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Issue 290: Can you feel the vibes tonight?

Let's address the elephant in the room: yes, vibe coding is happening, and there's not much we can do to stop it. Wherever you land on the optimist-pessimist spectrum for AI-generated code, we've got stories for you. Optimist Quinn Slack from Sourcegraph joined the pod to talk AI coding in enterprise environments and how he imagines these tools are going to change the software engineering lifecycle. If you're looking for the downer side of the spectrum, read about the misadventures of the worst coder on our team, who tried to build something purely off vibes, only for it to be a mess of security issues. Don't worry, no data was hurt in the making of her app. XX If you're yearning for the early days of computers, when vibe coding was just a sci-fi dream, check out our pod with early adopter of Python and developer advocate Paul Everitt, who dives into the history of Python and what makes its community special. Then, go even further back in time and read a story from the web on the (surprisingly spicy) history of teletext around the world. If that cures your nostalgia, you can come back to the present and figure out with the rest of us how to fight AI slop...with more AI slop, probably. XX But if you need a break from thinking about the past and future of the internet, that's all right too. We've always got helpful answers for you. Why do your dishes smell so bad? Who should you ask to help you move this weekend, your taller or shorter friends? Do you sound exciting or neurotic when you add twenty exclamation points to the end of your paragraph?!!!! It's all covered in the links below.

Issue 289: We asked, you answered

It's that time of year again: the results of our 2025 Developer Survey are live. If you were taking bets with your friends on what the top programming languages would be this year, it's time to go see if you're a winner. Or, if you're more of an auditory learner, we spoke with Erin Yepis, our Senior Analyst, about all the juiciest bits from this year's results. XX Got your winnings in hand? Good, because we've got more for you. Mahir Yavuz, Senior Director of Engineering at Etsy, joined the podcast to talk the unique challenges of their marketplace. On Leaders of Code, Anirudh Kaul and Paul Petersen from U.S. Bank sat down with our very own Jody Bailey to dive into how traditional institutions like banks are navigating this new world of AI technology. And on the blog, we've got a story on imposter syndrome and AI usage, just in case those big bucks you just won from your bet is making that flare up for you. XX And of course, we've got plenty of tales, oddities, and answers from around the internet. Have you seen the video of someone saving a PNG image to a bird, or the story on creating digital fireflies at home? Elsewhere, there's a windy saga of a person who feared he was automating himself out of a job, but was eventually promoted to CTO. He should probably talk about job security with the author of one of our other links, who got hired by a company after he was unable to submit a PR just so he could fix it himself. Check them all out below.

Issue 288: Cowboys and heroes of developments

Which will you be? The good news is we've got ways for you to be both. We don't mind being like Smokey Bear this week by saying, "Only you can stop climate change...through more efficient code." Ryan Panchadsaram, co-author of Speed and Scale, is on the pod to share ways developers can help save the world by lowering emissions. If you're feeling more like a cowboy, though, Confluent's AI Entrepreneur in Residence Sean Falconer dove into the wild west of AI standards with us. Or if you're looking to be a hero on your platform team, we've also got a story on continuous discovery, the superpower of platform engineering. But if you're not feeling like hopping on a horse or saving the universe, we still have plenty for you to dive into, from big numbers to type systems to touch screens. We've got stories on why Legos are better for kids than iPads, and why humans are better for writing than LLMs. Plus, you can read about how thinking too big was a big waste of time for one developer. And as always, we're sharing answers to the questions you didn't even think to ask. Like, is my favorite pizza place running an illegal business by giving me 50% off for a review? What is the name of that beautiful chunk of carbs from the World Book Encyclopedia? How is the word skulduggery even real? Check them all out in the links below.

Issue 287: We'll see you in the cloud

This week, we're saying so long to the things of old...for instance, our final physical datacenter. Don't worry, we've got the complete story on The Great Unracking in New Jersey for you. And while our servers aren't nearly as old as dinosaurs, we're also crossing our fingers that we might say goodbye to fossil fuels after Kieran Furlong, the CEO of Realta Fusion, joined the podcast to explore the future of fusion energy. Plus, social scientist John Flournoy helped us wave goodbye to the old ways of measuring developer productivity and hello to the future of developer experience. Meanwhile, we've got stories from around the web about testing the bounds of your LLMs. AI has proved itself to be a good assistant for hacking, especially if it's hacking itself. But you don't need to worry (yet) about AI surpassing your human creativity; LLMs having their own spontaneous innovative thought are still just a daydream. So, to help you keep ahead of those dreamless machines, we've got a story on making your code better through mini proofs. And before we say goodbye to this week's newsletter, we've got a couple of age old questions about early Unix, when to use the word except, and whether you're supposed to eat the sprig of rosemary after a fancy steak dinner. All the answers are ready for you down below.

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