Wednesday Wisdom

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1. Know thyself

   1 juli 2026 · 11 min

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   The ancient Greeks told us to “know thyself.” They probably didn’t anticipate software engineers armed with AI assistants, dashboards, personality tests, and enough browser tabs to heat a small village. Yet somehow, understanding ourselves remains just as difficult and we continue to make mistakes because we attempt things that just do not match who we are... Lees meer

   https://josvisser.substack.com/p/know-thyself

2. Security is not just a feeling

   24 juni 2026 · 10 min

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   Or maybe: Security is more than a feeling. I couldn't quite decide on the title. Lees meer

   There seems to be a pervasive idea that you do not have to "be technical" in order to qualify for many security-related roles. Personally I think that if you are working on dealing with attacks from computers on computers, it might be helpful if you understand how computers work. Health and safety warning: More rant than wisdom in this week's article and perhaps too many references to IBM mainframes.

   https://josvisser.substack.com/p/security-is-not-just-a-feeling

3. How to start a remote SRE team

   17 juni 2026 · 14 min

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   When you are done with late nights and answering pages at night, a remote sister team is usually the way to go. This week's Wednesday Wisdom explains how to start such a remote team and why Kazakhstan is not a great location for that. Warning: Contains strong language and children should only watch/listen under adult supervision. Lees meer

4. On writing interview feedback

   10 juni 2026 · 13 min

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   Hiring is still a thing. Unfortunately, I still see a lot of terrible interview feedback. In the age of ChatGPT, there really is no reason anymore to write bad interview feedback, provided that you put a little bit of effort in keeping good notes during the interview. Throw the notes, the job description, the candidate's resume, and the question rubric into ChatGPT and it will write the feedback for you. Lees meer

   https://josvisser.substack.com/p/on-writing-interview-feedback

5. A possible future of software engineering

   3 juni 2026 · 18 min

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   AI coding tools are changing software engineering, but not in the simple “everyone gets replaced” way the headlines suggest. The real story is messier: more productive senior engineers, fewer easy entry-level paths, shifting salaries, more software getting built, and a profession trying to figure out where its next generation will come from. Lees meer

   This week’s Wednesday Wisdom looks at what AI coding tools actually mean for software engineers — and why the future is neither doom nor hype.

   https://josvisser.substack.com/p/a-possible-future-of-software-engineering

6. A tiny history of software engineering

   27 mei 2026 · 13 min

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   NOTE: Because of a mistake, this episode has been posted out of order and was supposed to be published on 5/20/2026. Lees meer

   It should be listened to before the episode on 5/27/2026 called: Coding with AI tools is still hard. Apologies for the confusion.

   https://josvisser.substack.com/p/a-tiny-history-of-software-engineering

7. Coding with AI tools is still hard

   27 mei 2026 · 15 min

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   AI coding tools excel at the part of software development that was never really a problem to begin with: Typing in the statements. Because of this, coding with AI tools is still hard. Lees meer

   https://josvisser.substack.com/p/coding-with-ai-tools-is-still-hard

8. The whooshing sound of deadlines

   13 mei 2026 · 12 min

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   Welcome to this week's Wednesday Wisdom, in which we cover a reader question on how to deal with managers who insist on "accurate ETAs" for software development projects. Obviously, no software project in the history of time has ever been delivered according to a pre-established immutable plan and there is no more common sound in software than the sound of a deadline, whooshing by. But how to convince your manager of that? Lees meer

9. The anxiety factory

   6 mei 2026 · 14 min

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   Many startups are anxiety factories. But why? There are the obvious reasons, but there is one that is often overlooked. Find out how that works in this week's Wednesday Wisdom article. Lees meer

   https://josvisser.substack.com/p/the-anxiety-factory

10. Does code review still matter?

    29 april 2026 · 13 min

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    Does it? Because let's be honest, most code reviews are terrible. Also, what about AI generated code? Warning: This episode contains more questions than answers! Lees meer

    https://josvisser.substack.com/p/does-code-review-still-matter

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