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The State of AI and Software Engineering: Code is Cheaper but Expertise are More Valuable [Full Book]

A report on AI productivity, human capability, software economics, SaaS defensibility, and the future of engineering work. Between 2024 and 2026, the marginal...

Vahe Aslanyan - freecodecamp

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How to Stop an AI Agent from Inventing Nigerian Postcodes

On 1 October 2026, Nigeria's postcode changed from six digits to an 11-character code that identifies a single building, such as EK-01-A03-FK-01. Language...

Kayode Adeniyi - freecodecamp

How to Keep a File for Minutes, Not Years, on Cloud Run

A print job, a one-time download, or a support attachment typically only needs to exist until someone finishes with it. But most backends still store it like...

Abhinay Gokul - freecodecamp

What to Do When Your Constants Are Someone Else's Law

A colleague once asked me why a number in my code had a comment three lines long. The number was 18. The comment said which rule it came from, which section...

Javeed Shaik - freecodecamp

How to Measure Conformance Between an Operational Specification and Its Execution

In my previous article, I explored executor independence: the idea that different execution mechanisms should be able to satisfy the same operational...

Hugo Teijiz - freecodecamp

How to Add Structured Data (JSON-LD) to a Next.js Site and Validate It

Structured data has always mattered to search engines. When a search engine reads your page, it sees HTML: a heading, some paragraphs, a date somewhere, a...

Saar Twito - freecodecamp