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The old playbook was pretty straightforward: build the product, refine it, then build the organization that takes it to market. That separation doesn’t really exist anymore. Jim Rose on why building has become a continuous part of the job when the tools, technology, and expectations can change every 48 hours. More from Jim and Rob Zuber in this Peer Review: https://circle.ci/4gzETRv

Turns out telling coding agents what to do over and over again doesn't actually make them better at fixing CI failures. Here's what worked instead (and cut token usage by 25%): https://circle.ci/474f2Nh

Our first-ever SF Tech Week event is in the books! 🌉 Yesterday, we hosted a hands-on workshop with Rob Zuber about how engineering teams can rethink their software factories as the way we build changes. More than 80 people joined us, from founders and engineering leaders to software, AI, and ML engineers. The conversations kept going right up until we had to call it a day. Thanks to everyone who spent part of a very busy Tech Week with us, to Rob for leading the workshop, and especially to Angeline M. and the rest of the team for bringing the whole thing together. 💚 (And because one event wasn’t enough for Rob, he headed over to Camp AI later that evening for a demo on production-ready agents!)

Loop Lab is where CircleCI engineers share the experiments happening inside their own work. What they tried, what worked, what didn’t, and what they learned along the way, with ideas you can take back to your own workflow. Follow along on the Confident Commit Substack ⬇️

Happy SF TECH WEEK by a16z! We've got plans for you tomorrow. 🎉 More code is being generated faster than ever. The challenge now is knowing what you can trust enough to ship. Rob Zuber is leading a hands-on workshop on exactly that, sharing what his team has learned before we work through it together. We'll have lunch and coffee from Cento, a Chunk keyboard up for grabs, and office hours with our field engineers. Come hang with us: https://lnkd.in/g8JHzi8u

Plot twist: Jim Rose is writing specs and Rob Zuber is writing code again. When the industry is changing this quickly, you can’t just tell people what to do. Sometimes the only way to figure out what comes next is to get back into the work yourself. More from Jim and Rob in this Peer Review: https://circle.ci/4gzETRv

We’ve been comparing a lot of notes lately, so we figured they should all live in one place: confidentcommit.com. Swipe through to see what we’re digging into. ➡️

SF Tech Week is almost here! 👏 Angeline has the rundown on what we’ve got planned on October 6th, including a hands-on workshop, lunch & coffee, and a keyboard raffle. Come hang with us: https://circle.ci/4A4Vo0D

Before you add another AI tool, draw out your current stack. ✏️ Find the constraints first, then decide where AI can make a difference: https://circle.ci/3UjSRzq

It’s hard to recognize a big moment while you’re still in the middle of it. For Judson G., this is one of those moments. And the opportunity comes with a responsibility to keep learning, keep getting better, and get a little more comfortable with being uncomfortable. More from our latest Peer Talk: https://circle.ci/4Aao4FS