Feb 20, 2026¶

Reading The future of software engineering from thoughtworks. I like how there’s no overhyped bullshit. It’s pretty reasonable. On the other hand, there’s not much insight.

One thing I took away as a Staff Engineer, is that I gotta up my game in specs, tests, and constraints when working with code generation. So far I was inspecting/rewriting the code and guiding the model. The doc suggests that building a verifiable test harness first gives better results. I’m not quite sure, though, how is it supposed to mix with explorative work, where you learn as you go, and you don’t know where you gonna land.