A feed of links from the recommended links section of blog.mocoso.co.ukhttps://blog.mocoso.co.uk/links/2026-09-02T17:48:33+00:00Fri, 04 Sep 2026 11:03:58 +0000Norberto Lopes shares the benefits of giving candidates feedback and how he does this2026-09-02T17:48:33+00:00https://nlopes.dev/writing/tell-candidates-why-and-how-they-failedhttps://nlopes.dev/writing/tell-candidates-why-and-how-they-failedhiringJason Gorman summarises the outcomes 25 recent studies on the use of AI in software development2026-08-31T13:26:26+00:00https://codemanship.wordpress.com/2026/08/12/ai-software-development-what-does-the-data-say/https://codemanship.wordpress.com/2026/08/12/ai-software-development-what-does-the-data-say/generative-ai"People are far more likely to listen to you once they believe you have actually listened to them." — Emma van Dijkum2026-08-27T14:29:50+00:00https://emmavandijkum.substack.com/p/lack-of-trust-kills-organisational?r=5oq3flhttps://emmavandijkum.substack.com/p/lack-of-trust-kills-organisational?r=5oq3fltrustDominka Rogala's talk is insightful and practical2026-08-27T12:44:17+00:00https://leaddev.com/management/four-dimensions-of-burnout-an-anti-burnout-framework-for-the-ai-erahttps://leaddev.com/management/four-dimensions-of-burnout-an-anti-burnout-framework-for-the-ai-erastressJohn Cutler's thoughtful reflections on measuring return on investment when it comes to developing software2026-08-25T07:40:57+00:00https://cutlefish.substack.com/p/tbm-437-tokens-hours-points-and-otherhttps://cutlefish.substack.com/p/tbm-437-tokens-hours-points-and-othermetricsgenerative-aiGerard Marquina Rubio's cautionary tale of start-up life2026-08-24T06:33:31+00:00https://weli.dev/blog/half-baked-product/https://weli.dev/blog/half-baked-product/career-developmentGerely Orosz on seeing more and more CTOs, VPEs and Heads of Engineering walking away from high status in-demand positions2026-08-21T06:33:54+00:00https://newsletter.pragmaticengineer.com/p/the-great-engineering-leader-career-break?publication_id=458709&post_id=211732492&triggerShare=true&isFreemail=true&r=mrd59&triedRedirect=truehttps://newsletter.pragmaticengineer.com/p/the-great-engineering-leader-career-break?publication_id=458709&post_id=211732492&triggerShare=true&isFreemail=true&r=mrd59&triedRedirect=truecareer-developmentJames Stanier and how the last 10% of a project is the hardest2026-08-21T06:29:00+00:00https://theengineeringmanager.substack.com/p/landing-the-planehttps://theengineeringmanager.substack.com/p/landing-the-planeleadershipMike Fisher on our propensity to solve by addition, and how we can miss better options that involve subtraction2026-08-21T06:14:32+00:00https://mikefisher.substack.com/p/the-subtraction-instincthttps://mikefisher.substack.com/p/the-subtraction-instinctleadershipHugging Face's team shares details about how their systems were hacked by an autonomous AI agent earlier this year2026-08-21T05:30:46+00:00https://huggingface.co/blog/agent-intrusion-technical-timelinehttps://huggingface.co/blog/agent-intrusion-technical-timelinegenerative-aiAaron Howarth on Workism and the impact of AI on the experience of work2026-08-14T06:32:35+00:00https://www.noemamag.com/why-is-everyone-in-tech-so-sad/https://www.noemamag.com/why-is-everyone-in-tech-so-sad/career-developmentgenerative-aiNat Bennett on the problems of "tech debt' as a metaphor2026-08-14T06:02:18+00:00https://www.simplermachines.com/lets-not-call-it-tech-debt-its-just-mess/https://www.simplermachines.com/lets-not-call-it-tech-debt-its-just-mess/Francis Irving shares his approach and experiences2026-08-14T05:59:02+00:00https://www.flourish.org/2026/08/personal-apps/https://www.flourish.org/2026/08/personal-apps/generative-aiLuca Rossi's welcome reminder of how hiring junior engineers benefits us and our teams and that this is still true in the age of AI2026-08-13T08:40:40+00:00https://refactoring.fm/p/the-case-for-hiring-junior-engineershttps://refactoring.fm/p/the-case-for-hiring-junior-engineersbuilding-teamsKieran Snyder shares their survey of 200 people who quit their jobs and the timelines of their quitting2026-08-12T17:26:23+00:00https://kieransnyder.kit.com/posts/quiet-quitting-rage-quitting-and-real-quittinghttps://kieransnyder.kit.com/posts/quiet-quitting-rage-quitting-and-real-quittingcareer-developmentWe have triggers. The people who work for us have triggers. They can be surprising when you hit them. Rands reminds us to notice when we are hitting them2026-08-10T18:44:03+00:00https://randsinrepose.com/archives/triggers/https://randsinrepose.com/archives/triggers/leadershipJames Stanier reflects on his experience of onboarding at Shopify and shares tips on how you can think about designing your onboarding experience2026-08-10T07:35:12+00:00https://leaddev.com/hiring/how-successfully-onboard-remote-engineering-staff-four-weekshttps://leaddev.com/hiring/how-successfully-onboard-remote-engineering-staff-four-weekshiringonboardingKelli Korducki's welcome reminder to explicitly design for the support that your new employees need2026-08-10T07:30:09+00:00https://leaddev.com/management/your-junior-engineers-dont-need-an-office-they-need-you?_bhlid=3d16965c97659070126e1cc64d4be2c1358016e4https://leaddev.com/management/your-junior-engineers-dont-need-an-office-they-need-you?_bhlid=3d16965c97659070126e1cc64d4be2c1358016e4hiringonboardingSE Gyges with a new set of benchmarks to rank LLMs2026-08-10T05:35:41+00:00https://www.verysane.ai/p/felonybench-style-pointshttps://www.verysane.ai/p/felonybench-style-pointsgenerative-aiCate Huston offers excellent advice for when you are feeling overwhelmed2026-08-04T14:10:34+00:00https://cate.blog/2026/08/04/what-would-make-next-week-better/https://cate.blog/2026/08/04/what-would-make-next-week-better/stressElena Tanasoiu & Emma Gabriel offer great advice both on using flamegraphs to diagnose (rather than guess about) performance problems but also on getting insights from real users.2026-07-26T17:11:27+00:00https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CwZCvyj_Qgwhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CwZCvyj_QgwperformanceJames Stanier shares his experiences of what is involved in being the CTO2026-07-23T16:10:39+00:00https://leaddev.com/leadership/the-reality-of-being-a-cto?vgo_ee=Iv9i3uNwOLoEttT6Ltq0pVIDoiv30W%252FZ8i8sDq%252BZ2g4Jn%252FRsp2j6%253AREruZnCnDjuj5BSFVckeeSi0Xqf3ZzfRhttps://leaddev.com/leadership/the-reality-of-being-a-cto?vgo_ee=Iv9i3uNwOLoEttT6Ltq0pVIDoiv30W%252FZ8i8sDq%252BZ2g4Jn%252FRsp2j6%253AREruZnCnDjuj5BSFVckeeSi0Xqf3ZzfRcareer-developmentMathias Meyer shares his experiences of offering unlimited time off, what can go wrong and how to address it2026-07-22T10:39:18+00:00https://www.linkedin.com/posts/themathiasmeyer_letting-people-take-as-much-time-off-as-they-share-7485641086523203584-FGXp/https://www.linkedin.com/posts/themathiasmeyer_letting-people-take-as-much-time-off-as-they-share-7485641086523203584-FGXp/leadershipOrigin Story share the story of the Luddites and it is hard not to see the parallels in the dynamics of what is currently going on with LLMs2026-07-17T05:31:43+00:00https://www.patreon.com/originstorypod/posts/luddites-rage-162527913https://www.patreon.com/originstorypod/posts/luddites-rage-162527913generative-ai"Use one repository. Draw your boundaries inside it. Reach for a second repository only when you have a mechanical reason the filesystem genuinely cannot give you, and notice how rarely that turns out to be true." — Kore Nordman2026-07-16T09:44:42+00:00https://kore-nordmann.de/blog/always_go_with_a_monorepo.htmlhttps://kore-nordmann.de/blog/always_go_with_a_monorepo.htmlsoftware-development