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Benj Edwards @benjedwards.com · 19/01/2026

After making dozens of prototypes with AI coding agents, here's what I think: human developers are still essential In fact, instead of taking jobs, this new class of software tools may make workers busier than ever. I wrote about my experience for Ars Technica: arstechnica.com/information-...

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10 things I learned from burning myself out with AI coding agents

Opinion: As software power tools, AI agents may make people busier than ever before.

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Lawrence Hecht @lawrencehecht.info · 11/11/2025

The report is hard to trust because you don't say how many people are using or even aware of the specific technologies in the charts. Can you release that information? For example, what % are aware of NVIDIA Triton and what % are actually using it? cc @jbryce.bsky.social, @fredericl.bsky.social

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Lawrence Hecht @lawrencehecht.info · 30/10/2025

Companies want to repatriate SOME workloads to private clouds but are lack in-house skills to manage these cloud environments. NOTE, they are focused apps that have 1) security/compliance needs; 2) are data intensive; and 3) are integrated with other systems.DevOps.com buff.ly/ARKHKMb

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Lawrence Hecht @lawrencehecht.info · 02/09/2025

Since 2023, software engineers (developers) have been less keen to leave their Big Tech jobs. Note that of these companies, only Microsoft has seen a slight decline in total dev headcount. buff.ly/QC8zuUS

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Lawrence Hecht @lawrencehecht.info · 30/07/2025

Once they release the raw data, we'll know if there was any impact due to the drop in sample size. At first glance, most of the demographics (except a drop in students) are the same.

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Lawrence Hecht @lawrencehecht.info · 30/07/2025

but the its "Admired" numbers dropped. Only 56% of devs that have used it in the last year want to use it in the upcoming year. That is down from 68% in 2024.

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Lawrence Hecht @lawrencehecht.info · 30/07/2025

yes, but less admired than in previous years

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Lawrence Hecht @lawrencehecht.info · 30/07/2025

and here is a conclusion I cut from the article: 52% of developers agree that AI tools and/or AI agents have changed the way they complete their development work. Corporate policy is not a big inhibitor.

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Lawrence Hecht @lawrencehecht.info · 30/07/2025

23% of Devs Regularly Use AI Agents, per Stack Overflow Survey. AI agents have gained users because 70% of developers who have used one believe it has reduced the time spent on specific development tasks. buff.ly/W2gXKvu #StackOverflowSurvey

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The New Stack @thenewstack.io · 21/07/2025

✨ Author Spotlight: @jlwallen.bsky.social ✨ From teaching to mastering Linux (by accident!) He's dedicated decades to demystifying open source. Beyond his expertise, Jack's a Renaissance man — a novelist, actor, athlete, and a passionate advocate for Linux's rise on the desktop.

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Lawrence Hecht @lawrencehecht.info · 15/07/2025

1) I agree with your statement. 2) I think the GitHub purchasing decision is independent of being a Microsoft-first shop.

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Lawrence Hecht @lawrencehecht.info · 15/07/2025

cc @gergely.pragmaticengineer.com‬

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Lawrence Hecht @lawrencehecht.info · 15/07/2025

For the charts that show # of responses, is that the same thing as # of respondents? OR is it the number of companies/tools that were cited?

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Lawrence Hecht @lawrencehecht.info · 15/07/2025

The larger the company, the more likely a developer is to be using GitHub Copilot. This is does not hold true for other AI-coding tools that do not have a sales force to target enterprise-size customers. buff.ly/4AnaO1F cc @gergely.pragmaticengineer.com

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Lawrence Hecht @lawrencehecht.info · 09/07/2025

75% of the survey said they have AI policies about what is allowed. Beyond that, monitoring AI for misuse/accuracy/drift and project risk evaluation are the most common AI governance efforts.

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Lawrence Hecht @lawrencehecht.info · 09/07/2025

59% of organizations have established a role or office tasked with AI governance, according to a recent survey by @GradFlowTech and Pacific AI. The figure goes down to 36% for companies with <501 employees. buff.ly/rhYcLV2

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2025 AI Governance Survey - Pacific AI

As artificial intelligence systems become increasingly integral to business operations and societal functions, establishing effective AI governance is paramount for managing risks, ensuring ethical…

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Lawrence Hecht @lawrencehecht.info · 23/06/2025

this chart shows how technologists think different job roles are being impacted by AI.

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Lawrence Hecht @lawrencehecht.info · 23/06/2025

2 relevant findings: 33% said AI is responsible for an increase in tech headcount in 2025, vs 12% saying it is causing a decline, per a @linuxfoundation.org survey In a @leaddev.com study, 36% of participants said their organization’s IT headcount is increasing (36%) vs 30% citing a decline

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Lawrence Hecht @lawrencehecht.info · 23/06/2025

The outlook for tech jobs IS NOT bleak. In fact, tech employment is increasing, not decreasing because of AI. Here are 2 articles @hjoslyn.bsky.social Heather Joslyn and I worked on: thenewstack.io/ai-and-tech-... thenewstack.io/tech-hiring-...

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AI and Tech Jobs: More Evidence That Panic Isn’t Justified

AI-specific jobs are on the upswing, according to a new survey of tech talent by the Linux Foundation.

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Lawrence Hecht @lawrencehecht.info · 09/05/2025

A few more conclusions about web devs and AI: —59% agree that AI is an integral part of their workflow —AI-generated code requires refactoring. 76% percent of developers have to rewrite or refactor at least half of the outputted code before it’s ready to be used.

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Lawrence Hecht @lawrencehecht.info · 09/05/2025

Claude, Supermaven and Cursor users are much more likely to say they had a positive experience than users of other AI-based developer tools. These are just some of the many findings we uncovered in “The 2025 State of Web Dev AI” report. buff.ly/8YvrUrY

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Lawrence Hecht @lawrencehecht.info · 30/04/2025

According to BuiltWith, >30% of the most active websites have a robots.txt file. Note that many sites have multiple tokens, so reporting on some stats is difficult. That said, those totally banning content appears to have doubled.

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Lawrence Hecht @lawrencehecht.info · 30/04/2025

Almost half (48%) of all robot.txt tokens on websites totally restrict what content can be accessed in '24, that's up 23% just from just 23% in '23 This means that the open web is being destroyed by website owners that are blocking content from scrapers feeding LLM & other AI models buff.ly/uhK3hpx

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Lawrence Hecht @lawrencehecht.info · 09/04/2025

Big drop in fear about TikTok's impact on US national security. This is putting pressure on hardliners to make a deal with China or risk backlash -- and that's not even considering the trade war issue.

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Esther Schindler @estherschindler.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

Anyone who watched Ferris Bueller's Day Off was introduced to this historical event. Admittedly, not with the greatest of enthusiasm. www.youtube.com/watch?v=yuOH...

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Hawley–Smoot Tariff - Ferris Bueller's Day Off.

YouTube video by International School History

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Lawrence Hecht @lawrencehecht.info · 31/03/2025

Observability and monitoring — not security — is the most cited challenge when moving ML models into production, according to a new survey. buff.ly/RG36xnQ

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Lawrence Hecht @lawrencehecht.info · 20/03/2025

— Assessing public cloud costs is less challenging for enterprises migrating workloads vs 2024 — 21% of workloads in public cloud have been repatriated, per those at 1,000+ employee companies. For every 5 workloads that have migrated to the public cloud, 1 has been repatriated buff.ly/vUIlTFb

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Lawrence Hecht @lawrencehecht.info · 19/03/2025

Oops, my article hasn't officially published yet. The chart/data are still good, and the link will go live shortly.

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Lawrence Hecht @lawrencehecht.info · 19/03/2025

— Organizations that already have a sustainability initiative are twice as likely as others to put sustainability on an equal footing as cost optimization. Source is the latest Flexera State of the Cloud Report. thenewstack.io/updated-stat...

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Lawrence Hecht @lawrencehecht.info · 19/03/2025

Cloud sustainability stats: — 36% of survey already have a defined sustainability initiative that includes carbon footprint tracking of cloud use. Another 21% plan to launch one within the next year. — 57% prioritize cloud costs vs sustainability ...

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Lawrence Hecht @lawrencehecht.info · 12/03/2025

While lower than last year, 52% of Java devs say their company is adding new Java developers this year. It seems as if they focused on hiring rather than using dev tools to supplement the workforce.

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Lawrence Hecht @lawrencehecht.info · 12/03/2025

Of the six obstacles asked about, “insufficient developer tools” got the fewest votes (24%). No wonder fewer companies are adding budget for this. See the chart below, that shows only 34% say their company is increasing their budget for Java dev tools.

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Lawrence Hecht @lawrencehecht.info · 12/03/2025

Documentation and Communication Challenges Are Leading Obstacles to Developer Productivity thenewstack.io/ai-tools-now...

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Lawrence Hecht @lawrencehecht.info · 20/02/2025

61% of consulting company clients believe they know more about their industry than consultants do. That's a sharp contrast from only 31% that felt that way when Source did the same survey 10 years. www.sourceglobalresearch.com/blog-post/cl...

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Lawrence Hecht @lawrencehecht.info · 14/02/2025

Tracks with what I know too. Caveats are that full-stack devs do front end, and some front end folks might not fall into the engineering dept

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Lawrence Hecht @lawrencehecht.info · 11/02/2025

Look forward to the color commentary. The top-level coverage reported that Macron wanted to back away from previous EU actions on AI

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Towards Data Science @towardsdatascience.com · 04/02/2025

We hope you’ll join us for this exciting new chapter. Your support means everything to us, and we’re excited to show you the future of Towards Data Science. Read our full announcement ➡️ towardsdatascience.com/towards-data…

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Lawrence Hecht @lawrencehecht.info · 30/01/2025

1) vlt should list its URL: www.vlt.sh 2) your concerns about a viable business model are real. I haven’t seen proof yet.

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vlt /vōlt/

We’re building the future of JavaScript packages

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Kate Holterhoff, PhD @kateholterhoff.com · 30/01/2025

Wrote up my thoughts on @github.com npm and the JavaScript package registry startups @vlt.sh vsr & @deno.land JSR. There's a lot going on around JS/TS, Node.js package management and registries—and a whole lot of history. redmonk.com/kholterhoff/...

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Is npm Enough? Why Startups are Coming after this JavaScript Package Registry

There’s been significant disruption in the JavaScript package management space recently. While npm continues to be the de facto JavaScript 1) package registry and 2) package manager used in Node.js ru...

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Lawrence Hecht @lawrencehecht.info · 29/01/2025

Dev productivity or experience is regularly assessed at least quarterly at 53% of companies that track these metrics. More charts at buff.ly/4h12vgE

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