Daily Reading List – May 29, 2025 (#562)
Today’s reading list has some deep reads, but they’re worth it. Not everything needs to be bite-sized!
[blog] The Prompt Engineering Playbook for Programmers. Fantastic piece from Addy. Everyone in a technical role should read this and understand what separates a good LLM prompt from an ok prompt.
[paper] Vibe Coding vs. Agentic Coding: Fundamentals and Practical Implications of Agentic AI. This is actually a terrific paper that distinguishes vibe coding (IDE based, human driving the cycles) and agentic coding (async, agent iterates on a user-provided goal). Great depth on the topic.
[blog] In defense of shallow technical knowledge. Makes sense. You don’t need to know everything about everything. A functional knowledge in many areas, with depth in a few, seems like a strong career strategy.
[blog] Google Cloud’s open lakehouse: Architected for AI, open data, and unrivaled performance. Just because our two giant events are done for the year doesn’t mean we’re slowing down our ship rate. If you’re building a lakehouse strategy, you’ll like these cloud updates.
[article] A holistic model for understanding the costs and value of software development. Some smart colleagues look at a model for “understanding the costs and commercial value of software development.”
[blog] Announcing dotnet run app.cs – A simpler way to start with C# and .NET 10. Great feature for C# devs who want a simpler startup without all the project/solution machinery.
[paper] The State of AI in the Enterprise. This ungated report from Box offers very useful insights into buyer expectations and realities with AI.
[article] China’s DeepSeek quietly releases upgraded R1 AI model, ramping up competition with OpenAI. Open models like DeepSeek continue to impress. More here.
[blog] Announcing Angular v20. Another sizable release for this widely used web framework. Check out what’s new.
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