Mastodawn

🐭🔍 Wow, an epic saga about... a CURSOR? 🖱️ Yes, folks, it's Cursor 3! The revolutionary upgrade that lets you run agents alongside your non-existent productivity! 🌟 Prepare for a #UX so stunning, you won't even notice your code doesn't compile. 💥 Who knew software development needed a hero like this? 🙄
https://cursor.com/blog/cursor-3 #Cursor3 #Productivity #SoftwareDevelopment #TechInnovation #CodeQuality #HackerNews #ngated

Meet the new Cursor · Cursor

Cursor 3 is a unified workspace for building software with agents.

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/dev/mash 2d ago

AI isn’t the problem. Bad engineering is.
AI just amplifies whatever is already there – good or bad.

That’s great if you know what you’re doing. Less so if you don’t. It’s brilliant for speeding up the boring parts, but it doesn’t understand your system. It predicts patterns that look right.

And that’s where things get dangerous: https://matthew-shaw.github.io/blog/2026/03/31/ai-wont-save-you-from-bad-engineering/

#AI #SoftwareEngineering #CodeQuality #TechnicalDebt #ExtremeProgramming

AI Won't Save You From Bad Engineering - Matt Shaw

Why AI is a powerful tool for the competent, but a liability for the unguided.

Jakob Miksch 2d ago

idea regarding #code #review:
intentionally adding #bugs into #code to check if the #reviewer discovers them.
if the reviewer does not find them, then their #review is questionable.
of course the added bugs should be removed before merging ;-)

I am wondering if a concept like this already exists ...
#codequality #softwareengineering #quality #software #git #pullrequest #mergerequest

Anup Karanjkar 4d ago

The Dark Side of Vibe Coding: Why 63% of Developers Spent More Time Debugging AI Code (And How to Fix It)

Vibe coding promised 10x productivity. The reality: 63% of developers report spending more time debugging AI-generated code than writing it themselves. Here is what went wrong a...

https://wowhow.cloud/blogs/dark-side-vibe-coding-debugging-ai-code-problems-2026

#wowhow #vibecoding #aigeneratedcode #codequality

The Dark Side of Vibe Coding: Why 63% of Developers Spent More Time Debugging AI Code (And How to Fix It)

63% of developers spent more time debugging AI-generated code than writing it manually. Learn the hidden risks of vibe coding and a proven hybrid workflow fix.

Paula Babbicola Mar 27

Does anyone have any academic sources on code readability regarding *file* length and number of *files*? I can only find sources on readability of snippets.

#psychology #code #readability #codequality

Aleksi Manninen Mar 25

How can Apple find and fix 150 new vulns in their OS in one week(since last update)? Do their coders to something else than create new holes to functioning software? What’s the new functionalities in iOS during the last year? 35 new emojis?
#apple #codequality #InfoSec

The IT Blog Mar 20

AI Can Write Code, But It Can’t Debug Without Context

Large Language Models (LLMs) are often marketed as the ultimate productivity boost for developers: “Write code faster! Debug with AI! No more manual work!” After a recent experience, I can confirm that LLMs are incredibly useful for writing and even structuring code (I’ll write about this probably in a later blog post).

But when it comes to debugging, one should make really sure that the tool has access to all the relevant context (and don’t disable your brain). But .. let’s see, what happened:

Since a couple of days (uhm .. nights mostly, after work), I was writing a web application. The copilot-experience was very good and it really helped tremendously. I never really ran into a situation where I had to debug. And I was curious when (if?) I’d run into that – and how things turn out then.

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https://www.locked.de/ai-can-write-code-but-it-cant-debug-without-context/ #CodeAssistant #CodeQuality #GithubCopilot #SoftwareEngineering

AI Can Write Code, But It Can’t Debug Without Context

Large Language Models (LLMs) are often marketed as the ultimate productivity boost for developers: "Write code faster! Debug with AI! No more manual work!" After a recent experience, I can confirm that LLMs are incredibly useful for writing and even structuring code (I'll write about this probably i

The IT Blog

Jeferson 'Shin'Mar 20

Another week, and let me ask, did you ever had this super worker engineer in your team that really wanted to code? The first one to appear in the office, and the last one to leave, every day... So maybe this could be a good read for you

https://jeferson.me/blog/2026/03/20/john-is-an

#AI #Blog #Code #CodeQuality #Engineering #John #Management #Quality #Software #TechnicalDebt #VibeCoding