Open Mic for the Week of 6/2/2025

Open Mic for the Week of 6/2/2025

There’s a phenomenon where someone writes an essay about this or that but someone else wants to discuss something that has not yet made it to the front page. This is unfair to everybody involved. It’s unfair to the guy who wrote the original essay because, presumably, he wants to talk about his original essay. It’s unfair to the guy who wants to talk about his link because it looks like he’s trying to change the subject. It’s unfair to the peopl…

Fact of the Week – 6/2/2025

#Factoftheweek 77% 77% of engineering leaders identify #AI integration in apps as a major challenge. Gartner estimates the current market size of the AI application development platforms market to be $5.2 billion. Also, watch for some key trends: AI assistants and agents will act as a learning peer to software engineers Organizations will need to focus on reviewing the output from AI-augmented tools Hiring the right candidates will be key Organ…