If your best engineers spend their time fighting the system instead of improving it, the system is the problem...

Skills Developers NEED In 2026 (Because Vibe Coding Changes Everything) | @realgenekim.bsky.social A clip from our Engineering Room episode. Watch HERE on @modernswe.bsky.social ➡️ youtu.be/06kr0DiDAlU

Polarization is often an 'Experience Gap'. We dismiss practices because we haven't done them enough to understand the problems they solve.

The OKR TRAP Most Companies Fall Into | @tastapod.com 📽️ AVAILABLE NOW Watch HERE ➡️ youtu.be/z_R4oJk0eH8

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What’s the biggest thing stopping you from adopting Trunk Based Development? 👇

❓ THIS WEEK'S ONE BIG QUESTION: What Skills Do Developers NEED To Have In An AI Future? ❓ @trishagee.bsky.social / @kentbeck.com AVAILABLE NOW | WATCH HERE ➡️ youtu.be/lJiDBRh96oU

Fact, or no? 🤔

The Kind of Training That ACTUALLY WORKS For Agentic AI | @emilybache.com 📽️ AVAILABLE NOW Watch HERE ➡️ youtu.be/nnjzPJ2ZI6E

Agentic AI is changing how software is built, but most AI training for software developers doesn’t actually work. @emilybache.com's video on the MSE channel tonight looks at why common approaches fail, and focusses on what software engineer's should be focussing on instead.

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"Clean Code" — a timeless truth or a myth we keep telling ourselves? @tastapod.com and me in conversation on the @modernswe.bsky.social channel discussing the origins, limitations and implications of clean code www.youtube.com/watch?v=OjW_...

If Your Software Were an Athlete, would It Be Built for Endurance or Prone to Burnout? High-performing software is like a top-tier athlete: it doesn’t reach its peak by accident. It gets there through consistent training, feedback, and fine-tuning. 1/4

Why The "10x Engineer" Is A Dangerous Myth | with Charity Majors 📽️ AVAILABLE NOW Watch: youtu.be/aDCOuZ80lDQ

I've been at a conference this week - not unusual, except it wasn't a software conference! Very interesting to learn more about entrepreneurship and startup culture. I wrote a blog about my experiences: coding-is-like-cooking.info/2026/01/gowe...

I'm speaking at Voxxed Days CERN in a couple of weeks! vdc26.voxxeddays.ch

Tools don’t make great software, thinking does, and every time we outsource understanding to a tool, whether it’s a framework or an AI, we quietly accept worse outcomes later.

AI coding tools like Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, Cursor, and ChatGPT are changing how we write software... but are they actually improving long-term software quality, or just accelerating short-term output? We ran a study of 150 software engineer's to find out... WATCH ➡️ youtu.be/b9EbCb5A408

We Studied 150 Developers Using AI (Here’s What's Actually Changed...) | @davefarley77.bsky.social 📽️ AVAILABLE NOW Watch HERE ➡️ youtu.be/b9EbCb5A408

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What convinces you that a tool is right for you and your team to use on software engineering projects?

Welcome to the Engineering Room @realgenekim.bsky.social ! 📣 'Understanding The Value of AI Coding' 🗣️ LISTEN NOW: Apple - apple.co/43s2e0h Spotify - spoti.fi/3VqZVIV Amazon - amzn.to/43nkkRl Audible - bit.ly/TERaudible

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The BEST Programmers Use Tests For Engineering Like THIS... | @emilybache.com 📽️ AVAILABLE NOW Watch HERE ➡️ youtu.be/IFrmfN1fxLg

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It's the same game, just different dice.

Most software development pain is caused by unclear thinking, weak feedback loops, and systems that make change slow, risky, and expensive. That’s why I create resources like The Software Developer’s Guidebook.

It is up to us to hold our industry to a higher standard, not just relying on AI tools to write the future of software, while we passively sit by. It has always been crucial for engineers to evolve their understanding of the fundamental principles and now is no different.

When it comes to your software's architecture, what's the biggest challenge you face? 👇

Popularised by Bob Martin, Clean Code principles helped devs write clearer, more maintainable code, and for that, the industry owes it a great deal. But, is clean code enough to build great software systems in 2026? 📽️ I explore MSE vs Clean Code this week ➡️ youtu.be/C3UrkqXTftY

Clean Code Is Right... It’s Just Not ENOUGH | @davefarley77.bsky.social 📽️ AVAILABLE NOW Watch HERE: youtu.be/C3UrkqXTftY

Are you writing tests for complex logic the hard way? New demo video on my channel showing an easier way to write tests: youtu.be/7y6_mnniVkU

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If AI is doing the work of juniors... and that stops juniors learning what they need to learn... but AI is not good enough to manage complex software... and so we still need experiences developers for that... how do juniors get the experience to manage the ai generated code? 😬

Techincal debt is inevitable, it's how you manage it that counts. Here are 5 habits from my 'How-to' Guide on Managing Technical Debt. 1/2

AI can write code. It can’t tell you what should be built. That’s why ATDD matters more than ever 📈 Learn how Dave Farley uses Acceptance Test–Driven Development to keep software correct, valuable, and safe ➡️ courses.cd.training/courses/acce...

User stories help all software, not just game development! The past few years have shown a growing trend of AA developers beating out AAA giants for game of the year awards, sales and the hearts of players. Why is this? 1/6

We aren't replacing developers with AI. We are replacing developers with developers who now have to debug AI.

Somewhere along the way, our industry started calling everything a mock. @emilybache.com explores why the language of mocking in software testing has drifted so far from its original meaning. Watch on @modernswe.bsky.social NOW ➡️ youtu.be/RvKPOjlQKyM Good one, Emily 👏

Aaaaaah thank you @emilybache.com !

We Need to Stop Calling Everything a Mock! | @emilybache.com 📽️ AVAILABLE NOW youtu.be/RvKPOjlQKyM

Join me in a couple of weeks for one (or both) of my one-day sessions at NDC London @ndcconferences.com: The Hitchhiker's Guide to Computer Science ndclondon.com/workshops/th... Program with GUTs ndclondon.com/workshops/pr... See you there!

Smart architects don't just design systems - they help developers build better code. Emily Bache's session: "Technical Coaching: a Side-Quest for Architects." www.agile-meets-architecture.com/sessions/tec...

Looking forward to Emily's video tonight on mock language confusion... time we all agreed what the term "mock" actually means to software engineers. First video of 2026, after a break on @modernswe.bsky.social over the holidays. Tune in for more excellent stuff from @emilybache.com!

Stop treating CI/CD as a pipeline problem... start treating it as a team experience problem. Learn how to design CI/CD as a product, reduce cognitive load & improve delivery flow. FREE from Manuel Pais 🔗 courses.cd.training/courses/flow... @teamtopologies.com

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Blogged: Code Cleanliness "Prior to becoming considered a brand or a dogma, cleanliness and cleaning of code was a suggestive and general metaphor rather than a specific checklist of practices and judgements." kevlinhenney.medium.com/code-cleanli...

AI can ASSIST your deployment pipeline, but it must never be allowed to define it. If you don’t understand how your pipeline works end-to-end, you’re doing hope-driven delivery.

Have you checked out our FREE 'How-to' guide on GREAT Developer Habits? Tell us in the [comments/responses] below, what’s the one habit that improved your coding the most? Then, get your free guide here by signing up to our mailing list: www.subscribepage.com/great-progra...