AddyOsmani.com - The Next Two Years of Software Engineering

kept by eddie jan 06

The next two years of software engineering hinge on how AI affects junior hiring, skill atrophy, role evolution, specialist vs generalist, and education pathways.

The next two years of software engineering
Software engineering roles shift as AI speeds coding; juniors must become AI-proficient specialists while seniors maintain deep system knowledge.
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CLI | Firecrawl
The Firecrawl CLI tool lets AI agents and developers scrape, crawl, search, map, monitor, and interact with web pages directly from the terminal.
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GitHub - clawkwork/clawk at console.dev
clawk gives coding agents their own disposable Linux VM, letting them install packages and run code while keeping host files, keys, and network strictly isolated.
also on Kubernetes, Docker, Claude Code, #ai-coding, #software-engineering, #developer-tools
What They Don't Tell You About Maintaining an Open Source Project ~ andrej acevski
Maintaining an open-source self-hosted kanban board involves relentless documentation, user support, scary database migrations, and careful scope management far beyond building the initial product.
also on Kubernetes, Docker, #software-engineering, #developer-tools
AI and My Crisis of Meaning
Feeling his value as a developer is dissolving, the author describes how AI coding tools completed a 12-week project in 3 hours, leaving him anxious about purpose and income.
also on Gemini CLI, #career-growth, Claude Code, #ai-coding, #software-engineering, #developer-tools