Professional Software Developers Don’t Vibe, They Control: AI Agent Use in 2025
TL;DR A December 2025 study analyzed how experienced software developers integrate AI agents into coding workflows. Using field observations and…
Professional Developers Direct, Not ‘Vibe’: AI Agent Coding in 2025
TL;DR A 2025 study of experienced software engineers finds that AI coding agents are treated as productivity tools rather than…
C -> Java isn’t the same as Java -> LLM: why source code remains central
TL;DR A blog post argues that large language models (LLMs) differ from past language-driven leaps because they don't replace source…
Why pre-commit hooks are fundamentally broken and unreliable
TL;DR A developer walked through building a Rust pre-commit hook that checks formatting and found multiple failure modes: hooks that…
Kim and Yegge argue developers should ‘trust the AI’ in new coding manifesto
TL;DR Gene Kim and Steve Yegge have published a book, Vibe Coding, urging developers and organisations to adopt AI-driven 'vibe…