Strategic Developer

The Claude party is almost over

Anthropic has pulled the plug on all-you-can-eat LLM code generation. Where will developers turn next?

Aug 7, 2025 4 mins

Artificial Intelligence Development Tools Generative AI

It’s time to completely change how data management works

Quality shifted left. Security shifted left. Data is next. When data contracts join the CI gate, teams finally ship faster and sleep better.

By Andrew C. Oliver

Jul 17, 2025 5 mins

Data Management Software Development

What you absolutely cannot vibe code right now

Large language models fail at hard and medium difficulty problems where they can’t stitch together well-known templates. You should still use them.

By Andrew C. Oliver

Jul 8, 2025 8 mins

Artificial Intelligence Development Tools Generative AI

OpenAI’s o3 price plunge changes everything for vibe coders

o3 used to be too slow and too expensive for daily coding—no longer. The latency is now bearable, the price is sane, and the chain-of-thought pays off.

By Andrew C. Oliver

Jun 18, 2025 7 mins

Artificial Intelligence Development Tools Generative AI

What the AI coding assistants get right, and where they go wrong

ChatGPT, GitHub Copilot, Cursor, Windsurf, RooCode, and Claude Code all have their strengths, but no single assistant ticks all the boxes.

By Andrew C. Oliver

Jun 10, 2025 7 mins

Artificial Intelligence Development Tools Generative AI

Sizing up the AI code generators

The latest GPT, Claude, Gemini, and o-series models have different strengths and weaknesses, so it pays to mix and match. Here’s a field report.

By Andrew C. Oliver

May 8, 2025 6 mins

Artificial Intelligence Development Tools Generative AI

Why LLM applications need better memory management

Generative AI applications don’t need bigger memory, but smarter forgetting. When building LLM apps, start by shaping working memory.

By Andrew C. Oliver

May 6, 2025 6 mins

Artificial Intelligence Generative AI Software Development

Vibe code or retire

Vibe coding is how we will all write code in the future. Start learning it now, or your career as a software developer will end.

By Andrew C. Oliver

Apr 22, 2025 6 mins

Developer Development Tools Generative AI

Beyond NoSQL: The case for distributed SQL

What if the main problem with relational databases was the back end and not the front end?

By Andrew C. Oliver

Jul 20, 2020 9 mins

Databases NoSQL Databases SQL

9 career pitfalls every software developer should avoid

If you love to code, and don’t think much about your career or your business, it’s time to get real and rethink how you approach software development

By Andrew C. Oliver

Jun 29, 2020 8 mins

Careers Developer Software Development

Developers will decide cloud winners and losers

Companies might choose AWS, Microsoft Azure, or Google Cloud, but their developers will decide what runs there

By Andrew C. Oliver

Jun 15, 2020 4 mins

Cloud Computing Open Source Software Development

Rethinking software developer events after COVID-19

Virtual events might actually be better for developers than the real thing—if we do them right

By Andrew C. Oliver

May 7, 2020 8 mins

Careers Software Development

What now? A software developer’s guide to surviving the recession

This is a scary time for everyone, but also a moment that could define your career if you prepare for change

By Andrew C. Oliver

Apr 15, 2020 6 mins

Careers Software Development

InnerSource: A better way to work together on code

How using open source methods to develop proprietary software increases project efficiency, code quality, and developer happiness

By Andrew C. Oliver

Mar 26, 2020 9 mins

Agile Development Open Source Software Development

Should open source be ethical?

At present, software licenses that prohibit socially harmful or unethical uses cannot be considered open source. Should we change that?

By Andrew C. Oliver

Mar 4, 2020 10 mins

Open Source Software Development

Cloud outages show multicloud is essential

Outages are inevitable and vendors are unreliable. You can’t move fast enough unless you already have your service running on two or more clouds

By Andrew C. Oliver

Feb 27, 2020 6 mins

Cloud Computing

Modern recipes for more resilient applications

New approaches and innovations at the edge keep applications alive when networks or services die

By Andrew C. Oliver

Feb 12, 2020 7 mins

Software Development Technology Industry

How developers can get the ops team on their side

It shouldn’t be dev vs. ops. Instead, consider the ops team as one of your customers, and make software that it can use

By Andrew C. Oliver

Jun 28, 2018 4 mins

App Testing Software Development

How to present to management: A guide for developers and engineers

Presenting to management is about realizing that you have a busy audience that wants to know the impact, cost, and risk of the plan

By Andrew C. Oliver

Jun 21, 2018 10 mins

Careers Developer

How to write better: A developer’s guide

Developers who can write impactfully tend to advance faster in their careers than those who merely code

By Andrew C. Oliver

Jun 14, 2018 5 mins

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Strategic Developer

The Claude party is almost over

It’s time to completely change how data management works

What you absolutely cannot vibe code right now

OpenAI’s o3 price plunge changes everything for vibe coders

What the AI coding assistants get right, and where they go wrong

Sizing up the AI code generators

Why LLM applications need better memory management

Vibe code or retire

Beyond NoSQL: The case for distributed SQL

9 career pitfalls every software developer should avoid

Developers will decide cloud winners and losers

Rethinking software developer events after COVID-19

What now? A software developer’s guide to surviving the recession

InnerSource: A better way to work together on code

Should open source be ethical?

Cloud outages show multicloud is essential

Modern recipes for more resilient applications

How developers can get the ops team on their side

How to present to management: A guide for developers and engineers

How to write better: A developer’s guide

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