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The article evaluates how well AI coding agents implement test and verification techniques when given specific instructions, comparing various methods in Rust to improve software correctness.
The article critiques the rise of coding agents, linking them to declining software quality and outages, and calls for a slower, more careful approach to AI adoption in development.
Gergely Orosz discusses a viral post about a QA engineer laid off from Adobe after 25 years, reflecting on the long-term decline of manual QA roles in the tech industry.
A blog post recapping the 'Software Should Work 2026' conference, discussing themes of software usability, AI's impact on trust, and the importance of human collaboration and open source.
Markus Eliasson recounts a false alarm error during his holiday and reflects on the guilt software developers feel when issues arise, discussing the broader impact of poor software quality.
Addy Osmani discusses that with AI agents generating more code than humans can review, software quality must be enforced through constraints like tests and deterministic checks rather than code review itself.
A blog post reflecting on the nature of software quality, arguing that quality is about gracefully performing development and leaving the codebase better than found, and exploring how to foster or destroy quality in software products.
The article argues that despite AI-driven productivity gains, software quality is declining across consumer apps and devices, citing buggy banking apps, car infotainment systems, and focus-stealing desktop apps as examples of a broader trend where KPIs prioritize new features over stability.
This paper presents AINTMA, a multi-agent AI architecture for autonomous test management using generative intelligence and reinforcement learning, achieving significant improvements in test prioritization accuracy and cycle time reduction across 12 software projects.
Isaac Van Doren reflects on the unexpected success of his 'Software Should Work' conference in Columbia, Missouri, noting the highly engaged audience, positive energy, and a direct impact on Zig's development with Andrew Kelley opening an issue for Fil-C inspired compilation mode.
The author's car OTA update broke Android Auto, leading to a critique of modern software development practices and the 'move fast and break things' culture.
This paper studies 1.02 million pull requests to analyze the transition from human-centric to AI agentic code review, finding that agent-involved patterns improve efficiency but not quality.
A longtime Photoshop user details his frustration with Adobe's Creative Cloud subscription, declining software quality, and eventual decision to uninstall Photoshop in 2026, citing viable alternatives.
A blog post exploring definitions of software quality, universal signals, benefits, and common misconceptions, arguing that quality is a spectrum and becomes harder at scale.
Dan Luu reflects on his experiences using AI coding agents, noting that while AI can fabricate convincing but false repros, it still offers productivity gains in areas like debugging and testing. He discusses the balance of trust, automation, and quality in modern software development.
A post by an expert developer sharing the 'Short Leash' method for using AI coding agents to produce high-quality software in security-critical systems, emphasizing close supervision and planning over automated 'vibe coding'.
This article criticizes GitHub for frequent outages, poor reliability, and prioritizing AI features over fundamental infrastructure, arguing it reflects broader decay in big tech software services.