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7 articles to explore, from first steps to what comes next.
Developers are using 2.3 AI coding tools on average. Cursor and Claude Code together dominate the real-world stack. Here is how they complement each other and which parts of the workflow belong to which tool.
Cursor hit $2B ARR and a $29.3B valuation while 77% of developers report increased productivity. This analysis goes beyond tool comparison to examine what these numbers mean for team structure, hiring, and the economics of software development.
From hallucinated dependencies to credential exposure in agentic workflows, AI coding tools introduce security risks most teams aren't prepared for. Here's the engineering manager's complete security playbook.
OpenAI Codex subagents reached general availability in March 2026. Learn how to set up manager-subagent patterns for autonomous code writing, testing, refactoring, and documentation across your entire codebase.
Terminal-native CLI vs AI-powered IDE — we compare Claude Code, Cursor, and Windsurf on real-world coding tasks, pricing, and which developer workflow each one fits.
Nearly half of AI-generated code contains security vulnerabilities. Here's what's going wrong, the most common issues, and a practical checklist to ship secure AI-assisted code.
AI now generates 41% of code, yet developer satisfaction dropped from 70% to 60%. More AI, less happiness. Here's why—and what it means for how we build software.