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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

Why we should stop paying tech debt

Discover why shifting the conversation from tech debt to software maintenance can revolutionize your team's productivity. Explore practical strategies that work.

Jesse O'Brien

Legacy modernization

agile

budgeting

tech-debt

legacy-modernization

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Justin Schoen

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Estimating software is hard: How, why, don't

Learn why estimating software projects is hard but essential for quality delivery, avoiding burnout, and keeping your team productive and happy.

Pam-Marie Guzzo

Pam-Marie Guzzo

Maximize software investment

agile

budgeting

consulting

software-purchase

Double Agent Profile: Sam Jones

Sam Jones

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How to clean URL parameters for better UX

Need to track your marketing campaign in web analytics, but want to keep your site's URLs looking clean? Here's all you need to do.

Justin Searls

Software tooling & tips

ux-ui

Elevate your Terraform Workflow with GitHub Actions

Explore how GitHub Actions and Terraform can simplify your infrastructure automation. Follow our guide for efficient deployment pipelines.

Andrew Walker

DevOps & security

agile

aws

devops

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How to optimize your React project structure for better results

Organize your React project like a pro! Learn tips for better refactoring, hiding implementation details, and scalable growth. Start improving your codebase today.

Tommy Groshong

Legacy modernization

react

javascript

Mastering the macro machine

Mastering the macro machine

Do you want to know more about how to use macros in Vim? In this talk from VimConf 2021, learn tips and tricks for mastering macros in Vim with an example project.

Camilo Payan

Software tooling & tips

vim

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