Engineering

Engineering
Why we got rid of our small-PR rule3D illustration of a woman meditating cross-legged surrounded by butterflies, flowers, a sprout, a compass, and a nature app icon on a pastel gradient background with white topographic lines.

Why we got rid of our small-PR rule

Small PRs are great for humans, but not for AIs. Instead of focusing on diff size, we moved ot a risk-based model.

Quentin Rousseau

Quentin Rousseau

May 20, 2026
4 mins
Why we got rid of our small-PR rule

Why we got rid of our small-PR rule

Small PRs are great for humans, but not for AIs. Instead of focusing on diff size, we moved ot a risk-based model.

Quentin Rousseau

Quentin Rousseau

May 20, 2026
4 mins
Engineering
What broke when engineering went fully agent-based3D illustration of a woman meditating cross-legged surrounded by butterflies, flowers, a sprout, a compass, and a nature app icon on a pastel gradient background with white topographic lines.

What broke when engineering went fully agent-based

Fragmentation compounds really fast when everyone ships with their own agenting workflow

Rigel St. Pierre

Rigel St. Pierre

May 13, 2026
6 mins
What broke when engineering went fully agent-based

What broke when engineering went fully agent-based

Fragmentation compounds really fast when everyone ships with their own agenting workflow

Rigel St. Pierre

Rigel St. Pierre

May 13, 2026
6 mins
Engineering
AI changed the QA job, the skepticism stayed.3D illustration of a woman meditating cross-legged surrounded by butterflies, flowers, a sprout, a compass, and a nature app icon on a pastel gradient background with white topographic lines.

AI changed the QA job, the skepticism stayed.

In a typical week, our team ships four or five features. Sometimes more. Testing all of them at that pace, with humans, isn't really realistic.

Katsiaryna Rabtsava

Katsiaryna Rabtsava

May 7, 2026
5 mins
AI changed the QA job, the skepticism stayed.

AI changed the QA job, the skepticism stayed.

In a typical week, our team ships four or five features. Sometimes more. Testing all of them at that pace, with humans, isn't really realistic.

Katsiaryna Rabtsava

Katsiaryna Rabtsava

May 7, 2026
5 mins
Engineering
Replay, don't rebuild: adding week-long deferrals to a pipeline that handles millions of alerts3D illustration of a woman meditating cross-legged surrounded by butterflies, flowers, a sprout, a compass, and a nature app icon on a pastel gradient background with white topographic lines.

Replay, don't rebuild: adding week-long deferrals to a pipeline that handles millions of alerts

On extending a high-volume production pipeline instead of building alongside it, and the edge cases that only appear at the intersection of correct decisions

Harneet Singh

Harneet Singh

April 30, 2026
12 mins
Replay, don't rebuild: adding week-long deferrals to a pipeline that handles millions of alerts

Replay, don't rebuild: adding week-long deferrals to a pipeline that handles millions of alerts

On extending a high-volume production pipeline instead of building alongside it, and the edge cases that only appear at the intersection of correct decisions

Harneet Singh

Harneet Singh

April 30, 2026
12 mins
Engineering
A council, a sword, and a fleet of agents: how I ship code now3D illustration of a woman meditating cross-legged surrounded by butterflies, flowers, a sprout, a compass, and a nature app icon on a pastel gradient background with white topographic lines.

A council, a sword, and a fleet of agents: how I ship code now

Instead of writing code, lot of the work I do is providing context to the agents so I can, hopefully, come back to them having completed a bunch of tickets.

 Iain MacKenzie

Iain MacKenzie

April 22, 2026
6 mins
A council, a sword, and a fleet of agents: how I ship code now

A council, a sword, and a fleet of agents: how I ship code now

Instead of writing code, lot of the work I do is providing context to the agents so I can, hopefully, come back to them having completed a bunch of tickets.

 Iain MacKenzie

Iain MacKenzie

April 22, 2026
6 mins
Engineering
Re-thinking candidate take-homes in the AI Era: transcripts over code3D illustration of a woman meditating cross-legged surrounded by butterflies, flowers, a sprout, a compass, and a nature app icon on a pastel gradient background with white topographic lines.

Re-thinking candidate take-homes in the AI Era: transcripts over code

When everyone can ship clean code with AI, the transcript of how they got there becomes a key signal.

Quentin Rousseau

Quentin Rousseau

February 24, 2026
7 mins
Re-thinking candidate take-homes in the AI Era: transcripts over code

Re-thinking candidate take-homes in the AI Era: transcripts over code

When everyone can ship clean code with AI, the transcript of how they got there becomes a key signal.

Quentin Rousseau

Quentin Rousseau

February 24, 2026
7 mins