Microsoft AI Rust Migration: Research vs 1M Lines/Month Hype
Microsoft Distinguished Engineer Galen Hunt made headlines December 24 with an ambitious LinkedIn post: eliminate “every line of C and C++” from Microsoft ...
Software Engineer Salary Stagnation: AI Premium vs Junior Market Collapse 2025
The software engineering career ladder broke in 2025. Junior developer hiring (P1/P2) collapsed by 73% ...
Vibe Coding Hangover: $1.5T Debt Warning and Development Hell
The vibe coding party is over, and the hangover is brutal. Fast Company reported in ...
Developer Productivity Metrics Crisis: 66% Don’t Trust DORA
Two-thirds of developers don’t trust the productivity metrics measuring their work. According to JetBrains’ State ...
ChatGPT Enthusiasm Slider: Symptom-Treating AI Tone Problems
OpenAI just solved a problem. ChatGPT was too enthusiastic, too warm, too emoji-happy. Their solution? ...
OpenAI $100B Raise at $830B Valuation: AI Bubble Warnings
OpenAI is in talks to raise up to $100 billion at an $830 billion valuation—a number so staggering it rivals Meta’s market cap ...
Open Source Maintainer Crisis: 60% Unpaid, Burnout Hits 44%
Sixty percent of open source maintainers work unpaid. Sixty percent have quit or considered quitting. ...
Windsurf Wave 13: Free SWE-1.5, Parallel Agents Escalate AI IDE War
Windsurf just escalated the AI coding tools pricing war. On December 24, 2025, the company ...
DORA 2025: 95% Use AI, 0% Team Gains – The Paradox
The 2025 DORA Report reveals a productivity paradox challenging billions in AI investments: 95% of ...
AI Code Quality Crisis: 4x Duplication Since AI Adoption
Your AI coding assistant is sabotaging your codebase. GitClear’s latest research analyzing 211 million lines ...
