The Changelog: Software Development, Open Source

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Prolific software blogger, Sean Goedecke, joins us to discuss why he believes software engineers need to be involved in the politics of their organization, how to avoid worry driven development, what is “good taste” in software engineering, where agentic coding will take our industry, why getting the main thing right is so important, and how to get your blog to the top of Hacker News.

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    • Sean Goedecke – Website, GitHub, LinkedIn, X
    • Adam Stacoviak – Website, GitHub, LinkedIn, Mastodon, X
    • Jerod Santo – GitHub, LinkedIn, Mastodon, X

    Show Notes:

    • Is it worrying that 95% of AI enterprise projects fail?
    • How I influence tech company politics as a staff software engineer
    • Avoiding worry driven development
    • What is “good taste” in software engineering?
    • Mistakes I see engineers making in their code reviews
    • Situational Awareness: the decade ahead

      • Something missing or broken? PRs welcome!

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