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this is the Final Boss of Agentic Engineering: killing the Code Review at this point multiple people are already weighing how to remove the human code review bottleneck from agents becoming fully productive. @ankitxg was brave enough to map out how he sees SDLC being turned on its head. i'm not personally there yet, but I tend to be 3-6 months behind these people and yeah its definitely coming.

🆕 How to Kill The Code Review latent.space/p/reviews-dead the volume and size of PRs is skyrocketing. @simonw called out StrongDM’s “Dark Factory” last month: no human code, but *also* no human review (!?) in this week’s guest post, @ankitxg makes a 5 step layered playbook for how this can come true.

History provides a valuable perspective for understanding the current AI revolution in software engineering. Join Adam Berry from Netflix in our next Hangar DX off-the-record session where we will explore how to navigate the current state of panic within the software industry. Key discussion points include: - The evolving role of software engineering - Insights from the Industrial Revolution - Strategies for developing as an AI-native engineering company - The aspects that are changing and those that remain constant When: March 20th, 2025, at 11am PST | 2pm EST RSVP: lnkd.in/ghB5seNr

Are we getting too dependent on our AI tools? How do we grow the next generation of our engineering leaders? Join us in the next off-the-record Hangar DX session with @Lethain . You might know him from popular engineering leadership books: Staff Engineer, The Engineering Executive's Primer, and Crafting Engineering Strategy. We will discuss: - Difference between healthy leverage and unhealthy dependency - How to onboard and grow engineers - Maintaining code review standards - Could AI actually free engineers to focus on higher-leverage work When: Feb 6th, 2025 at 11am PST | 2pm EST RSVP: forms.gle/i8Lyb2n51e5fz7…

When AI writes most of the code, monitoring code health becomes critical! In our November's editing of Hangar DX off-the-record sessions, we are bringing in Adam Bender from Google's DevEx team to discuss how large teams should manage their code health. We will discuss: - The Paradox of AI Velocity - The Decision-Making Nature of Software Engineering - Testing Philosophy Meets AI: The SMURF Framework - What Should We Demand from AI Tools Note that these virtual sessions are not recorded to ensure a candid conversation. When: Nov 14th, 2025 at 11am PST | 2pm EST RSVP: forms.gle/23fzhDqotntgKZ…

Runbooks capture context from repositories or code reviews, combine it with the team's AI prompting knowledge and get smarter with each use. Thanks to @Aviator_co_ thenewstack.io/the-rise-of-re…

Merge automation tools like @GitHub Merge Queues, @GitLab Merge Trains and Aviator Merge Queue change the game by introducing automation gates before merging to mainline. Thanks to @Aviator_co_ thenewstack.io/merge-strategi…

In our upcoming off-the-record session of Hangar DX, we've invited Leah Rivers, Director of product at Google to discuss how to build impactful developer platforms in today's changing times. We will discuss: - What does "Shift Down" mean in platform engineering - How AI is changing the platform strategy - How to measure impact of dev platforms - How to prioritize platform engineering projects When: Sep 25th, 2025 at 11am PST | 2pm EST RSVP: forms.gle/Td1xzX8iFXTbdm…

Runbooks capture context from repositories or code reviews, combine it with the team's AI prompting knowledge and get smarter with each use. Thanks to @Aviator_co_ thenewstack.io/the-rise-of-re…

AI is a developer productivity force multiplier, but poor documentation, unclear ownership and fragmented tooling don’t magically disappear with AI. Thanks to @Aviator_co_ thenewstack.io/how-top-tech-t…

Excited to bring @skamille , author of "Manager's Path" and "Platform Engineering", in our upcoming off-the-record session of Hangar DX. We will discuss the evolution of management path in the AI-first world: - How the management jobs will be impacted - What skills will be important - How to grow AI adoption in the team - How to stand out Note that these virtual sessions are not recorded to ensure a candid conversation. When: Aug 15th, 2025 at 11am PST | 2pm EST RSVP: forms.gle/Td1xzX8iFXTbdm…

If you ask engineers how much time they think they’re saving with AI, they’ll often give optimistic answers. But when you compare that sentiment with real quantitative data, the numbers don’t add up. Thanks to @Aviator_co_ thenewstack.io/throwing-ai-at…

If we were asked to design delivery or productivity metrics from scratch at an engineering organization, here’s how we’d approach it. Thanks to @Aviator_co_ thenewstack.io/the-case-again…

The Anti-Metrics Era of Developer Productivity | By Ankit Jain, thanks to @Aviator_co_ thenewstack.io/the-anti-metri…

Developer productivity metrics are useful for understanding the bottlenecks in the engineering processes, but they are not the goal. Thanks to @Aviator_co_ thenewstack.io/the-anti-metri…

Developer portals are useful tools, but tools aren’t platforms. And they can’t fix broken culture, poor communication or a non-product mindset. Thanks to @Aviator_co_ thenewstack.io/platform-engin…

The introduction of sophisticated AI coding assistants has fundamentally altered the way developers work. Thanks to @Aviator_co_ thenewstack.io/the-anti-metri…

Developer experience was about making developers happy. AI experience is about shortening the loop without loss of safety. Thanks to @Aviator_co_ thenewstack.io/how-to-think-a…

Platform engineering has been labeled the evolution of DevOps, the foundation of developer productivity, the solution to delivery bottlenecks and what could have been the hottest trend in the software industry right now, if it weren’t for AI. Thanks to @Aviator_co_ thenewstack.io/platform-engin…

Developer experience was about making developers happy. AI experience is about shortening the loop without loss of safety. Thanks to @Aviator_co_ thenewstack.io/how-to-think-a…