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What is legacy software in the age of AI?

Software becomes legacy by succeeding long enough to accumulate the weight of every decision and shortcut made along the way. Users feel it as friction. Engineers feel their momentum slip. The business watches costs climb. AI changes two of those. The third may be getting worse.

Todd Kaufman

Legacy modernization

Three people emerge from darkness toward light and a neon green path

In the age of AI we’re in this together

River Lynn Bailey

River Lynn Bailey

Cognitive hazard study diagram showing a laptop, coffee mug, and documentation sinking into a tarpit

Organizational observability: The AI alignment problem starts upstream

Dave Mosher

$Puzzled math meme with a rubber duck wearing a fedora and trench coat$

The shockingly simple math for why we need test automation

Gabriel Côté-Carrier

Gabriel Côté-Carrier

Double Takes

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Double Takes

TDDing with Claude is like having a pair that removes all the failing assertions every time you go to the bathroom.

Steve Jackson

State machines are the answer for those seeking determinism in the era of AI agents.

Dave Mosher

A Slack conversation left Doc reflecting on what bug bashes say about the systems we work in.

Doc Norton

Test-driven development is to programming what double-entry bookkeeping is to accounting.

Neal Lindsay

The fundamental character flaw of the software creator is not the misguided belief that they can solve any problem with software. Instead, it is the belief they can understand how their own software works before they create it.

Steve Jackson

We may need a SaaS appendix for Zawinski's law:

Any SaaS platform attempts to expand until it is a social network.

Matt Jones

Overcoming flaky tests in Ruby with environment variables

Struggling with flaky tests in Ruby? Learn the best practices for using environment variables to stabilize your test suite and boost code reliability.

Ali Ibrahim

testing

rails

agile

Architecture Decision Records help you, your team, and future teams

Ever wondered why a past decision was made on your project? Architecture Decision Records (ADRs) capture the whys, making your team more efficient and informed.

Pam-Marie Guzzo

Pam-Marie Guzzo

Communication & teams

agile

consulting

assessments

testing

End-to-end testing with Cypress series

End-to-end testing with Cypress series

In the End-to-end Testing with Cypress video series learn what end-to-end tests are and why Cypress makes writing them familiar and fun.

Jeremy Fairbank

Jeremy Fairbank

testing

Why 100% remote works for working parents

Join us in exploring how remote work is a game-changer for parents. More flexibility, less stress, and better productivity await.

Cathy Colliver

Recruiting & careers

remote-work

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How a Ruby developer transitioned to Elixir: insights and tips from Matt Jones

Explore Matt Jones's journey from Ruby to Elixir, including valuable tips, community support insights, and his experience with open source contributions.

Matt Jones

Software tooling & tips

elixir

open-source

Exploring Roc: a new frontier in programming languages

Eric Newbury

Software tooling & tips

elm

Open hand extended towards a bird

How to trust again

Trust is a big influence in how software development happens—as an individual, on a team or at the organizational level. In this talk Justin Searls explores how trust and distrust provide meaningful subtext behind positive and negative outcomes.

Justin Searls

Communication & teams

teams

communication

Improve equity in software by not negotiating salaries

Here's how eliminating salary negotiations can foster a more equitable and inclusive workplace.

Christine McCallum-Randalls

Christine McCallum-Randalls

Equity, Diversity & Inclusion

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