Programming

How we created more tech debt in 6 months than in a 10-year-old system https://superkacper4.github.io/portfolio-2023/blog/technical-debt-everyday https://redd.it/1qqhcic @programmingreddit

Why Developing For Microsoft SharePoint is a Horrible, Terrible, and Painful Experience https://medium.com/@jordansrowles/why-developing-for-microsoft-sharepoint-is-a-horrible-terrible-and-painful-experience-aa1f5d50712c https://redd.it/1qljjlx @programmingreddit

cURL Gets Rid of Its Bug Bounty Program Over AI Slop Overrun https://itsfoss.com/news/curl-closes-bug-bounty-program/ https://redd.it/1qljc0t @programmingreddit

I let the community vote on what code gets merged. Someone snuck in self-boosting code. 218 voted for it. When I tried to reject it, they said I couldn't. https://blog.openchaos.dev/posts/week-3-the-trojan-horse https://redd.it/1ql6zol @programmingreddit

Why I’m ignoring the "Death of the Programmer" hype https://codingismycraft.blog/index.php/2026/01/23/the-ai-revolution-in-coding-why-im-ignoring-the-prophets-of-doom/ https://redd.it/1ql7638 @programmingreddit

Overrun with AI slop, cURL scraps bug bounties to ensure "intact mental health" https://arstechnica.com/security/2026/01/overrun-with-ai-slop-curl-scraps-bug-bounties-to-ensure-intact-mental-health/ https://redd.it/1ql0w5p @programmingreddit

Why does SSH send 100 packets per keystroke? https://eieio.games/blog/ssh-sends-100-packets-per-keystroke/ https://redd.it/1qksfgi @programmingreddit

Underground Resistance Aims To Sabotage AI With Poisoned Data https://www.forbes.com/sites/craigsmith/2026/01/21/poison-fountain-and-the-rise-of-an-underground-resistance-to-ai/ https://redd.it/1qkfxlz @programmingreddit

Do not fall for complex technology https://rushter.com/blog/complex-tech/ https://redd.it/1qjs5rf @programmingreddit

Announcing winapp, the Windows App Development CLI https://blogs.windows.com/windowsdeveloper/2026/01/22/announcing-winapp-the-windows-app-development-cli/ https://redd.it/1qk0vip @programmingreddit

Essay: Performance Reviews in Big Tech: Why “Fair” Systems Still Fail https://medium.com/@dmitrytrifonov/big-tech-performance-review-01fff2c5924d https://redd.it/1qjleer @programmingreddit

Why Senior Engineers Let Bad Projects Fail https://lalitm.com/post/why-senior-engineers-let-bad-projects-fail/ https://redd.it/1qijolr @programmingreddit

Two Catastrophic Failures Caused by "Obvious" Assumptions https://open.substack.com/pub/alexanderfashakin/p/make-it-make-sense-nobody-clicked-the-wrong-button?utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web https://redd.it/1qj00yq @programmingreddit

Satya Nadella at Davos: a masterclass in saying everything while promising nothing https://jpcaparas.medium.com/satya-nadella-at-davos-a-masterclass-in-saying-everything-while-promising-nothing-8495c75c5ba3?sk=a6efaf2b6a15adefcf82403ff62ef8da https://redd.it/1qjl0r5 @programmingreddit

Rollout of AI may need to be slowed to ‘save society’, says JP Morgan boss | Davos 2026 https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/jan/21/rollout-ai-slowed-save-society-jp-morgan-jamie-dimon-jensen-huang https://redd.it/1qj910p @programmingreddit

Cursor Implied Success Without Evidence | Not one of 100 selected commits even built https://embedding-shapes.github.io/cursor-implied-success-without-evidence/ https://redd.it/1qeotkj @programmingreddit

The Influentists: AI hype without proof https://carette.xyz/posts/influentists/ https://redd.it/1qdqtk0 @programmingreddit

Newer AI Coding Assistants Are Failing in Insidious Ways https://spectrum.ieee.org/ai-coding-degrades https://redd.it/1qdv6h0 @programmingreddit

Responsible disclosure of a Claude Cowork vulnerability that lets hidden prompt injections exfiltrate local files by uploading them to an attacker’s Anthropic account https://www.promptarmor.com/resources/claude-cowork-exfiltrates-files https://redd.it/1qdg7i4 @programmingreddit

Cursor CEO Built a Browser using AI, but Does It Really Work? https://www.finalroundai.com/blog/cursor-ceo-browser-made-using-ai https://redd.it/1qdo9r3 @programmingreddit