Hacker News
- Why are we so bad at software engineering? https://www.bitlog.com/2020/02/12/why-are-we-so-bad-at-software-engineering/ 292 comments
- Software Engineers Rush to Write Bad Code https://engineering.deptagency.com/software-engineers-rush-to-write-bad-code 2 comments
- Tool touted as 'first AI software engineer' is bad at its job, testers claim https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/23/ai_developer_devin_poor_reviews/ 74 comments
- Tool touted as 'first AI software engineer' is bad at its job, testers claim https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/23/ai_developer_devin_poor_reviews/ 2 comments
- Do Software Engineers Encourage Bad Security Practices? http://tcs-security-blanket.blogspot.com/2011/04/do-software-engineers-encourage-bad.html 2 comments
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- Why are we so bad at software engineering? https://www.bitlog.com/2020/02/12/why-are-we-so-bad-at-software-engineering/ 56 comments practices
- Why are we so bad at software engineering? https://www.bitlog.com/2020/02/12/why-are-we-so-bad-at-software-engineering/ 176 comments programming
- Why are we so bad at software engineering https://www.bitlog.com/2020/02/12/why-are-we-so-bad-at-software-engineering/ 153 comments webdev
- Why are we so bad at software engineering? https://www.bitlog.com/2020/02/12/why-are-we-so-bad-at-software-engineering/ 923 comments programming
- When Good Engineers Write Bad Software https://spectrum.ieee.org/geek-life/reviews/when-good-engineers-write-bad-software 10 comments programming
- 'First AI software engineer' is bad at its job https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/23/ai_developer_devin_poor_reviews/ 404 comments programming
- 'First AI software engineer' is bad at its job https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/23/ai_developer_devin_poor_reviews/ 156 comments artificial
- Successful software engineers, despite being bad at math? https://www.reddit.com/r/cscareerquestions/comments/6mi88e/successful_software_engineers_despite_being_bad/ 6 comments cscareerquestions
- Tool touted as 'first AI software engineer' is bad at its job, testers claim https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/23/ai_developer_devin_poor_reviews/ 72 comments technology
- What are some job options for a bad software engineer who can't get any developer roles? https://www.reddit.com/r/cscareerquestions/comments/7o3wm6/what_are_some_job_options_for_a_bad_software/ 103 comments cscareerquestions
- New Jobs Data on Software Engineering: Worse than 2008, not nearly as bad as 2000, on the cusp of recovery. https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GjMRjXnXgAAGE4G?format=png&name=4096x4096 38 comments cscareerquestions
- NASA’s Voyager 1 Resumes Sending Engineering Updates to Earth (embedded software solution to work around bad memory) https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/nasas-voyager-1-resumes-sending-engineering-updates-to-earth 2 comments embedded
- The Immorality of Bad Software Design. The Hawaii missile scare wasn't just a failure of execution. It was a failure of engineering, too. http://www.weeklystandard.com/the-immorality-of-bad-software-design/article/2011282 10 comments technology
- I'm about to start my first full-time job as a software engineer. What are good habits I should form right away and common bad ones I should avoid? https://www.reddit.com/r/cscareerquestions/comments/4y1gvk/im_about_to_start_my_first_fulltime_job_as_a/ 12 comments cscareerquestions
- Scraping By On Six Figures? Tech Workers Feel Poor In Silicon Valley's -- "'I didn't become a software engineer to be trying to make ends meet,' said a Twitter employee in his early 40s who earns a base salary of $160,000. It is, he added, a 'pretty bad' income for raising a family in the Bay Area." https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/feb/27/silicon-aa-cost-of-living-crisis-has-americas-highest-paid-feeling-poor 15 comments indepthstories
- Scraping By On Six Figures? Tech Workers Feel Poor In Silicon Valley's -- "'I didn't become a software engineer to be trying to make ends meet,' said a Twitter employee in his early 40s who earns a base salary of $160,000. It is, he added, a 'pretty bad' income for raising a family in the Bay Area." https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/feb/27/silicon-aa-cost-of-living-crisis-has-americas-highest-paid-feeling-poor 7 comments economy
- Scraping By On Six Figures? Tech Workers Feel Poor In Silicon Valley's -- "'I didn't become a software engineer to be trying to make ends meet,' said a Twitter employee in his early 40s who earns a base salary of $160,000. It is, he added, a 'pretty bad' income for raising a family in the Bay Area." https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/feb/27/silicon-aa-cost-of-living-crisis-has-americas-highest-paid-feeling-poor 190 comments business