AI adoption in software engineering depends largely on seeing peers use it (and succeed). My latest for @leaddev.com on a new study - and what it means for engineering managers leaddev.com/ai/ai-coding...

AI-coding agents spread through peer pressure, not mandates

Microsoft research on AI-coding agent adoption reveals engineers follow their peers, not mandates.

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I dont understand this. If it doesn’t work as a bridge, build a new bridge. Keep the old one as a landmark somehwere. Bridges are not sculpture, they need to work. Idiotic. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Hammersmith Bridge vehicle plans axed over £300m cost

Hammersmith and Fulham Council now plans to focus on repairs to maintain walking and cycling access.

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One of the truly underrated movies of all time. Miracle Mile is also far from bleak, but I understand why it's been included!

Prince Charles Cinema@princecharlescinema.com · 2mo ago

The cult classic romantic apocalyptic thriller MIRACLE MILE screens Tue 23rd June at 8:30pm from a 35mm print as part of BLEAK WEEK 2026, presented with a post-film online Q&A with director Steven De Jarnatt! 🎟️ buff.ly/DnNYpt7

I just love to work with our new AI overlords 🙃

If there was any doubt that I am turning into my dad, I have gotten really into U2 and books about nautical history all of a sudden.

New from @charleshumble.bsky.social: leaddev.com/software-qua... "If we take Fedorov’s argument that the problem is one of rapid scaling caused by AI, it’s hard to ignore the irony [...] It is now buckling under the weight of the automated, AI-generated activity that followed."

What’s gone wrong at GitHub?

For most of its life, GitHub has been remarkably reliable. Then, somewhere in the last year or so, that stopped being the case. What happened?

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Issue #3 of The Shift is live and I went long on Tokenmaxxing: what it is, why it's bad, and how to make it useful: leaddeveic.substack.com/p/3-leaddevs...

#3 LeadDev's The Shift: Tokenmaxxing is the new lines of code

Plus: Agentic engineering management and bosses have AI brain

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With the news that John Stones is leaving Man City, any excuse to post one of my favourite Soccer AM clips of all time: www.youtube.com/watch?v=jYJU...

reaction from Mancunian (soccer am) on John stones.

YouTube video by Manc Larks

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I’m working on a theory that people who hate multiculturalism always have the worst fucking palete you’ve ever come across: vm.tiktok.com/ZNRqr31aD/

Some news: I'm launching The Shift today, a Substack newsletter from @leaddev.com. Every Friday I'll be delving into the shift software engineering leaders are navigating: from coding by hand, to coding with agents, and all of the messiness that creates: open.substack.com/pub/leaddeve...

Welcome to LeadDev's The Shift

A new weekly newsletter from LeadDev for engineering leaders grappling with the shift towards AI-driven software development. This week: Mythos myth making, the death of the two pizza team, and more.

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I really do think The Athletic needs to be held to account for what it considers to be “breaking news” worthy of a standalone email

"A 10x engineer isn't cool. You know what's cool? A 1,000x engineer." leaddev.com/ai/openai-sa...

Shazam, but for football commentators that I want to criticise

What do you mean there's no more curling on? A bit of snowboard big air? Some speed skating? I miss the winter olympics

Is this how rebellions begin? leaddev.com/ai/pinterest...

Pinterest fires two engineers for building layoff-tracking tool

Recent layoffs and an AI-focused hiring push has rattled employees at the tech company.

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One thing that makes you feel like you’re losing your grip on reality is constantly having to hear about the genius and brilliance of various Silicon Valley types while also reading headlines about how their businesses are losing sums of money so large that it’s almost impossible to comprehend

GamesIndustry.biz@gibiz.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Meta's Reality Labs metaverse-focused arm generated $2.2 billion in revenue for the 12 months ending December 31st, 2025, but clocked up a $19.2 billion operational loss. Since the division was set up in 2020, the company has lost $83.6 billion on Reality Labs www.gamesindustry.biz/metas-realit...

@stokel.bsky.social breaks down why the hype around GPT-5.2 and Opus 4.5 has reached fever pitch in software developer circles: leaddev.com/technical-di...

Why GPT-5.2 and Opus 4.5 are a leap forward for coding

The latest generation of AI models have proven to be a major step forward for a wide range of coding tasks – but at what cost?

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Rob Reiner: I'm going to make a coming of age drama, a fantasy adventure story, a romantic comedy, a psychological horror and then a courtroom drama. Us: Across your entire career? Reiner: In a 6 year period. Us: That sounds- Reiner: -Each one will be arguably the best movie in that genre.

Zig decides to Zag, moves on from GitHub: leaddev.com/ai/why-zig-i...

Why Zig is moving on from GitHub

GitHub has become “completely neglected”, according to a scathing review of the platform from the project leader behind Zig.

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The brutal reality of life as an Android owner in London: First you’re shocked as you’re mugged. Then you’re humiliated as the thief returns the device. www.londoncentric.media/p/london-pho...

"Don't want no Samsung"

Plus: Scroll down to see what might be the strangest new artwork in the capital and read more on our investigations into the capital's landlords.

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I’ve waited two years for this

“At my company I saw executives buying their own subscriptions to tools like Claude in violation of the policy they themselves wrote,” says one developer, who compared the ad hoc use of AI in their company to bosses driving a "disorganized clown car.” leaddev.com/ai/why-your-...

Why your boss is the biggest AI risk

Execs have been quick to caution developers about the risks of AI, but don't seem to be taking their own advice.

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Really glad we’re burning the planet for results like this

After the conversations I’ve had @leaddev.com New York all week, this by @anildash.com rings very true: www.anildash.com//2025/10/17/...

The Majority AI View - Anil Dash

A blog about making culture. Since 1999.

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Google is cracking down on remote work

Google follows other tech giants and doubles down to add restrictions on its “Work from Anywhere” (WFA) policy.

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Despite a recent embarrassing incident involving generative AI, Deloitte is pushing on with a global Anthropic Claude rollout: leaddev.com/ai/deloitte-...

Deloitte rolls out Claude to 470,000 employees

The consulting giant is rolling out Anthropic's Claude AI assistant to a huge chunk of its global workforce.

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This warms the cockles: www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cy...

Firm linked to Baroness Michelle Mone must pay £122m after breaching Covid PPE contract, judge rules

The government wins its case against PPE Medpro - part of a consortium led by Baroness Mone's husband - after it supplied non-compliant gowns in 2020.

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@justinsablich.bsky.social hi Justin, I’m trying to get in touch about some freelance opportunities, drop me a line if you’re interested!