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When Expertise Puts You Behind
AI has made shipping easier. Experienced engineers can waste that advantage by building the architecture they admire instead of the product people asked for.
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Cost of Software in 2026
A €90 million government software contract raises questions about AI, engineering costs, and why publicly funded code should be open source.
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How to Use AI Without Losing Your Brain
Practical rules for using AI heavily without deskilling: where AI is strong, where it fails, and ten habits that keep you a real engineer.
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How AI Killed My Passion for Programming
A personal story about passion, skill atrophy, and what we lost when we stopped writing code — with hard lessons from DDD Europe 2026.
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