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We do not provide evidence that:

- #AI systems do not currently speed up many or most #softwareDevelopers

- AI systems do not speed up individuals or groups in domains other than #softwareDevelopment

- AI systems in the near future will not speed up #developers

- There are not ways of using existing AI systems more effectively

> Measuring the Impact of Early-2025 AI on Experienced #OpenSource #Developer #Productivity

metr.org/blog/2025-07-10-early

metr.orgMeasuring the Impact of Early-2025 AI on Experienced Open-Source Developer Productivity
#llm#copilot#cursor

Engadget: Apple hit with class action suit from developers after App Store ruling. “Apple may see further fallout over its failure to comply with a court order that led to last week’s contempt ruling. A class action suit filed on behalf of developers claims that Apple’s actions cost Pure Sweat Basketball (and other developers) revenue during the period it was found to have violated the […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/05/10/engadget-apple-hit-with-class-action-suit-from-developers-after-app-store-ruling/

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The Register: Maryland man pleads guilty to outsourcing US govt work to North Korean dev in China . “A Maryland man has pleaded guilty to fraud after landing a job with a contractor working on US government software, and then outsourcing the work to a self-described North Korean developer in China. Minh Phuong Ngoc Vong is a Vietnamese-born naturalized US citizen. He recently pleaded guilty […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/05/02/the-register-maryland-man-pleads-guilty-to-outsourcing-us-govt-work-to-north-korean-dev-in-china/

I don't get all these articles about #softwaredevelopers must now suddenly learn other skills than #coding. The tenor is always #ai will do the coding, and now devs need problem solving skills, learn to communicate clearly and so on.

This feels a lot of what a more seasoned dev and someone just staring out sets apart. You learn to think and talk in a structured, well known way by coding, later you learn to keep the bigger picture in mind. Wonder what happens if we lose this starting out phase.

Ars Technica: Open Source devs say AI crawlers dominate traffic, forcing blocks on entire countries. “Software developer Xe Iaso reached a breaking point earlier this year when aggressive AI crawler traffic from Amazon overwhelmed their Git repository service, repeatedly causing instability and downtime. Despite configuring standard defensive measures—adjusting robots.txt, blocking known […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/03/26/ars-technica-open-source-devs-say-ai-crawlers-dominate-traffic-forcing-blocks-on-entire-countries/

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This isn't Apple's fault, as it still has to follow local laws to sell its products. However, this is a huge #securityfail.

Even though Apple no longer fights for mindshare in the enterprise computing market as it once did, this will force companies that require secure data to either avoid iCloud-enabled apps altogether—which can be hard to do on a Mac—or stop using Macs altogether for anything that processes #PII, #PHI, or even proprietary #sourcecode.

In particular, many #softwaredevelopers prefer #MacBooks since they offer a mainstream user experience but run #Unix under the hood. If they can't use MacBooks anymore for security reasons, companies will have to rethink some of their long-standing laptop and desktop #cybersecurity practices.

bbc.com/news/articles/cgj54eq4

www.bbc.comApple pulls data protection tool after UK government security rowCustomers' photos and documents stored online will no longer be protected by end-to-end encryption.

🚀 The Future of Open Source in the Tech Industry – Will Companies Share $10 Billion AI Models? 🚀

Open-source technology has revolutionized the software industry, fostering innovation, collaboration, and transparency. But as AI models grow in complexity and cost—sometimes exceeding $10 billion in development—will tech giants continue to embrace open-source principles?

This was on LinkedIn this morning

linkedin.com/posts/shanselman_

I agree with Scott DEI, is not the reason #Crowdstrike happened. Technology is hard and unforgiving and those that are heckling are not helping.

Granted the people on Mastadon of doing a yoeman job of calling out the failure in technical and systamatic terms. I also appreciate the gallows humor as well.

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Keep it up folks this is how we handle a crisis.

www.linkedin.comScott Hanselman on LinkedIn: #crowdstrike | 418 commentsContext - someone on the birdside are blaming #crowdstrike on DEI hiring Here’s the thing folks. I’ve been coding 32 years. When something like this happens… | 418 comments on LinkedIn