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How AI is quietly killing open source

How AI is quietly killing open source

LLMs generate code on demand, but they do not replace maintainers, communities, or years of shared learning. This piece explores how AI-assisted coding risks fragmenting logic, increasing technical debt, and slowly eroding the open source ecosystem.

The CTO's guide to AI adoption strategy

The CTO's guide to AI adoption strategy

AI adoption fails when treated as a tool rollout. This guide covers the decision framework, team dynamics, economics, and mistakes from 150+ technical audits.

A guide to vibe coding vs AI-assisted development

A guide to vibe coding vs AI-assisted development

Vibe coding or AI-assisted development? The choice isn't binary, but getting it wrong at the wrong stage will cost you. This piece breaks down when to embrace speed over architecture, when to take back control, and why the best teams don't pick sides.

How to introduce AI coding agents into your engineering team

How to introduce AI coding agents into your engineering team

AI coding agents draft code, write tests, and open pull requests autonomously. This guide covers the tool landscape, readiness signals, a phased rollout plan, and the team dynamics that make or break adoption.

AI code review tools: what works, what doesn't, and how to set it up

AI code review tools: what works, what doesn't, and how to set it up

AI code review catches what humans miss and misses what humans catch. This guide compares the tools, shows what each catches, and walks through setup without replacing human judgment.

Communicate or be micromanaged - the engineering edition

Communicate or be micromanaged - the engineering edition

Micromanagement rarely starts with bad intent. It usually starts with silence. When nobody knows what you are working on, meetings multiply, trust erodes, and focus disappears. This piece shows how clear, boring communication is your best defence.

The value of code review

The value of code review

Code reviews improve more than code quality. Done well, they shape better problem-solving, expose edge cases, and spread knowledge across teams. Learn how small, focused reviews and AI support help teams ship faster with confidence.

Your startup does not need more engineers, it needs fewer mistakes

Your startup does not need more engineers, it needs fewer mistakes

Hiring to fix velocity often multiplies your problems. Reduce avoidable mistakes first: tighten decision-making, align product and engineering, and put foundations in place that make a small team dangerous in the right way.

Getting started with performance testing

Getting started with performance testing

Performance bugs erode trust quietly until users explode. Three pragmatic steps help you catch slowdowns early: explore real bottlenecks with Sentry, test with production-sized data, and add lightweight API load tests.

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