76% of Devs Are Refactoring AI Code

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In the Queue

• 5 Surprising Shifts in AI - One Tool Grew 17,600%

• 76% of Developers Say AI Code Still Needs Fixing

• How Google Manages Tech Debt

• Rest in Peace, Skype

Reduce Friction

Measuring Developer Productivity In The LLM Era

One of the big promises of AI is the increased productivity among developers, but can our usual metrics keep up? How can we decide if our teams are efficient if developers write less code but deliver more?

AI, Platform Engineering, Or DX? How To Choose Where To Invest

I really like how this article approaches the common questions of where to focus the limited engineering investment. AI gets all the attention right now, but platform engineering and DX are often what moves the needle in the right direction. 

Streamlining Your Platform Team’s Workloads

When your company starts to scale, it’s the platform teams that take on the task to create a solid base for growth, often ending up overwhelmed. If you’re struggling with employee burnout, have a look at what you can do to make their work easier and just as efficient.

Deepen Your Expertise

How Google Measures and Manages Tech Debt

Every company says they want to ‘deal with tech debt’, but what does that look like in practice? You might be surprised how practical Google’s strategy feels. It made me think about a few changes to feedback loops I could try out at Pagepro.

Sanity Spring Release 2025: 6 Ways Sanity Empowers Teams

We’ve worked with Sanity for years, and their Spring Release is a leap forward, turning it from a Content Management System to a Content Operating System. My good friend and CTO at Pagepro, Jakub Dakowicz, prepared a guide showing how your team can benefit from this new update.

To Garbage Collect or Not?

We don’t think about memory management too often, and this article explains why we should. It goes over the tradeoffs of garbage collection, reference counting, and manual allocation, showing it’s a very relevant issue even for modern high-level development.

AI Corner

AI-Generated Code Needs Refactoring, Say 76% of Developers

AI tools promise speed, but most devs say the code still needs plenty of cleanup. Hallucinations, inconsistencies, and bad assumptions are still common, and 76% of developers say they’re regularly refactoring AI output.

Similarweb’s New AI Usage Report Reveals 5 Surprising Findings, Including Explosive Growth In Coding Tools

Keeping up with changes in AI is a full-time job, so if you want to stay up to date, Similarweb’s report summarizes all you need to know: Decline in digital services and AI writing tools, insights into the effectiveness of viral strategies, and the big winner who saw 17,600% growth.

How Cursor Indexes Codebases Fast

Cursor took the tech world by storm, firmly placing itself as one of the top AI Development tools. If you’ve ever wondered what it looks like under the hood, read how Cursor handles indexing codebases faster than anybody else.

Just Cool

RIP Skype (2003–2025), Survived By Multiple Versions Of Microsoft Teams

Remember when Skype was the default for everything? Good times. Sadly, being good enough isn’t always enough, so let’s take a moment to say goodbye to Skype.

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