Hiring is still a thing. Unfortunately, I still see a lot of terrible interview feedback. In the age of ChatGPT, there really is no reason anymore to write bad interview feedback, provided that you put a little bit of effort in keeping good notes during the interview. Throw the notes, the job description, the candidate's resume, and the question rubric into ChatGPT and it will write the feedback for you.

https://josvisser.substack.com/p/on-writing-interview-feedback

AI coding tools are changing software engineering, but not in the simple “everyone gets replaced” way the headlines suggest. The real story is messier: more productive senior engineers, fewer easy entry-level paths, shifting salaries, more software getting built, and a profession trying to figure out where its next generation will come from.

This week’s Wednesday Wisdom looks at what AI coding tools actually mean for software engineers — and why the future is neither doom nor hype.

https://josvisser.substack.com/p/a-possible-future-of-software-engineering

NOTE: Because of a mistake, this episode has been posted out of order and was supposed to be published on 5/20/2026.

It should be listened to before the episode on 5/27/2026 called: Coding with AI tools is still hard. Apologies for the confusion.

https://josvisser.substack.com/p/a-tiny-history-of-software-engineering

AI coding tools excel at the part of software development that was never really a problem to begin with: Typing in the statements. Because of this, coding with AI tools is still hard.

https://josvisser.substack.com/p/coding-with-ai-tools-is-still-hard

Welcome to this week's Wednesday Wisdom, in which we cover a reader question on how to deal with managers who insist on "accurate ETAs" for software development projects. Obviously, no software project in the history of time has ever been delivered according to a pre-established immutable plan and there is no more common sound in software than the sound of a deadline, whooshing by. But how to convince your manager of that?

Many startups are anxiety factories. But why? There are the obvious reasons, but there is one that is often overlooked. Find out how that works in this week's Wednesday Wisdom article.

https://josvisser.substack.com/p/the-anxiety-factory

Does it? Because let's be honest, most code reviews are terrible. Also, what about AI generated code? Warning: This episode contains more questions than answers!

https://josvisser.substack.com/p/does-code-review-still-matter

This week: An article confirming the Law of the Conservation of Misery. Rejoice!

https://josvisser.substack.com/p/ten-things-not-to-worry-about-regarding

It’s like morphine, not overly dangerous when used sparingly and in small doses by experts…

Think big, but execute small...

https://josvisser.substack.com/p/big-machine-people