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Issue #689
Essential Reading For Engineering Leaders
Tuesday 10th February issue is presented by Unblocked
Unblocked is the only AI code review tool that uses deep insight of your codebase, docs, and discussions to give high-signal feedback based on how your system actually works – instead of flooding your PR with stylistic nitpicks.
“Unblocked has reversed my AI fatigue completely. The level of precision is wild.” - Senior developer, Clio
— Can Duruk
tl;dr: “Here’s what works for me: a simple, repeatable structure that I use every single week. It’s based on the popular People, Product, Process format. I’m going to give you the exact script I use, the Notion setup, and some ideas for how to handle each section.”
Leadership Management
— Andrew Bosworth
tl;dr: “When you fall in love with specific choices - the architecture, the tool, the approach - you’re forced to get everything right up front. That’s a high bar, and usually the wrong one. Progress comes from being willing to revise the how without losing sight of the why.”
Leadership Management
— Brandon Waselnuk
tl;dr: Most AI code review tools analyze the diff, maybe the file, sometimes the repo. Experienced engineers review very differently. They remember past decisions, reverted fixes, and the unwritten conventions that shape the codebase. What does that reveal about how code review really works? And what changes when we can bring team context into AI code review?
Promoted by Unblocked
AI Management
— Rico Mariani
tl;dr: “Performance engineering, at least as I’ve experienced it, isn’t about tricks or clever code. It’s about how you think. What follows are 8 core ideas that keep showing up, regardless of language or era.”
Performance
“Effective leadership is putting first things first. Effective management is discipline, carrying it out.”
— Alex Ewerlöf
tl;dr: “This assessment framework is directional and recursive. It focuses on knowledge work and is useful for coders, software engineers, product managers, UX designers, team leaders, coaches, all the way to AI scientists and PhD level pioneers.”
Management Leadership
tl;dr: Join us for Sonar Summit on March 3rd, a global virtual event, bringing together the brightest minds in software development. In a world increasingly shaped by AI, it's more crucial than ever to cut through the noise and amplify the ideas and practices that lead to truly good code. We created Sonar Summit to help you navigate the future with clarity and knowledge you need to build better software, faster.
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Event AI
— Mitchell Hashimoto
tl;dr: “This is my journey of how I found value in AI tooling and what I'm trying next with it. In an ocean of overly dramatic, hyped takes, I hope this represents a more nuanced, measured approach to my views on AI and how they've changed over time.”
AI
— Tony Strømsnæs
tl;dr: “Version control used to be a black box for me; I had no idea how files were stored, how diffs were generated or how commits were structured. Since I love reinventing the wheel, why not take a stab at git?”
Git
tl;dr: “We’ll discuss the legacy challenges we faced, the architectural principles that shaped our new solution, and the key optimizations that enabled us to achieve significant improvements in latency, efficiency, and compliance.”
Books
Most Popular From Last Issue
CS Books I'll Be Reading In 2026 - Sushant Dhiman
Notable Links
Dexter: Autonomous agent for deep financial research.
Just-bash: Bash for agents.
Mindwtr: Productivity system for desktop and mobile.
Skills Collection: Awesome OpenClaw skills.
Vouch: A community trust management system.
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