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Matt Pocock at AI Engineer Europe argues that bad code is now more expensive than ever — and that the engineers winning with AI are the ones who went back to basics.

Birgitta Böckeler's QCon London 2026 talk breaks down context engineering, harness engineering, and why blindly trusting autonomous AI agents is a security and cost disaster waiting to happen.

UC San Diego and Cornell tracked 112 professional programmers using AI agents at work. Not one of them actually vibe coded. Here's what they found — and what it means.

A step-by-step workflow for using AI coding assistants effectively — from understanding a ticket with Rovo to reviewing changes before committing with Claude.

A practical breakdown of memory types in AI coding tools — what survives between sessions, what gets wiped, and how to build persistent AI teammates that actually know your codebase.

Understanding how context works in AI coding assistants — what goes in, why it runs out, and how to manage it so the AI stays helpful instead of confused.

A practical comparison of vibe coding and spec-driven development — when to flow freely with AI, when to nail down specs first, and how to combine both without losing your mind.

Learn how to use VS Code Remote-SSH to develop on remote servers with full local IDE experience. Covers setup, configuration, tips, and common workflows for seamless remote development.

Stop tutorial-hopping. The fastest way to grow as a junior developer is to learn while doing real work — solving actual problems, mastering your current tools, ignoring the hype, and shipping quality code.

What Cursor learned from running hundreds of coding agents for weeks and why the planner-worker pattern matters for ambitious software projects.