Issue #228
New use cases for new engineering paradigms
The speed feels like its been turned to 11 with engineering norms and the way we're building these days
August 10, 2026
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Issue #227
Works on my machine
Last week was full of great solutions that solve some specific use cases. But they might not solve everybody's.
August 03, 2026
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Issue #226
The true value of developers in the AI era
As we see more and more code being written by AI agents, developers need to realize their value was never the coding part.
July 27, 2026
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Issue #225
Show your work
In an age where software is cheap and human-written content is scarce, I want to remind you to share what you learned!
July 20, 2026
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Issue #224
AI is just a tool
Here's your reminder that AI is just a tool, not a viable candidate for your replacement.
July 13, 2026
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Issue #223
MicroVMs as GitHub runners? Yes, and it works.
Lambda MicroVMs have landed and the community is already putting them to creative use. Plus, Claude Sonnet 5 analysis, serverless email …
July 06, 2026
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Issue #222
Voice-controlled humanoid robots 😱
The time is here where we actually can control fleets of humanoid robots by our voice. What's next?!
June 29, 2026
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Issue #221
Finally, native S3 metadata that works!
AWS launched S3 annotations last week, a new way to store mutable, queryable data on your objects. Hooray!
June 22, 2026
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Issue #220
Filling the AI Experience Gap
AI has changed everything. What does that mean for the next generation of software developers?
June 15, 2026
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