In 2011, Marc Andreessen famously wrote that "software is eating the world." Today, software is no longer just a competitive advantage; it is the foundational infrastructure for nearly every industry. We don't merely ...

We've seen this pattern before. The industry gets a new kind of leverage, treats it like a tool upgrade, and then acts surprised when the operating model snaps under the strain. Waterfall ...

We've Been Building Toward This Moment For months, I've been writing about a growing tension at the center of AI-powered development: AI can now generate code at extraordinary speed, yet our ability ...

Artificial intelligence (AI) can already write code that compiles, runs, and sometimes even surprises us by passing tests. In many ways, it's crossed the threshold that once separated "assisted coding" from "autonomous creation." ...

One of the challenges with using AI and LLMs to generate code today is that they mostly produce generic code. That shouldn't surprise us ...

Large language models are reshaping how we write software. With a few prompts, developers can generate boilerplate, integrate dependencies, write tests, and scaffold entire systems in a fraction of the time it ...

Open source doesn't run on any individual project, foundation, or company — it runs on shared infrastructure. That's why we've come together with other stewards to issue a Joint Statement on Sustainable Stewardship ...

The best software developers I've had the privilege to work with live by the principle that they have ultimate responsibility for the code we introduce. They take ownership of what they write, ...

When I first wrote about the tragedy of the commons and Maven Central, I called attention to a startling reality: a small percentage of users — mostly large enterprises — were unknowingly ...

With great power comes great responsibility ...