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The next big frontiers of software development:

1. Augmented workflow optimization
2. F1-level recovery and quality control systems
3. Bot spam management
February 7, 2026 at 7:50 PM
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Structure is not the enemy of openness. It's what makes it sustainable.

These resources show how experienced teams balance both.

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#OpenSource #OSPO #Collaboration #Software #Technology #Programming #SoftwareDevelopment #Coding #SoftwareEngineering
A List of OSPO Resources: Guides, Tools, and Communities for Open Source Program Offices
Curated OSPO resources for starting and running an OSPO: guides, tools, communities, and maturity models from TODO Group, Linux Foundation, and OSPO Alliance.
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February 4, 2026 at 7:18 PM
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I trust Netflix’s engineers more than most tech influencers.

Here's a curated list of real engineering blogs written by people shipping real software.

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#Blogs #Software #Technology #Programming #SoftwareDevelopment #Coding #SoftwareEngineering
A List of Software Engineering Blogs: Tech Company Engineering Blogs
A curated directory of software engineering blogs from leading technology companies. Find engineering blogs from Meta, Google, Netflix, AWS, and more. Includes RSS feeds and covers system design, API ...
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January 31, 2026 at 10:11 PM
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If you've given instructions to an LLM twice, you could have written a skill.

What Agent Skills are, and how they can replace manual prompt chains.

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#AgentSkills #Claude #ClaudeCode #MCP #AI #GenAI
What Are Agent Skills?
Agent Skills explained: why they exist, how they work conceptually, and how they solve AI agent capability gaps through reusable procedural knowledge packages.
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January 28, 2026 at 8:12 PM
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You'll need a backup plan when Office 365 Copilot (Clippy 📎) goes down and when OpenAI runs out of money. 💸

Here's a list of Open Source LLMs ready to save you from cloud-hosted LLMs.

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#LLMs #GPT #OpenSource #Ollama #AI #ChatGPT #Copilot #
A List of Open Source LLMs: Coding and Writing Models for Local AI
A list of open-source language models for coding and writing. Compare code LLMs, writing models, and coding AI tools that work with Ollama, LM Studio, and Jan.
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January 26, 2026 at 8:41 PM
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ABOLISH ICE!!!

#ICE #Corruption #Politics #Republicans #GOP #Insurrection #Sedition #Traitors
January 25, 2026 at 1:30 AM
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Choosing between centralized and distributed systems doesn’t have to be ideological.

Learn how to make decisions based on constraints, not trends.

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#SoftwareArchitecture #SystemDesign #DistributedSystems #Monolith #Microservices #SoftwareFundamentals
Fundamentals of Centralized Software Systems
Understanding centralized software systems: when single points of control work, why they're simpler than distributed systems, and when to choose them over distributed alternatives.
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January 25, 2026 at 12:57 AM
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How a codebase written entirely with AI runs

#AI #GenAI #RubeGoldberg #Software #Technology #Programming #SoftwareDevelopment #Coding #SoftwareEngineering
January 19, 2026 at 5:18 PM
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Your software delivery program's plan says “TBD,” while your dependencies say “LOL.”

Learn to replace software delivery vibes with clarified and realistic dependency coordination.

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#Program #Software #Delivery
Fundamentals of Program Management
Learn program management fundamentals: coordinating multiple projects, managing interdependencies, and aligning work with strategic objectives. Understand why programs exist and how they work.
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January 18, 2026 at 12:24 AM
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The Death Star blew up because someone put a critical dependency on a single exhaust port.

Learn how single points of failure kill projects.

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#Projects #ProjectManagement #SoftwareEngineering #ProductManagement #Software #SoftwareDevelopment
Fundamentals of Software Project Management
Learn core software project management principles: scope, time, cost, quality. Understand why software projects fail and how to deliver on time and budget.
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January 17, 2026 at 10:46 PM
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I see you, aspiring developers. 👀

#AI #GenAI #IT #Career #Software #Technology #Programming #SoftwareDevelopment #Coding #SoftwareEngineering
January 17, 2026 at 10:42 PM
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I’m not sure if MCP is better than USB yet, but it has a 50/50 chance. 🪙

What is this Model Context Protocol anyway?

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#MCP #ModelContextProtocol #AI #LLM #APIs #JSONRPC #Protocols #SystemDesign #Integration #DevTools
What Is MCP?
Model Context Protocol (MCP) explained: why it exists, how it works conceptually, and how it solves AI-LLM integration challenges through standardized protocols.
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January 17, 2026 at 10:41 PM
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Integration with your API shouldn’t require psychic powers.

Learn how explicit semantics reduce guesswork.

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#APIDesign #APIs #SoftwareEngineering #DistributedSystems #SystemDesign #APIContracts #PlatformEngineering #OpenAPI #RESTAPIs
Fundamentals of API Design and Contracts
API design fundamentals for contracts, compatibility, and reliability, so integrations stay predictable as systems evolve.
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January 17, 2026 at 10:40 PM
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We’ve spent ~80 years in computer science, to name one class: ManagerManager.

An examination of the pitfalls of naming and a return to functional, descriptive basics.

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#SoftwareEngineering #SoftwareArchitecture #Maintainability #SoftwareDevelopment
Fundamentals of Naming
Understand why naming matters in software: how clear names improve readability, reduce bugs, and make code easier to understand, maintain, and modify over time.
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January 4, 2026 at 6:55 PM
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You shipped the code, but forgot to ship the meaning.

Why messaging translates technical value into human terms.

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#Marketing #Software #Technology #Programming #SoftwareDevelopment #Coding #SoftwareEngineering
Fundamentals of Software Marketing
Understand why software marketing works: how positioning, messaging, and go-to-market strategy connect software products with customers and when each approach matters most.
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January 4, 2026 at 6:53 PM
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Does your software org run like a group chat where everyone thinks they’re the admin?

Learn how clear roles and structure can make you an operator.

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#SoftwareEngineering #TechLeadership #ProductManagement #BusinessFundamentals #Software
Fundamentals of Software Business Management
Understand why software business management works: how planning, organizing, leading, and controlling create effective software organizations and when each function matters most.
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January 4, 2026 at 6:50 PM
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Every legacy system started as a “clean MVP.” Even the Death Star.

Learn how technical debt forms and why fundamentals prevent catastrophic rewrites.

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#Maintainability #Software #Technology #Programming #SoftwareDevelopment #Coding #SoftwareEngineering
Fundamentals of Software Maintainability
Understand why software maintainability matters: how code quality, technical debt, refactoring, and design patterns create systems that are easier to modify, debug, and extend over time.
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January 4, 2026 at 6:48 PM
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Most debugging sessions end the same way Netflix shows do, unsatisfied.

Discover how closing the loop prevents repeat episodes.

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#Debugging #SoftwareDevelopment #EngineeringPrinciples #SystemThinking #Observability #ReliabilityEngineering
Fundamentals of Software Debugging
Software debugging fundamentals for developers: mental models, evidence-driven workflows, observability signals, and practical techniques for finding root causes fast.
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December 30, 2025 at 7:03 PM
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Agile isn’t Jira. Jira is where agile goes to die.

Learn agile fundamentals without tool worship.

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#Agile #SoftwareDevelopment #ProductDevelopment #SystemThinking #TechLeadership #ContinuousImprovement #SoftwareEngineering #TeamCollaboration
Fundamentals of Agile Software Development
Agile software development fundamentals: iterative development, collaboration, and responding to change. Build software that delivers value continuously.
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December 30, 2025 at 7:00 PM
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If your release checklist has more steps than an IKEA manual.

Learn how automation removes human bottlenecks and mitigates deployment risk.

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#CICD #Software #Technology #Programming #SoftwareDevelopment #Coding #SoftwareEngineering
Fundamentals of CI/CD and Release Engineering
CI/CD and release engineering fundamentals: automation, feedback loops, deployment strategies, and why continuous integration prevents integration hell.
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December 28, 2025 at 9:53 PM
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Your on-call rotation log knows exactly how available your system really is.

How availability design directly affects sleep and sanity.

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#Availability #Reliability #Software #Technology #Programming #SoftwareDevelopment #Coding #SoftwareEngineering
Fundamentals of Software Availability
Software availability explained: uptime metrics, redundancy patterns, health checks, and graceful degradation for keeping systems accessible.
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December 28, 2025 at 9:52 PM
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Scalability is what separates a side project from its villain origin story.

I explain how systems handle growth without collapsing.

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#Scalability #Software #Technology #Programming #SoftwareDevelopment #Coding #SoftwareEngineering
Fundamentals of Software Scalability
Software scalability fundamentals: how systems handle increased load, why scalability matters, and when to scale horizontally vs vertically.
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December 28, 2025 at 9:51 PM
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Your cloud bill didn’t wake up and choose violence.

Learn how capacity planning controls cost creep.

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#CapacityPlanning #Software #Technology #Programming #SoftwareDevelopment #Coding #SoftwareEngineering
Fundamentals of Capacity Planning
Learn capacity planning fundamentals: how to predict resource needs, avoid over-provisioning, and scale systems efficiently. Essential guide for engineers and operations teams.
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December 28, 2025 at 9:50 PM
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Your dashboard says green. Your users say slow. Guess who’s right.

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#SoftwarePerformance #DistributedSystems #PerformanceEngineering #Latency #Observability #ReliabilityEngineering #SiteReliability #BackendEngineering #DeveloperEducation #SoftwareArchitecture
Fundamentals of Software Performance
End-to-end software performance fundamentals: latency, throughput, percentiles, bottlenecks, and measuring user-perceived speed without breaking reliability.
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December 20, 2025 at 2:27 AM
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Congratulations. Your system DDoSed itself.

Learn how thundering herds create self-inflicted outages.

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#DistributedSystems #ReliabilityEngineering #SystemDesign #BackendEngineering #SoftwareArchitecture #SiteReliability #Caching #Scalability #Resilience
What Is a Thundering Herd?
Thundering herd: when many clients do the same work at once and overload a dependency. Understand why it happens, what it looks like, and how to reduce risk.
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December 20, 2025 at 2:27 AM