to think testing in general is a waste of time and money.

#tdd #softwaredevelopment #softwareengineering

#LLM tools let you write code faster, but LOCs has NEVER been the bottleneck to value. The bottleneck is organizational coherence.

Instead of working towards that alignment, we are encouraged to "just #AI it." The result? AI makes everyone work MORE, with no real productivity gains.

Teams need to get better at choosing more valuable work to do. For that, you need #UserResearch. And user research can only happen at a human pace.

https://productpicnic.beehiiv.com/p/research-is-leadership-and-code-can-help-but-only-in-the-right-places

#UX #tech #softwaredevelopment

Clarity Was Always the Bottleneck

https://open.substack.com/pub/bryanfinster/p/clarity-was-always-the-bottleneck

The article ends with

> The bottleneck is clarity. It always was. The answer is not a requirements document. The answer is a practice that continuously creates and validates shared understanding across the entire team. [...]

Thank you Bryan Finster. This resonates so strongly. As does most of the article, but the end really resonates.

#ai #softwaredevelopment #agile #clarity

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#Java #JDK #SoftwareDevelopment

“AI can make mistakes” might as well be the slogan of our era. Even boosters admit that you need to spin the vibe code slot machine a few times to get a jackpot.

An employee with that degree of consistency would be fired.

So how do we redirect some of that unlimited grace from machines to humans?

https://productpicnic.beehiiv.com/p/corporations-demand-perfection-from-workers-but-ai-gets-unlimited-slack

#UX #UXDesign #LLM #AI #tech #softwaredevelopment

Speed is not an advantage. With GenAI, Quality and Fit for Purpose will differentiate.

#AI #SoftwareDevelopment

We’re pleased to highlight an article from the latest edition of the FreeBSD Journal. In “printf(“Hello, srcmgr\n”);”, Mark Johnston introduces the Source Management (srcmgr) team and the role it plays in supporting FreeBSD source development.

Read the article:
https://freebsdfoundation.org/our-work/journal/browser-based-edition/freebsd-15-0/printfhello-srcmgrn/

#FreeBSD #FreeBSDJournal #OpenSource #SoftwareDevelopment #Community

99% of stakeholder "ideas" are just copying a feature they saw on a competitor's product. And the features they notice most are the ones that yell at their users the loudest.

Now all software (not just consumer apps, but also metrics dashboards) yells at you, and trains you to attend to its yelling. Strategy becomes dominated by the overriding need to make the good number go up.

https://productpicnic.beehiiv.com/p/the-circular-logic-of-our-metrics

#tech #softwaredevelopment #ux #uxdesign #product #productmanagement

Jidoka shows security can keep pace with speed. Try this for two sprints and see how it changes your team’s workflow. Share what works.

#HealthcareTech #SoftwareDevelopment #Agile #Jidoka #ToyotaWay #DevSecOps #ScrumTips #StartupGrowth #CyberSecurity #LeanManufacturing (5/5)

#ProjectAmber just introduced a new design proposal for Carrier Classes & Carrier Interfaces.

The goal? Extend record-style modeling to more Java types - without losing concise state declarations, derived methods, or pattern matching.

Read more ⇨ https://bit.ly/46jYPn2

#Java #InfoQ #OpenJDK #SoftwareDevelopment

If Anthropic has a better approach, they need to share it. Otherwise, this is just marketing hype.

Their report:
https://resources.anthropic.com/hubfs/2026%20Agentic%20Coding%20Trends%20Report.pdf?hsLang=en

My analysis:
https://agilepainrelief.com/blog/ai-generated-code-quality-problems/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=archive-reshare

#AI #TechnicalDebt #SoftwareDevelopment

What actually matters:
- Understanding what to build
- Testing it properly
- Maintaining it for years

Instead of generating your next AI-assisted PR, run an experiment to see how the feature will be received by end users. No point building the wrong feature faster. Full analysis:
https://agilepainrelief.com/blog/ai-generated-code-quality-problems/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=archive-reshare

#AI #TechnicalDebt #SoftwareDevelopment

What kinds of consulting/coaching do you see or hear advertised?

I've noticed
- Leadership
- Managements (is that intended to be similar to Leadership?)
- Change

I used to do Software Development consulting/coaching

What else is out there in the wild?

#consulting #coaching #management #SoftwareDevelopment

@dessalines

Quick suggestion, based upon having to explain to a relative that this was computer programmer jargon and did not have any connection to any ordinary meaning of the word 'toast':

Change 'show toast on layout switch' to something like 'display the layout names when switching layouts'.

@wild1145

#ThumbKey #SoftwareDevelopment #ComputerProgramming #Android

@wild1145

I've seen it at work several times in my career.

Unlike the relative, I recognized that this was jargon and knew where to look the jargon up.

https://developer.android.com/guide/topics/ui/notifiers/toasts

The setting actually is not actually developer oriented. It's aimed, like the "hide letters" setting, at people who know the tool and who can (or at least want to) get by without the visual aids.

It's even something that I've directly experienced. Change layout multiple times to get to the desired point in the layout loop, and the names of all of the layouts passed through take significant time to all, one by one, flash on screen and disappear.

#ThumbKey #SoftwareDevelopment #ComputerProgramming #Android

Thumb-Key installed on a relative's 'phone. I didn't enable anything fancy, or enable the #MessageEase compatibility layouts. But I was explicitly asked to install Spanish and French alongside English.

I made the relative make the layout switching gesture multiple times, so that it stuck. Otherwise I knew what the first panicked 'phone call would be.

First panicked 'phone call: all of the letters have disappeared from the keyboard.

There is a setting in the Thumb-Key settings called "Hide letters", and it had been switched on.

https://f-droid.org/en/packages/com.dessalines.thumbkey/

There's another option called 'show toast' and is a prime example of programmers writing for programmers instead of for users. 'toast' is specialized Android developer jargon. Users won't know that it means showing the layout names for a brief period when one switches layouts. They'll be wondering what the Hell bread has to do with a keyboard.

#ThumbKey #Android #SoftwareDevelopment #ComputerProgramming

Mid-sized finance teams should use this with monthly user feedback checks. Keep solutions focused on core needs, not technical novelty.

#InversionThinking #SoftwareDevelopment #ProjectManagement #FinanceTech #UserFeedback #CostSavings #Compliance #Efficiency #Agile #ProductManagement (4/4)