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Is the “AI developer”a threat to jobs – or a marketing stunt?

The Pragmatic Engineer

In 1959, the programming language COBOL was designed by software engineer Grace Hopper. The stated goal of this language was to allow business people with no programming background to use it.          PROGRAM-ID. If they could pay less, they would.

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Is the “AI developer”a threat to jobs – or a marketing stunt?

The Pragmatic Engineer

In 1959, the programming language COBOL was designed by software engineer Grace Hopper. The stated goal of this language was to allow business people with no programming background to use it.          PROGRAM-ID. If they could pay less, they would.

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The “10x engineer:" 50 years ago and now

The Pragmatic Engineer

“Most computer installations have one or two people who delight in mastery of the intricacies of a programming language. ” This role implies the chief programmer will usually not have time to go in-depth on a programming language, and will rely on an expert in it. A most interesting addition!

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PyTorch vs TensorFlow 2025-A Head-to-Head Comparison

ProjectPro

PyTorch leverages the flexibility and popularity of the python programming language whilst maintaining the functionality and convenience of the native Torch library. With a more object-oriented style and straightforward data handling, the learning curve for PyTorch is easier compared to TensorFlow.

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Data News — Week 25.02

Christophe Blefari

Python and Java still leads the programming language interest, but with a decrease in interest (-5% and -13%) while Rust gaining traction (+13%), not sure it's related, tho. From the traffic they get they draw market trends. A few things to notice: Interest in AI grew by 190%, Prompt Engineering by 456%. Not really digest.

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Building an an Early Stage Startup: Lessons from Akita Software

The Pragmatic Engineer

I was working on programming languages research: language design, dynamic analysis, and static program verification. It took me a while to build up my network, build up the trust of people outside of the programming languages community, and even figure out startup hiring! Selling Akita.

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How Meta discovers data flows via lineage at scale

Engineering at Meta

These stages propagate through various systems including function-based systems that load, process, and propagate data through stacks of function calls in different programming languages (e.g., Hack, C++, Python, etc.) This enabled much smoother integration with a broad range of Meta’s systems.