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

Donald Trump's H-1B changes will make a material difference to US tech hiring, but Europe is waiting in the wings. “It’s a massive net positive,” Markus Villig from Bolt, the Estonian unicorn, told me in his Tallinn offices. My latest for @leaddev.com leaddev.com/hiring/break...

Whoever invented this should be sent to The Hague

More torment

This is so sharp: idiallo.com/blog/being-i... It's amazing how many things that go viral are essentially because of strategic wrongness because people on the internet are pedants

I love my daughter because one second she’ll be the sweetest person you’ve ever met and the next she’ll ask me to watch the 1998 film Madeleine but only the 10 minutes where she nearly dies from appendicitis

“In general it seems like more and more nomads eventually realize the importance of having a more settled life and decide to have a stable base somewhere where they have a community.” @kelkord.bsky.social checked in on the developer digital nomad dream: leaddev.com/career-devel...

Despite being given identical code snippets to review, work purportedly written with the help of AI was rated 9% worse on average, and 13% less if submitted by a female colleague. @stokel.bsky.social on that fascinating @hbr.org study: leaddev.com/career-devel...

Totally normal calv.info/openai-refle...

Well well well

share.google/j1nrIFZ184Tl... “We want our Singha back”

It’s always the ones you least su… oh www.theguardian.com/film/2025/ju...

Morbidly excited for the Europa League final

Morris, an alligator who appeared in numerous films and television shows, most notably in the movie “Happy Gilmore,” died on Monday. He was at least 80.

This football match

By my count that's TechCrunch, Foundry, and Polygon all sold in the last month. Working in tech journalism just got a lot harder.

“The diss [NPCs] suggests its own ideology: Politics isn’t a dispute among philosophical visions for a better world, or even a contest among constituencies for resources; it’s a quest for certain humans who matter to defeat people-shaped obstacles that don’t.” www.theatlantic.com/culture/arch...

This is an unreal Gemini use case

"No one can agree how AI will change software engineering." Despite a tidal wave of industry commentary this year, no one really knows how the role of software engineers will change with the arrival of AI coding assistance. leaddev.com/career-devel...

Rory McIlroy making 3s at Augusta

What factors increase revenue per engineer? New benchmarking from DX reveals how areas like R&D spend, org size, and growth rate move the needle. I covered the new study today for @leaddev.com leaddev.com/reporting/th...

Not only is that a foul in the build up, it’s a red card for Sarr

I've been doing a bunch of reading about the impact AI coding tools are having on software developers. Here are 9 essential articles on the topic: leaddev.com/leadership/t...

This is a less than ideal debut for Nestor against his former team

Happy Opening Day to those who celebrate

@stokel.bsky.social on *those* Y Combinator CEO claims: leaddev.com/hiring/95-ai...

Great list @theringer.com.web.brid.gy, but we won't forget this slander www.theringer.com/project/100-...

Let it be known that if I ever buy this for you and your child it means you are my mortal enemy

Baseball!

Layoff anxiety is rife and employee confidence is at an all-time low according to @glassdoor.bsky.social. How are engineering managers expected to lead in this environment? @kelkord.bsky.social reports. leaddev.com/management/h...

The LeadDev Engineering Leadership report is back for 2025 and we need your help! 🫵 Take the short survey to help us understand: - How engineering orgs & roles have been changing? - How is AI impacting engineering team roles? - Key industry trends whiteoctoberevents.acemlna.com/lt.php?x=3DZ...

Crypto has largely weathered the layoffs storm impacting the tech industry. Is it a safe haven for developers? Delighted to welcome @karivmcmahon.bsky.social as a contributor to @leaddev.com. leaddev.com/career-devel...

"Where software engineers used to be hot commodities, the power has suddenly shifted back to employers." @kelkord.bsky.social on the monumental vibe shift impacting the tech industry. leaddev.com/culture/how-...

I watched The Gorge last night and while the film is NOT GOOD, this might be the best song ever? open.spotify.com/track/0JX23X...

Gerwyn Price steamrolling through Littler and Humphries is a real statement 🎯

Mike White is the master, but this is an inspired bit of casting

hahahahahaha aaa

Excited to publish this @kelkord.bsky.social piece on the rapid erosion of middle management in tech, and how engineering leaders should rethink their careers as a result: leaddev.com/management/t...

Not picking Adam Driver here is a crime variety.com/lists/greate...

@brofromanother.bsky.social you critics are all cut from the same cloth

Dudes rock

Did the banks catch up, or FAANG fall behind? @jfruh.bsky.social looks into the Wall Street Journal claim that “the coolest job in tech might actually be at a bank" leaddev.com/hiring/how-b...

The Brutalist soundtrack titles don't mess about

I’m sorry but this trailer is a masterpiece m.youtube.com/watch?v=AZr9...

An incredibly clear-eyed assessment of where DEI lost all meaning, and where it's principles go next from: hbr.org/2025/01/what...

@stokel.bsky.social with a great postmortem of the disastrous app redesign that nearly sunk Sonos: leaddev.com/technical-di...