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20 May

19 May

SitePoint Sponsors 1 min read

Compare the best recruiting platforms in 2026. Reviews Juicebox, SeekOut, hireEZ, Gem, LinkedIn Recruiter, Greenhouse, and Ashby on features, pricing, and fit. Best recruiting platforms in 2026 on SitePoint.

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18 May

Eira May 1 min read

“You can't vibe code scale”: What the AI hype gets wrong about software engineering​​​​‌ ‍ ​‍​‍‌‍ ‌ ​‍‌‍‍‌‌‍‌ ‌‍‍‌‌‍ ‍​‍​‍​ ‍‍​‍​‍‌ ​ ‌‍​‌‌‍ ‍‌‍‍‌‌ ‌​‌ ‍‌​‍ ‍‌‍‍‌‌‍ ​‍​‍​‍ ​​‍​‍‌‍‍​‌ ​‍‌‍‌‌‌‍‌‍​‍​‍​ ‍‍​‍​‍‌‍‍​‌ ‌​‌ ‌​‌ ​​‌ ​ ​ ‍‍​‍ ​‍ ‌‍​ ‌‍ ‌‌ ​ ​‍ ‍‌ ​ ‌ ‌​‌‍​‌‌‍​ ‌‍‍ ‌‍ ‌ ‌‍‌‍‌‌‌ ​‍‌‍‌‍‌‍ ​‌‍ ‌ ‌ ​‍ ‍‌‍​ ‌‍ ​‍ ‌‍‍‌‌‍ ‍‌ ‌​‌‍‌‌‌‍ ‍‌ ‌​​‍ ‌‍‌‌‌‍‌​‌‍‍‌‌ ‌​​‍ ‌‍ ‌‌‍ ‌‍‌​‌‍‌‌​ ‌‌ ​​‌ ​‍‌‍‌‌‌ ​ ‌‍‌‌‌‍ ‍‌ ‌​‌‍​‌‌ ‌​‌‍‍‌‌‍ ‌‍ ‍​ ‍ ‌‍‍‌‌‍‌​​ ‌‌‍‌‌‌‍​ ‌‍​ ​ ‌ ​ ​‍​ ​‌​ ​ ​ ‌‍​‍ ‌​ ‌ ​ ‌​​ ‍​​ ‌​​‍ ‌​ ‌​​ ​‌‌‍​‍​ ​​​‍ ‌​ ‍​​ ​‍​ ‌​​ ​ ​‍ ‌​ ​​​ ‌​‌‍​‌​ ‍​‌‍‌‍‌‍‌‍​ ‌‌‌‍​‌‌‍​‌​ ​ ‌‍‌​‌‍​ ​ ‍ ‌ ‌​‌ ‍‌‌ ​​‌‍‌‌​ ‌‌‍​‍‌‍ ​‌‍ ‌‍‌ ‌‌​​‌‍ ‌ ​ ‌ ‌​​ ‍ ‌ ​​‌‍​‌‌ ‌​‌‍‍​​ ‌‌ ‌​‌‍‍‌‌ ‌​‌‍ ​‌‍‌‌​ ‌‍​‍‌‍​‌‌ ​ ‌‍‌‌‌‌‌‌‌ ​‍‌‍ ​​ ‌‌‍‍​‌ ‌​‌ ‌​‌ ​​‌ ​ ​‍‌‌​ ​ ‌​​‌​‍‌‌​ ​‍‌​‌‍​‍‌‌​ ​‍‌​‌‍‌‍​ ‌‍ ‌‌ ​ ​‍ ‍‌ ​ ‌ ‌​‌‍​‌‌‍​ ‌‍‍ ‌‍ ‌ ‌‍‌‍‌‌‌ ​‍‌‍‌‍‌‍ ​‌‍ ‌ ‌ ​‍ ‍‌‍​ ‌‍ ​‍‌‍‌‍‍‌‌‍‌​​ ‌‌‍‌‌‌‍​ ‌‍​ ​ ‌ ​ ​‍​ ​‌​ ​ ​ ‌‍​‍ ‌​ ‌ ​ ‌​​ ‍​​ ‌​​‍ ‌​ ‌​​ ​‌‌‍​‍​ ​​​‍ ‌​ ‍​​ ​‍​ ‌​​ ​ ​‍ ‌​ ​​​ ‌​‌‍​‌​ ‍​‌‍‌‍‌‍‌‍​ ‌‌‌‍​‌‌‍​‌​ ​ ‌‍‌​‌‍​ ​‍‌‍‌ ‌​‌ ‍‌‌ ​​‌‍‌‌​ ‌‌‍​‍‌‍ ​‌‍ ‌‍‌ ‌‌​​‌‍ ‌ ​ ‌ ‌​​‍‌‍‌ ​​‌‍​‌‌ ‌​‌‍‍​​ ‌‌ ‌​‌‍‍‌‌ ‌​‌‍ ​‌‍‌‌​‍‌‍‌ ​​‌‍‌‌‌ ​‍‌ ​ ‌ ​​‌‍‌‌‌‍​ ‌ ‌​‌‍‍‌‌ ‌‍‌‍‌‌​ ‌‌ ​​‌ ‌‌‌‍​‍‌‍ ​‌‍‍‌‌ ​ ‌‍‍​‌‍‌‌‌‍‌​​‍​‍‌ ‌

Stack Overflow

Because someone still has to own the consequences of what gets built and whether it can function at scale.​​​​‌ ‍ ​‍​‍‌‍ ‌ ​‍‌‍‍‌‌‍‌ ‌‍‍‌‌‍ ‍​‍​‍​ ‍‍​‍​‍‌ ​ ‌‍​‌‌‍ ‍‌‍‍‌‌ ‌​‌ ‍‌​‍ ‍‌‍‍‌‌‍ ​‍​‍​‍ ​​‍​‍‌‍‍​‌ ​‍‌‍‌‌‌‍‌‍​‍​‍​ ‍‍​‍​‍‌‍‍​‌ ‌​‌ ‌​‌ ​​‌ ​ ​ ‍‍​‍ ​‍ ‌‍​ ‌‍ ‌‌ ​ ​‍ ‍‌ ​ ‌ ‌​‌‍​‌‌‍​ ‌‍‍ ‌‍ ‌ ‌‍‌‍‌‌‌ ​‍‌‍‌‍‌‍ ​‌‍ ‌ ‌…

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13 May

Eira May 1 min read

How Braze’s CTO is rethinking engineering for the agentic area​​​​‌ ‍ ​‍​‍‌‍ ‌ ​‍‌‍‍‌‌‍‌ ‌‍‍‌‌‍ ‍​‍​‍​ ‍‍​‍​‍‌ ​ ‌‍​‌‌‍ ‍‌‍‍‌‌ ‌​‌ ‍‌​‍ ‍‌‍‍‌‌‍ ​‍​‍​‍ ​​‍​‍‌‍‍​‌ ​‍‌‍‌‌‌‍‌‍​‍​‍​ ‍‍​‍​‍‌‍‍​‌ ‌​‌ ‌​‌ ​​‌ ​ ​ ‍‍​‍ ​‍ ‌‍​ ‌‍ ‌‌ ​ ​‍ ‍‌ ​ ‌ ‌​‌‍​‌‌‍​ ‌‍‍ ‌‍ ‌ ‌‍‌‍‌‌‌ ​‍‌‍‌‍‌‍ ​‌‍ ‌ ‌ ​‍ ‍‌‍​ ‌‍ ​‍ ‌‍‍‌‌‍ ‍‌ ‌​‌‍‌‌‌‍ ‍‌ ‌​​‍ ‌‍‌‌‌‍‌​‌‍‍‌‌ ‌​​‍ ‌‍ ‌‌‍ ‌‍‌​‌‍‌‌​ ‌‌ ​​‌ ​‍‌‍‌‌‌ ​ ‌‍‌‌‌‍ ‍‌ ‌​‌‍​‌‌ ‌​‌‍‍‌‌‍ ‌‍ ‍​ ‍ ‌‍‍‌‌‍‌​​ ‌​ ‌ ‌‍‌‍‌‍‌‌‌‍​ ​ ​ ‌‍​ ‌‍‌​​ ‌‌​‍ ‌​ ‌‍​ ‍​‌‍​‍​ ‍‌​‍ ‌​ ‌​​ ‌‌​ ​‌​ ‌‌​‍ ‌​ ‍​​ ‌‌​ ‍​‌‍‌‍​‍ ‌​ ‌‌​ ‌‍‌‍‌‍​ ​‍‌‍‌‍‌‍​‍‌‍‌‍​ ​ ​ ‍‌​ ​‍​ ​ ‌‍​ ​ ‍ ‌ ‌​‌ ‍‌‌ ​​‌‍‌‌​ ‌‌‍​‍‌‍ ​‌‍ ‌‍‌ ‌‌​​‌‍ ‌ ​ ‌ ‌​​ ‍ ‌ ​​‌‍​‌‌ ‌​‌‍‍​​ ‌‌ ‌​‌‍‍‌‌ ‌​‌‍ ​‌‍‌‌​ ‌‍​‍‌‍​‌‌ ​ ‌‍‌‌‌‌‌‌‌ ​‍‌‍ ​​ ‌‌‍‍​‌ ‌​‌ ‌​‌ ​​‌ ​ ​‍‌‌​ ​ ‌​​‌​‍‌‌​ ​‍‌​‌‍​‍‌‌​ ​‍‌​‌‍‌‍​ ‌‍ ‌‌ ​ ​‍ ‍‌ ​ ‌ ‌​‌‍​‌‌‍​ ‌‍‍ ‌‍ ‌ ‌‍‌‍‌‌‌ ​‍‌‍‌‍‌‍ ​‌‍ ‌ ‌ ​‍ ‍‌‍​ ‌‍ ​‍‌‍‌‍‍‌‌‍‌​​ ‌​ ‌ ‌‍‌‍‌‍‌‌‌‍​ ​ ​ ‌‍​ ‌‍‌​​ ‌‌​‍ ‌​ ‌‍​ ‍​‌‍​‍​ ‍‌​‍ ‌​ ‌​​ ‌‌​ ​‌​ ‌‌​‍ ‌​ ‍​​ ‌‌​ ‍​‌‍‌‍​‍ ‌​ ‌‌​ ‌‍‌‍‌‍​ ​‍‌‍‌‍‌‍​‍‌‍‌‍​ ​ ​ ‍‌​ ​‍​ ​ ‌‍​ ​‍‌‍‌ ‌​‌ ‍‌‌ ​​‌‍‌‌​ ‌‌‍​‍‌‍ ​‌‍ ‌‍‌ ‌‌​​‌‍ ‌ ​ ‌ ‌​​‍‌‍‌ ​​‌‍​‌‌ ‌​‌‍‍​​ ‌‌ ‌​‌‍‍‌‌ ‌​‌‍ ​‌‍‌‌​‍‌‍‌ ​​‌‍‌‌‌ ​‍‌ ​ ‌ ​​‌‍‌‌‌‍​ ‌ ‌​‌‍‍‌‌ ‌‍‌‍‌‌​ ‌‌ ​​‌ ‌‌‌‍​‍‌‍ ​‌‍‍‌‌ ​ ‌‍‍​‌‍‌‌‌‍‌​​‍​‍‌ ‌

Stack Overflow

Jon Hyman, co-founder and CTO of Braze, shares how he's led the company's engineering organization over nearly 15 years of growth — and how they transformed into an AI-first team in just a few months.​​​​‌ ‍ ​‍​‍‌‍ ‌ ​‍‌‍‍‌‌‍‌ ‌‍‍‌‌‍ ‍​‍​‍​ ‍‍​‍​‍‌ ​ ‌‍​‌‌‍ ‍‌‍‍‌‌ ‌​‌ ‍‌​‍ ‍‌‍‍‌‌‍ ​‍​‍​‍ ​​‍​‍‌‍‍​‌ ​‍‌‍‌‌‌‍‌‍​‍​‍​ ‍‍​‍​‍‌‍‍​‌ ‌​‌ ‌​‌ ​​‌ ​ ​ ‍‍​‍ ​‍ ‌‍​…

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16 Apr

20 Dec 2016

lukaseder 1 min read

If you’ve followed the recent (fake) news, you’ve probably already heard it. Oracle is “massively ramping up audits of Java customers it claims are in breach of its licences” After a quick check on the source (The Register), here’s a more realistic, probably more accurate version of that headline: Oracle is thinking about auditing 1-2 … Continue reading What we…

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30 Jun 2016

lukaseder 1 min read

When people start creating commercially licensed software (like we did, in 2013 with jOOQ), there is always the big looming question: What do I do about piracy? I’ve had numerous discussions with fellow entrepreneurs about this topic, and this fear is omnipresent. There has also been a recent discussion on reddit, titled “prevent sharing of … Continue reading With Commercial…

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9 Feb 2016

lukaseder 1 min read

This is usually a tech blog, but every now and then, we make an exception when there’s something important to say. Today, I’m going to criticise a lot of our industry’s understanding of support. Who is this article for? It’s for every software engineer giving support to users and/or customers, and every manager who works … Continue reading The 5…

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21 Jan 2015

lukaseder 1 min read

Jamie Allen, Typesafe‘s Director of Global Services published an interesting point of view on Twitter: Pivotal’s move to end support of Groovy is a stark reminder that enterprises who depend on FOSS projects should help support them. — Jamie Allen (@jamie_allen) January 20, 2015 And he’s right of course. We are constantly reminded of the … Continue reading Open Source…

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19 Jan 2015

lukaseder 1 min read

Today there was great news in the JVM ecosystem. Pivotal, the company who is committed to OSS has become a bit less committed: The reaction in the community were largely summarised by the hashtag #jesuisgroovy: Je suis groovy #groovylang — JBaruch 🎩 (@jbaruch) January 19, 2015 The interesting part in Pivotal’s announcement is this one: … Continue reading Suis-je Groovy?…

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30 Sept 2014

lukaseder 1 min read

We’ve been in business for more than one year now with our dual-licensing strategy for jOOQ. While this strategy has worked very well for us, it has also been a bit of a challenge for some of our customers. Today, we’re going to show you what caveats of dual-licensing we’ve run into. Our dual-licensing strategy … Continue reading The Caveats…

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11 Aug 2014

lukaseder 1 min read

There are those people that have a strong, dogmatic belief in what they call “Free” or “Standard” or “Open” software. One of those individuals is Jimmie (let’s call him Jimmie in this article) who has responded to an article about Java persistence by Marco Behler on TheServerSide. Let me cite Jimmie’s response here: JPA is … Continue reading The “Free”,…

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28 May 2014

lukaseder 1 min read

What if developing an application just took 1-2 days? What if I can create it myself with only 10 clicks? What if I don’t need you developers anymore? Said every manager since the beginning of history. This is what all managers dream of. Click click click, next next next, and you’re done! Easy, right? Time-to-market: … Continue reading What if…

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1 Mar 2014

lukaseder 1 min read

So, everyone is discussing the $19B Facebook / Whatsapp deal, discussing it on every media. And Zuck says it was actually a bargain. Yeah right. A bargain. Read CNN’s 10 other things Facebook could have bought with $19 billion. We at Data Geekery are more down to earth, selling actual value to our own customers. … Continue reading Modern Shareholder…

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