Code smells for AI agents: Q&A with Eno Reyes of Factory
• Factory builds autonomous coding agents for large engineering teams, covering full SDLC. • Their platform includes tools to assess code quality and agent impact. • Factory’s agen
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Cursor at Grab: Adoption and impact
• Cursor launched late 2024, quickly adopted by 98% of Tech Grabbers as monthly active users. • 75% of users engage weekly, surpassing Google’s 70% adoption benchmark for high‑perf
Rust at Scale: An Added Layer of Security for WhatsApp
• WhatsApp introduces Rust-based security layer to protect billions of users from malware threats. • The new media consistency library, written in Rust, runs on devices and browser
Yes, You Can Use AI in Our Interviews. In fact, we insist
• Canva now requires Backend, ML, Frontend candidates to use AI tools (Copilot, Cursor, Claude) during interviews. • Nearly 50% of current engineers use AI daily to prototype, navi
How GitHub engineers tackle platform problems
• Product engineers build the final product, while platform engineers supply the tools and infrastructure. • GitHub’s infrastructure team now serves internal customers, shifting fo