Following the layoffs earlier this week, id Software has put out a statement on the matter to attempt to calm fans' nerves.
Laid off id Software developer says crunch on Doom: The Dark Ages' Revelations DLC was "brutal" with up to 17-hour days
Doom: The Dark Ages developer id Software may have managed to ship the Revelations DLC on time, but it reportedly came at the cost of the wellbeing of its staff
Opinion | The A.I. Disruption Has Arrived, and It Sure Is Fun
We’re entering a new renaissance of software development. We should all be excited, despite the uncertainties that lie ahead.
Something Big Is Happening
A personal note for non-tech friends and family on what AI is starting to change.
Vibe Coding Failures: Documented AI Code Incidents
A curated directory of real-world incidents where AI-generated code failed in production.
Software Should Be Allowed to Be Weird - Ewan’s Blog
A fairly large amount of the software I write would probably die in a corporate planning meeting. There would be questions about the target audience, the bu…
Anthropic Drops Flagship Safety Pledge
In an abrupt shift, the company may release future AI models without ironclad safety guarantees
Ubisoft Embargoes Journalists Reporting On Latest Round Of Layoffs
This is not typically what embargoes are for
Microsoft announces 3200 layoffs and four studio departures in "most significant" Xbox restructuring in history
It's a brutal day at Xbox.
The New Software Lifecycle
I co-wrote a Google whitepaper about how AI is changing the software lifecycle. I'm not going to summarize the whole thing. Instead, here are the handful of ...
iddqd, or the hardest kind of unsafe Rust | Oxide Computer Company
How our Rust collections library defends against adversarial trait implementations.
Inside the latest round of mass layoffs at Xbox
Multiple workers impacted by the latest job cuts at Xbox believe the decision will hamstring some studios.
AI Wrappers: It's Just Trucks All The Way Down
Check out this programming meme on ProgrammerHumor.io
identifAI - Discover Origin. Reveal Insight
identifAI pioneers discerning human-AI creations, bolstering authenticity with advanced models. Determine if an image come from AI or from human!
Freefall 4399 July 13, 2026
TRANSCRIPT Sam: Telling the computer what I want to have done. It makes my job easy. I don't know how it works. I don't know what I'm actually doing. Sam: I've always assumed the other guys know what they're doing. If they're using A.I. as well... this could be a problem. Sam: It makes it too obvious that almost nobody knows what they're actually doing. That destroys one of the illusions societies are built on.
AI Tools Accelerates Coding, but Not Overall Software Delivery, GitLab Research Finds
GitLab's 2026 AI Accountability Report highlights an AI Paradox: although 78% of developers say they code faster, overall software delivery has not accelerated due to downstream testing and review bottlenecks and new challenges for enterprise governance and traceability.
