Daily Reading List – January 8, 2025 (#468)

There are still plenty of “what’s coming in 2025” pieces coming out, and I’ll continue including the ones that catch my eye.

[article] Agents. You want eight thousand words about AI agents? Today’s your lucky day. Chip wrote a fantastic piece that goes into helpful depth on the topic.

[blog] Ultimate guide to CI/CD: Fundamentals to advanced implementation. This doesn’t break new ground, but it’s good to till the current ground. That’s the extent of my farming metaphors.

[article] 5 Mistakes Managers Make When Giving Negative Feedback. Few folks like giving corrective feedback, but it’s a necessary task. This article offers mistakes we make, and how to fix them.

[article] Explore vs Execute. Great essay from Jason here. What happens after you have the “fit” for a given product? What does an operational switch look like?

[article] Developer Productivity in 2025: More AI, but Mixed Results. A batch of experts provide input into what this year may hold for developer experience and productivity.

[blog] Mistakes engineers make in large established codebases. The main mistakes come from “lack of consistency” according to this interesting write up.

[article] How to Overcome Common LLMs Pitfalls and Build Smarter AI Systems. My colleague Mete does a good job outlining a few challenges and opportunities for those working with LLMs.

[youtube-video] The amazing, but unsettling future of technology… Entertaining video, as always from this source. But also a good overview of the hot tech (AI, agents, AR/VR, robotics, etc) and questions surrounding them.

[article] Engineers hit AI development roadblocks: IBM. Fifteen tools to build an AI app seems like … a lot. That statistic, and more in these findings.

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